Newton 4

Unleash realistic physics in After Effects with Newton 4, transforming 2D layers into authentic simulations of real-world objects.

One-time fee for Newton 4.x, no subscription.

The trial version is fully functional but export is restricted to 25 frames.

Newton is discounted 50% for students and faculty. More info here.

Upgrade notice.

Learn about license types
  $249.99
  • Free Trial
Description
mms

Newton 4 is part of the amazing

Mobo Super Suite.

THE 2D PHYSICS PLUGIN FOR ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS

Unleash realistic physics in After Effects with Newton 4, transforming 2D layers into authentic simulations of real-world objects. Fine-tune object dynamics—density, friction, bounce, and more—and adjust global forces like gravity for comprehensive control.

Featuring an extensive suite of systems including customizable joints, Waterlike buoyancy, Triggermatic interactions, Teleportation, and more. Newton 4 enables you to construct intricate rigs that respond with lifelike accuracy, all while maintaining the flexibility of editable keyframes for post-simulation tweaks.

Newton only creates keyframes!

Newton 4 for free with full functionality,
limited only by a 25-frame export restriction.
Download and discover its capabilities today!

Key Features

Transform 2D layers into solid objects with comprehensive physics properties

7 object types + 7 joint types for rigging creative, precise and complex simulations

Simulate advanced scenes with built-in support for buoyancy, magnetism, triggered animations, teleportation, and more.

Compatible with any type of 2D footage & layers (image, video, vector, pre-composition,) with masks, text, and shape layers for versatile application

Browse and preview over multiple sample projects to get started

A dedicated interface specific to physics-based animation, for designing scenes with dozens or even hundreds of objects.

newton interface

Samples Browser new!

The Samples Browser provides a gateway to test scenes showcasing Newton's incredible features.

Unlock the full potential of Newton 4 with the Samples Browser, offering a curated selection of demo scenes. These ready-to-use templates are perfect for learning advanced techniques or jumpstarting your project with pre-configured effects.

Joints

Connect your layers using joints. Newton 4 simplifies the process, making it straightforward. There are various joint types like Distance, Pivot, Piston, Spring, Wheel, Blob and Weld new, each serving a specific purpose. Use these joints to connect two or more layers, or get creative by combining different joint types for advanced setups and simulations.

Weld Joint new! : Bonds two bodies together with an option for controlled flexibility, acting on relative rotation.

Distance Joint: Maintains a fixed distance between two points on different layers, adjustable for elasticity.

Piston Joint: Enables relative translation along a specified axis, restricting rotation. Motor-driven for controlled motion.

Pivot Joint: Forces two bodies to share a common anchor point, regulating relative rotation within a defined range.

Spring Joint: Constrains two layers as if connected by a spring, influencing their movement.

Wheel Joint: Combines features of piston and pivot joints, suitable for attaching wheels to vehicles. Includes suspension and a motor.

Blob Joint: Enforces a constant volume (or area in 2D) within a group of layers, utilizing internal soft distance joints.

Newton 4 for free with full functionality,
limited only by a 25-frame export restriction.
Download and discover its capabilities today!

Animate

The Keyframes panel lets you animate physical properties in a playful way.

Animate with Precision: Control nearly any physical property for dynamic effects, from gravity-driven movements to intricate collisions.

Interpolation Styles: Choose from five unique keyframe interpolation styles to craft the exact motion you envision.

Looping Animations new! : Keep your animations flowing with new looping capabilities for continuous action.

Graph Preview: Utilize the graph preview for meticulous adjustments, ensuring your animations move exactly as planned.

Waterlike new!

Make your objects float and groove!

Unlock new dimensions in animation with the Waterlike feature, simulating the effect of objects interacting with a liquid medium. Use it to create drag effects, where objects slow down as if moving through water, or to craft invisible, interactive barriers that objects can detect and respond to.

Newton 4 for free with full functionality,
limited only by a 25-frame export restriction.
Download and discover its capabilities today!

