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Cut'n'Pack
Multitool for optimizing your project. Cut the mess, pack the best! Automatically cuts layers by masks and collects optimal precompositions. It works with text , shapes, vector file, footage and solid — without manual fuss. Ideal for procedural graphics, replicators, and complex animation setups.
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Cut'n'Pack
Cut the Mess, Pack the Best
This is a real multitool for fast and convenient slicing, splitting and duplicating of any type of layers. This script is designed to automate one of the most time-consuming tasks in After Effects — cutting layers by masks and organizing the result into clean project with correct naming. It converts complex masked setups into structured, optimized comps with full control via nulls and expressions.
Key Features:
- Cut solids, shape layers,vectors, footages and text layers by masks.
- Pre-compose using Masks, Bounding Box Layers or bought.
- Generate masks on selected layer.
- Fracture Text to Shape symbols.
- Explode Vector Layers (.Ai or .EPS).
- Fast explode Solids and Footages by mask.
- "Leave all attributes" for texts and shapes.
- Save parenting links for pre-comps after precomp.
- Very simple and user friendly UI.
USER FRIENDLY UI
DOCKABLE AND COMPACT
Compact Interface improves usability by reducing visual clutter and saving screen space. The updated layout takes up less room while keeping all tools easily accessible and intuitive to use.
This makes the workflow faster and more comfortable, especially in complex projects where every pixel of workspace matters.
Scalable Interface is designed to grow with each update without disrupting the user workflow or cluttering the workspace. New features are added in a structured and intuitive way, keeping the interface clean, focused, and easy to use.
The interface includes a link that allows you to quickly access the project page.
BREAK LAYER BY MASK
IF SPECIAL MODE IS SELECTED
Break Layer by Mask — splits a layer into separate parts based on its masks. Each mask becomes an independent layer while preserving transformations such as position, rotation, and scale. Cut your layers the way you want — faster than ever.
This feature is ideal for motion graphics, typography animation, shape-based transitions, complex reveals, UI animations, and any workflow where a single layer needs to be broken into controllable pieces. It significantly speeds up scene preparation and keeps your compositions clean and flexible.
BREAK TEXT BY SYMBOLS
EVERY LAYERS NAMED CORRECTLY
Break Text by Symbols is useful when you need full control over individual characters in a text layer. It converts text into separate shape layers, one symbol per layer, allowing you to freely transform, animate, and apply effects to each character independently.
This feature is ideal for kinetic typography, logo animations, custom text layouts, glitch effects , procedural motion, and any design where standard text animators are too limiting. It gives you precise, per-symbol control while keeping the workflow fast and flexible.
OPTIMAL PRE-COMP TEXT
WHILE MAINTAINING POSITION
Optimal Precomp Text is useful when you need to quickly turn a text layer into a perfectly sized pre-composition. With a single click, the plugin creates a precomp that matches the exact bounds of the text, preserving position, timing, and all properties.
This feature is ideal for kinetic typography, text animations, motion graphics, and organized workflows. It keeps your project clean, reduces unnecessary empty space, and allows you to manage text layers efficiently without manual resizing or adjustments.
CREATE PRE-COMPS FAST
WHILE MAINTAINING POSITION
Create Pre-comps Fast is useful when you need to quickly create perfectly sized pre-compositions based on custom-drawn masks. The plugin generates pre-comps matching the exact bounds of each mask while preserving the original position of all elements in the main composition.
This feature is ideal for complex scene organization, modular animation, transitions, screen replacements, and any workflow that relies on clean, reusable pre-compositions. It eliminates manual cropping, repositioning, and alignment, allowing you to restructure compositions faster and with complete accuracy.
FRAGMENTATION SOLIDS
AND FOOTAGES
Fragmentation Solids is useful when you need to quickly break solid layers into multiple masked fragments using a set of predefined presets. It automatically generates structured mask patterns, turning a single solid into a collection of controllable pieces ready for animation.
This feature is ideal for shatter effects, dynamic transitions, abstract motion, background construction, and procedural layouts. It removes the need for manual mask drawing and setup, allowing you to experiment faster and create complex fragment-based animations in just a few clicks.
OPTIMAL PRE-COMPS LAYERS
SAVING RAM AND KEEP PROJECT CLEAR
Smart Pre-composition is useful when you need to pre-compose any type of layer using its exact visual bounds. The plugin creates optimally sized pre-compositions that match the content dimensions, reducing unnecessary empty space and helping to save RAM during playback and rendering.
This feature is ideal for performance optimization, large or complex projects, reusable assets, and clean scene organization. It keeps compositions lightweight, improves responsiveness, and makes projects easier to manage without breaking the original layout or timing.
BREAK VECTOR FILES
SUPPORT .AI and .EPS FILES
Break Vector Files is useful when you need to split imported vector artwork into fully independent shape layers. It converts EPS and AI files into separate shapes, giving you full control over each element for animation, transformation, and effects.
This feature is ideal for logo animations, icon systems, explainer graphics, UI motion, and complex vector-based compositions. It removes the need for manual shape cleanup and layer duplication, allowing you to work faster while keeping vector artwork clean, editable, and animation-ready.
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Version History
1.1.0 -
Feb 5, 2026
1.0.0 -
Jan 23, 2026
Compatibility
After Effects
2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014