Cyclops 3

Cyclops is the industry standard for creating behind-the-scenes renders of your After Effects animations. Easily and accurately show off your null layers, motion paths, and layer bounding boxes on social media or in project case studies.

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Description

Cyclops for After Effects

Cyclops is the industry standard for creating behind-the-scenes renders of your After Effects animations. Easily and accurately show off your null layers, motion paths, and layer bounding boxes on social media or in project case studies.

Welcome to aescripts + aeplugins

Version 3 is now conveniently located on aescripts! Handle all updates, installations, and licensing by using the aescripts + aeplugins manager. Version 3 also includes new render types like green screen and blue screen (thanks to Matt Jameson at The Furrow) to help simulate alpha in your renders. As always, the newest version of Cyclops includes speed updates as well.

Features

Cyclops offers customizable render settings to support every workflow and supports the latest versions of After Effects available on Creative Cloud.

  • Render just the composition or the entire After Effects application window

  • Render types include standard, wireframe, greenscreen, or bluescreen

  • Available for both macOS and Windows

Help

Take a look at the official help documentation for Cyclops.

Notes

  • Cyclops is compatible with After Effects CC2019 and later.
  • The trial version of Cyclops is limited to 1 second renders. Please test Cyclops prior to purchasing a full license.

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Shout out to Joey at School of Motion for the Cyclops feature on Motion Mondays! Check out the complete video on YouTube.

Upgrade Notice

Did you purchase Cyclops 2 on Gumroad and want to upgrade your license here? No problem! click here for details on how to transfer your data. To get the upgrade price simply login to the same account you made the original purchase with. If you need assistance please open a support request.

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

3.0.8 -

May 6, 2025

- [Bug Fix] Prevent missing scale factor on some monitors

3.0.7 -

Mar 26, 2025

- [Bug Fix] Expression support for non-English After Effects installations

3.0.6 -

Feb 20, 2025

- [Bug Fix] Prevent unresponsive Render button on some machines

- [Bug Fix] Prevent impossible pixel values on some monitor resolutions

3.0.5 -

Dec 19, 2024

- [Bug Fix] Improved composition detection on all monitors

- [Bug Fix] Support for Apple Silicon (ARM)

3.0.4 -

Nov 8, 2024

- [Bug Fix] Cancel button finally works correctly

- [Bug Fix] Layer selection respects original selection for greenscreen and bluescreen

3.0.3 -

Oct 22, 2024

- [Bug Fix] Cancel button now actually cancels the current render

- [New Feature] Improved install experience on macOS

- [New Feature] Composition detection speed increase

- [New Feature] Consistent UI for AE 2025 and older

3.0.2 -

Aug 26, 2024

- [Bug Fix] Fix unresponsive panel primarily on Windows

3.0.1 -

Aug 20, 2024

- [Bug Fix] Add missing path on Windows

3.0.0 -

Aug 7, 2024

- [New Feature] Now hosted on aescripts!

- [New Feature] Simulate alpha with green screen or blue screen render

- [New Feature] Composition detection speed increase

Compatibility

After Effects

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019