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Dropletee

Liquid distortion effect that accumulates frames over time, pushes pixels along surface normals, and adds iridescent colors and lighting. GPU-accelerated via WebGPU.

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Description

Dropletee

Liquid distortion effect for After Effects. Accumulates frames over time, pushes pixels along surface normals, adds iridescent colors and lighting on top. Runs on GPU via WebGPU.

macOS macOS 10.15+, Intel & Apple Silicon Windows Windows 10+

Presets

Pick a preset, tweak the parameters, make it yours.

Chemtrails
Blue Acid
Dust Devil
Oil Slick
Wave Rush
Soap Burst

View Modes

Besides the final result, you can output clean accumulation without stylization, alpha mask, or a normal map. There are also Noise, Palette and Light modes for debugging.

Clean
Mask
Normal

Caching

Three modes depending on what you need.

Live Preview

Toggle and tweak. Instant feedback, up to 120 frames.

Compute

One click to cache the full sequence. Progress bar in-frame.

Auto Cache

Enable and forget. Caches silently as you play the timeline.

Watch the tutorial

Join the Community

Share your work, get help, suggest features, and see what others are creating.

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

1.0.11 -

Mar 26, 2026

- Plugin now shows a clear error message on After Effects versions older than 2022
- Fixed crash when clearing cache with non-Latin characters in file paths on Windows
- Fixed occasional render failures during Multi-Frame Rendering
- Improved memory handling under low-memory conditions

1.0.10 -

Mar 23, 2026

- Added GPU adapter info (name + backend) to analytics events
- Default to Direct3D 12 on Windows instead of Vulkan (fallback to Vulkan if D3D12 unavailable)
- Fixed PiPL version not updating on version bump

1.0.9 -

Mar 11, 2026

- Auto Cache now shows a progress bar in the About section during caching
- Fixed a crash that could occur when After Effects cancels a frame during caching
- Fixed potential UI freeze caused by excessive window refresh during rendering

1.0.8 -

Feb 20, 2026

- Fixed an issue where the license could become unrecognized after updating from older versions
- Added privacy policy to readme.pdf
- Minor stability improvements

1.0.7 -

Feb 20, 2026

- Fixed a critical issue in v1.0.6 where some valid aescripts licenses were not recognized

1.0.6 -

Feb 19, 2026

- Minor stability improvements
- Fixed "Clear Cache" button not working on some Macs due to system folder permissions

1.0.5 -

Feb 19, 2026

- Fixed rare error popups ("Unknown Error" or "Internal Struct Damaged") that could appear during Auto Cache or Live Preview playback

1.0.4 -

Feb 19, 2026

- On Windows, use Live Preview or Auto Cache for real-time results. Manual caching (Compute) is coming in a future update
- Dropletee is not supported in Adobe Premiere Pro (requires After Effects)

1.0.3 -

Feb 19, 2026

- Fixed occasional crashes on Windows during rendering
- Fixed error noise in logs when switching frames or changing parameters

1.0.2 -

Feb 19, 2026

- Clear Cache button now correctly deletes disk cache files
- Improved stability for Windows users

1.0.1 -

Feb 18, 2026

Initial Release

Compatibility

After Effects

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023

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