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AEP Transplant
Pull entire comps, specific layers and assets from any AEP, PSD or AI straight into your current project. AEP Transplant reads the file, lets you cherry-pick what you need, and merges it in cleanly: dependencies, folders combined, duplicates resolved, expressions and footage relinked.
You can also target any item manually to replace exactly what you want.
Updating artwork? Swap Source replaces every layer of a PSD or AI across your entire project in one move. Perfect for re-skinning character rigs.
No more Reduce Project. No more duplicated assets.
No more Reduce Project non‑sense!
Open an instant portal between After Effects projects.
Unlock new workflow possibilities.
- Browse any .aep, .psd, .psb, or .ai file
- Import only what you need, without leaving your project
- Smart folder/asset merging: No more duplicates
- Targeted Replacement: Swap specific folders or items
- Copy External assets into your current project folder
- Swap layered PSD or AI source files instantly
Your Project Panel's best companion
See the full contents of any source project right beside your own.
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Surgical Imports
Check off the comps you want. AEP Transplant imports exactly what they depend on and leaves the rest of the source project behind.
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Smart Folder Merging
Imported content files into the folders already in your project, matched by name, fuzzy name, or contents. Nothing dumps into a new top-level folder by default.
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No More Duplicated Assets
Every naming collision stops and asks. Replace, Use Current, or Keep Both. You decide, every time.
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Get specific Layers
Open any comp and take only the layers you need. Parents, track mattes, effect links and expression targets are worked out and come along, so nothing lands broken.
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External Assets, Your Way
Footage living outside your project folder gets copied in or left linked, your call, every time.
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Pick Targets for comps/assets...
Target an existing comp/asset and replace it directly. Expressions and references stay linked through the swap. Folders can be targets too.
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...and Layers too!
Point them at a comp you already have and they are copied straight into it, stacking order intact, parenting and track mattes rebuilt on arrival.
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Recent Files & Update Checks
Jump back into any project you've pulled from before. Both the currently loaded project and your recent files list are checked for updates, and get marked with a blue dot the moment a source changes.
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Quick Start Tutorial
Use case
Build a Motion Library
Keep your setups, animations, type treatments and brand assets in one shared project, and pull from it into any scene. When the library changes, AEP Transplant shows you exactly what changed, and re-importing replaces the old version in place. No duplicates, no messy imports.
Deep dive: folder merge logic
Total Control Over Every Match
Turn on “Try to merge with current project” and AEP Transplant matches every imported folder against what is already there: exact name first, then fuzzy name, then contents. The Folder Merge Settings panel puts every one of those rules in your hands.
- Images / Bitmaps / Graphics / PNGs / Stills
- Footage / Videos / Movies / Clips
- Audio / Music / SFX
- Precomps / Pre Comps / Precompositions
- Assets / Elements
- Vectors / AI / Illustrator
Edit these synonym lists yourself from the panel’s context menu, or extend the defaults directly in the script. Built-in synonyms cover English, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish, so your naming conventions are covered no matter what language you work in.
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Swap layered PSD or AI source files instantly
Open a .psd, .psb, or .ai file straight from the panel and check off individual layers or replace the source file for all layers in your project at once. No Photoshop or Illustrator installation needed.
Trial Limitations
The trial is fully functional. Just two limits:
- 3 items per import
- 20 imports total
Discussions
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Head over to r/aescripts to chat with fellow users about this product.
Need Support?
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Version History
1.1.3 -
Aug 31, 2026
1.1.2 -
Aug 31, 2026
• Blue dot now track changes within the project: reloading a source file now marks the comps, footage and layers that changed or were added, not just the file itself.
• Expressions are followed for whole comps: importing a comp now brings the comps and footage its expressions point to, with the same confirmation you get for layers.
CHANGED:
• Expressions that name their own comp: these are now converted to thisComp, so they keep working after import, and any layer they depend on comes along.
1.1.1 -
Aug 27, 2026
- macOS security warning: imports on macOS could stop with a system warning about an unverified file.
- Target Picker for layers: hides the items a layer cannot go into, instead of listing them greyed out.
- Target Picker labels: the title names the layer you clicked, and the top row names your open project.
1.1.0 -
Aug 22, 2026
> Layer import: Open any comp from the asset tree and pick individual layers out of it instead of taking the whole comp.
> Layer targets: Point a comp's imported layers at a comp that already exists in your project, and they are copied into it instead of arriving in the comp they came from.
> Dependency confirmation: Before importing layers, the panel lists what else has to come with them (parent chains, track mattes, layers used by effects and expressions) and offers Include Dependencies or Selected Layers Only.
> Drag and drop: Drop an .aep, .psd, .psb or .ai straight onto the panel to load it.
1.0.0 -
Aug 21, 2026
Compatibility
After Effects
2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018
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