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NeuRenamer

Renames your After Effects layers by what's actually in them. Select layers, Project items or groups inside a shape layer, choose Layer > Do NeuRename, and an AI vision model running on your own machine gives each one a clean name and a one-line description in its Comment, with nothing uploaded.

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Description
After Effects · macOS & Windows

Native C++ plugin for After Effects

Name every layer by what’s on the frame.

NeuRenamer looks at each layer, reads what’s in the picture, and gives it a clean name — with the full description in the layer’s comment. All on your machine, nothing uploaded.

coffee-shop — timeline Source Name Mode 1 coffee-shop Outlines Contents Add: Group 1 blue-coffee-machine Normal Group 4 home-appliance Normal Group 5 blue-cabinet Normal Group 9 person Normal Group 12 apron Normal Group 17 coffee-cup Normal Group 23 human-head Normal Group 24 apron-2 Normal Group 31 fancy-dress Normal Group 38 furniture Normal Group 46 human-hand Normal Group 52 handbag Normal
Timeline · shape layer contents · hover a group to see its region in context

In the Project panel, too

Project
NameTypeComment
dada.pngman-orange-turban-sittingPNG fileA man in an orange turban sitting on the grass.
IMN0gIRZbN4mM.pngwoman-sitting-stool-playingPNG fileA woman sitting on a stool playing a drum.
6385262.mp4group-people-standing-frontVideoA group of people standing in front of a wall of candles.
6295316.mp4body-water-surrounded-treesVideoA body of water surrounded by trees and a house.
Luttie_1779470380122.mp4man-standing-top-grassVideoA man standing on top of a grass covered hillside.
559010.mp4man-suit-running-oceanVideoA man in a suit is running by the ocean.
Video-01.mp4hummingbird-flying-lush-greenVideoA hummingbird flying over a lush green field.
TEXT-1x1.movblack-background-gpu-dogQuickTimeA black background with the word gpu dog on it.
130398.mp4close-up-christmas-treeVideoA close up of a christmas tree decorated with ornaments.
683177.mp4black-white-image-flowerVideoA black and white image of a flower of life.
Project panel · hover an item to see the frame it read and its comment

How it works

One menu command.

Select your layers, run Layer > Do NeuRename, and read your timeline. Shift-click the command to open Settings.

After EffectsFileEditCompositionLayerEffectAnimationView
New›
Layer Settings…⇧⌘Y
Do NeuRename [Shift-click for Settings]
Open Layer
Open Layer Source⌥↖
Reveal in Finder
Mask›
Quality›

The command. Click and it runs.

NeuRenamer — Settings
Input size — speed vs quality
384
Fast
76811521536
Quality
768 — 0.46 s — man-riding-horse
Name style
kebab-case — man-riding-horse▾
Registered toNot registered

Settings, for when you want them.

Requirements

What it needs.

Host
After Effects 2024 or newer
macOS
13.3+, Apple Silicon and Intel
Windows
10+ with a Vulkan-capable GPU

On first run it downloads its model once, then works offline. Frames stay on your machine.

Tutorial

Rename a whole comp in a minute.

0:00 What it does 0:19 Layer > Do NeuRename 0:33 The result

Good to know

A few questions.

Which input size should I pick?
The smallest, in most cases. A bigger side barely changes the name — it mostly costs time. Reach for a larger size only when the frame has small text or fine detail the model needs to read; then the extra resolution earns its keep.
Which name styles are available?
Eight: kebab-case, snake_case, camelCase, PascalCase, Title Case, Sentence case, lower case, and UPPER_SNAKE. Pick one in Settings; kebab-case is the default.
Can I run it from a script or an AI agent?
Yes. On launch the plugin writes its menu-command id to preferences — read it with getPrefAsLong("NeuRenamer", "CommandId") — so nothing depends on the menu text. A scripting-capable MCP connector — one that drives After Effects through ExtendScript — calls app.executeCommand(id) with it. An assistant that only writes scripts rather than running them can still trigger NeuRenamer through a small runtime tool that reads the pref and calls the command — a one-click action in the panel, with no arbitrary-script permission. Either way the result lands in the document itself, the layer’s name and its comment, so any agent that can read a layer sees NeuRenamer’s work as ordinary project data.
Does anything leave my machine?
No. The model runs in the After Effects process, on your GPU. Frames are never uploaded — only the model file is fetched once, on first run.
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Discussions

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Version History

1.0.0 -

Sep 29, 2026

First release.

Compatibility

After Effects

2026, 2025, 2024

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