Triggers new!

Elevate your animations to the next level with the power of Triggermatic.

Enhance your animations with 'Triggermatic'—a dynamic feature where objects activate animations upon collision. Any object can serve as a trigger, even the animated object itself, offering creative ways to start motion sequences. Plus, with versatile looping options like cycle, pingpong, offset, and continue, you can maintain the animation's flow seamlessly.

Teleportation new!

Where magic meets physics!

Create captivating animations with teleportation effects where objects pass through portals and emerge at designated points. With the ability to transform any element into a portal and the option to loop through composition boundaries, you can craft animations that playfully bend spatial rules.

Newton 4 for free with full functionality,
limited only by a 25-frame export restriction.
Download and discover its capabilities today!

Comp Walls new!

Easily turn composition boundaries into static walls or teleportation portals within a click.

Turn the edges of your composition into interactive boundaries that act as static walls or teleportation portals. Customize their behavior and destinations to add a layer of excitement and creativity to your projects.

Grenade new!

Get ready to shake up your animations.

Introduce explosive dynamics to your projects with the new grenade feature! Easily craft detonations that send objects flying, with full control over timing and intensity for diverse effects. Preview the impact zone directly, ensuring precise and dramatic results.

Experience even more possibilities with Newton

Null Layer Support new! : Integrate invisible control layers for complex animations.

Property Highlighting new! : Quickly identify changes with visually marked property adjustments.

Auto-Save new! : Secure your work with the new auto-save feature, ensuring you never lose progress.

Randomizer: Introduce variability with controlled randomness for more natural simulations.

Export Contacts: Automatically transform interactions into keyframes for precise event synchronization.

Scene Snapshots: Compare different scenes instantly without reloading setups.

Actions History: Navigate your creative process with an intuitive undo/redo system.

Elevate Your Workflow with Our Free Scripts provided with Newton 4.

prepsb

Prepare Softbodies:

Simplify soft body simulations by prepping shape layers with small solids that follow your animation.

puppetmeshtool

PuppetMeshToSolids:

Turn puppet mesh pins into solids, simplifying position control, very helpful when using Weld Joints and AE's puppet tool.

Newton 4 for free with full functionality,
limited only by a 25-frame export restriction.
Download and discover its capabilities today!

COMPATIBILITY

Windows / macOS with Native support on Apple Silicon (M1 and above) macOS 10.14 Mojave minimum required

NOTE FOR OLDER NEWTON USERS

We’ll still provide support for Newton3, but we’ll no longer be doing bug fixes, new features or improvements to this version.

UPGRADE NOTICE

If you bought Newton3, you’re eligible for an upgrade for just $99.99. The upgrade from Newton 2 costs $150. Floating licenses are billed separately. No discount is available for upgrading from v1. Log in to the original purchase account to receive the upgrade price. The discount will be applied at checkout. If you need assistance, please open a support ticket.

Link to the documentation

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

4.0.77 -

May 21, 2025

Changes in 4.0.77:

- fixed a bug with high DPI monitors on Windows

- update PupperMeshTool

4.0 -

Nov 20, 2023

- added Triggermatic body type

- added Hidden body parameter

- added Waterlike body parameter

- added Grenade body parameter

- added Teleportation mechanism

- added Weld joint

- added Loop Type to the Keyframes panel

- added Samples Browser dialog

- added support of middle mouse button to pan the preview

- added support for null layers

- added a Pref for appending a suffix to the name of the exported comp



- improved Comp Walls settings

- improved Auto Load/Save Settings system

- improved Randomizer

- improved body selection in the preview

- improved visual quality of the UI with svg icons



- many bugfixes

Compatibility

After Effects

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

EULA

END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

This software ("the Software Product") and accompanying documentation is licensed and not sold. This Software Product is protected by copyright laws and treaties, as well as laws and treaties related to other forms of intellectual property. The author owns intellectual property rights in the Software Product. The Licensee's ("you" or "your") license to download, use, copy, or change the Software Product is subject to these rights and to all the terms and conditions of this End User License Agreement ("Agreement").

