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Citron

A real graph editor for After Effects. Citron is a dockable, Maya-style curve workspace: every property at once, colour-coded, with weighted tangents, multiple views and the navigation you know from 3D. Shape the whole curve, not just the ease.

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Description

  Citron · a graph editor, by Animator NOW

The graph editor
After Effects never got.

A dockable, Maya-style curve workspace, right inside After Effects.
Multi-channel curves, real navigation, real precision.

Yes, it docks 🍋 After Effects 2024 – 2026 + Beta macOS & Windows Every 1.x update free, for life

Want every tool explained? Watch the full 25-minute walkthrough

  The problem

Not just ease in, ease out.
The whole curve.

Preset libraries hand you a menu of eases. Citron hands you the actual graph editor the pros use everywhere else — the kind you know from Maya, Blender and C4D. You shape the curve itself. If you’re serious about animation, you’re serious about the graph editor.

  What you get

The actual editor.
Not a preset library.

Everything below already ships in the current build. This is the floor, not the ceiling.

  

A real graph editor

A proper, dockable graph editor built to Maya, Blender and C4D standards. The one After Effects never gave you.

Multi-channel curves

See and shape every property at once, color-coded. Real selection, real navigation, real precision.

The navigation you know

Modeled on Maya, Blender and C4D. Tap F to fit your selection, or the whole curve. Pan and zoom like a 3D artist.

  

Real tangent control

Break tangents, weight them, auto-bezier by default. Shape the in and out of every key, not just pick an ease.

Multiple views

Stacked, normalized and absolute. Switch how you read your curves to match whatever you're working on.

Lattice / FFD cage

Drop a cage over a whole selection and reshape many curves at once. Bulk timing edits in one gesture.

  

Add keys on the curve

Click anywhere on a curve and a key appears there, without changing the shape you already made. No more adding a key and watching your motion shift.

Exact frame and value

Type the frame and the value of the selected key instead of nudging it. For the moments when close enough is not enough.

Speed graph

Switch to speed over time. Drag a key to change its speed or retime it, drag the handles to shape the ease.

The Citron panel in After Effects, showing multi-channel color-coded curves and the preset shelf

Every property at once, color-coded — with the preset shelf one click away.

  How it works

Installed and animating in minutes.

Step 1

Install the panel

The easiest way to install and license is by using the aescripts + aeplugins manager app. Alternatively you can use the ZXP/UXP Installer.

Step 2

Dock it by your timeline

Open Citron as a panel and dock it wherever you like. No separate app, no export.

Step 3

Select keys and shape

Pick your properties, see every curve at once, and shape the motion with real tools.

  From the first users

Five stars from
the people who
bought it first.

 

★★★★★

“Citron has already changed my entire mood at work. It’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for in After Effects, and I couldn’t be happier with it.”

William Wood

Bought Citron, launch weekend

★★★★★

“I had no idea what I was missing in the native graph editor for After Effects until I tried 🍋 Citron! It’s packed with a ton of slick features already, but the fact that there is a public roadmap for future enhancements is really next level. This is awesome, thanks Philippe!”

Kyle Martinez

Verified buyer

Rated 5.0 by the first buyers.

  The full tour

Every tool, explained in 25 minutes.

The 33-second demo shows you what Citron is. This is the other end: a complete, chaptered walkthrough of every tool in the panel. Watch it before you buy, and you'll know exactly what you're getting.

  Shipping next, free

A public roadmap, built from your requests.

These came straight from the threads. Some already ship in the current build, the rest land as free updates, no extra charge.

Already shipped

Shipped  Dockable panel, lives next to your timelineShipped  Multi-channel curves, every property at once
Shipped  Maya / Blender-style navigation and fit-to-viewShipped  Tangent break and weighted tangents
Shipped  Stacked, normalized and absolute viewsShipped  Lattice / FFD cage for bulk curve edits
Shipped  Insert a key on a curve without changing its shapeShipped  Speed graph, and exact frame / value entry

Shipping next

Soon  Copy and paste eases, JSON import/exportSoon  Copy ease between properties
Soon  Pre / post infinity (loop, cycle, oscillate)Soon  Bounce preset
Soon  Tangent modifier-key shortcuts 

Vote on what ships next, on the feature board →

Philippe Duvin, animator and creator of Citron

Hey, I’m Philippe 👋

I’ve been an animator for 25 years. I came up in 3D, on Maya, and I’ve spent the last 17 animating in After Effects.

When you come from a 3D package you know what a graph editor should feel like: something you can sit in all day and do real work. I bought the little tools, the ease libraries, the copy-and-paste helpers. None of them gave me back the control I had in Maya.

So I built it myself. I animate in After Effects every day, and Citron is the editor I actually wanted. If you love After Effects but the graph editor is where you lose your time, I built this for you.

Philippe, Animator NOW

  FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is this just another easing tool?

No. Easing tools hand you a library of presets. Citron is a full graph editor — you shape the actual curve, you're not picking from a menu. That said, Citron also ships with a preset library: save your own eases and apply them anywhere, for the days you just want to grab one and go.

Which After Effects versions does it support?

After Effects 2024, 2025, 2026 and Beta, on both macOS and Windows.

Will it keep getting updates?

Yes. Your license includes every Citron 1.x update, free. There's a public roadmap of free updates already lined up, built from real user requests — you can suggest features and vote on what ships next.

Does it really dock?

Yes. Citron is a real After Effects panel — dock it next to your timeline, save it in your workspace, and it's there every time you open AE. 🍋

Discussions

Want to talk about it?

Head over to r/aescripts to chat with fellow users about this product.

Need Support?

Please open a support ticket to be connected directly with the author of this product

Version History

1.4.14 -

Aug 21, 2026

First release on aescripts + aeplugins.

Citron has been in active development and shipping updates since July 2026,
and this is the current build. Recent additions: Insert Key, which drops a
key anywhere on a curve without changing its shape, and exact frame and
value entry for the selected key.

A 14 day trial is included. Choose Add Trial from the Account menu in the
aescripts + aeplugins manager to use the whole panel before you buy.

1.2.1 -

Aug 5, 2026

First release on aescripts + aeplugins.

Citron has been in active development and shipping updates since July 2026 - this is the current build.

Most recent additions:
- Insert Key (drop a key anywhere on a curve without changing its shape)
- Exact frame and value entry for the selected key.

Compatibility

After Effects

2026, 2025, 2024

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