Acceptance
YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BY SELECTING THE "ACCEPT" OPTION AND DOWNLOADING THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT OR BY INSTALLING, USING, OR COPYING THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT. YOU MUST AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MUST SELECT "DECLINE" AND YOU MUST NOT INSTALL, USE, OR COPY THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT.

License Grant
This Agreement entitles you to install and use one copy of the Software Product. In addition, you may make one archival copy of the Software Product. The archival copy must be on a storage medium other than a hard drive, and may only be used for the reinstallation of the Software Product. This Agreement does not permit the installation or use of multiple copies of the Software Product, or the installation of the Software Product on more than one computer at any given time, on a system that allows shared used of applications, on a multi-user network, or on any configuration or system of computers that allows multiple users. Multiple copy use or installation is only allowed if you obtain an appropriate licensing agreement for each user and each copy of the Software Product.

Restrictions on Transfer
Without first obtaining the express written consent of the author, you may not assign your rights and obligations under this Agreement, or redistribute, encumber, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise transfer your rights to the Software Product.

Restrictions on Use
You may not use, copy, or install the Software Product on any system with more than one computer, or permit the use, copying, or installation of the Software Product by more than one user or on more than one computer. If you hold multiple, validly licensed copies, you may not use, copy, or install the Software Product on any system with more than the number of computers permitted by license, or permit the use, copying, or installation by more users, or on more computers than the number permitted by license.

You may not decompile, "reverse-engineer", disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Software Product.

Restrictions on Alteration
You may not modify the Software Product or create any derivative work of the Software Product or its accompanying documentation. Derivative works include but are not limited to translations. You may not alter any files or libraries in any portion of the Software Product.

Restrictions on Copying
You may not copy any part of the Software Product except to the extent that licensed use inherently demands the creation of a temporary copy stored in computer memory and not permanently affixed on storage medium. You may make one archival copy which must be stored on a medium other than a computer hard drive.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY AGREED TO IN WRITING BY THE AUTHOR, THE AUTHOR MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN THE LIMITED WARRANTY DOCUMENTS PROVIDED WITH THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT.

The author makes no warranty that the Software Product will meet your requirements or operate under your specific conditions of use. The author makes no warranty that operation of the Software Product will be secure, error free, or free from interruption. YOU MUST DETERMINE WHETHER THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT SUFFICIENTLY MEETS YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURITY AND UNINTERRUPTABILITY. YOU BEAR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS INCURRED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR THE LOSS OF DATA ON ANY COMPUTER OR INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE AUTHOR, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS OR LOSS OF BUSINESS) RESULTING FROM THIS AGREEMENT, OR FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, INSTALLATION, OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT, WHETHER DUE TO A BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, OR THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE AUTHOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR IS ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION LIMITS THE AUTHOR'S ABILITY TO DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, THIS DISCLAIMER SHALL BE EFFECTIVE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED.

Limitation of Remedies and Damages
Any claim must be made within the applicable warranty period. All warranties cover only defects arising under normal use and do not include malfunctions or failure resulting from misuse, abuse, neglect, alteration, problems with electrical power, acts of nature, unusual temperatures or humidity, improper installation, or damage determined by the author to have been caused by you. All limited warranties on the Software Product are granted only to you and are non-transferable. You agree to indemnify and hold the author harmless from all claims, judgments, liabilities, expenses, or costs arising from your breach of this Agreement and/or acts or omissions.

Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Costs
This Agreement is governed by the laws of New York, without regard to New York's conflict or choice of law provisions.

Severability
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent any express or implied restrictions are not permitted by applicable laws, these express or implied restrictions shall remain in force and effect to the maximum extent permitted by such applicable laws.

Updated: Oct 21, 2025 1:35 AM