Parental Controls

Attach layers to the actual path, shape, or text of parent layers in After Effects.

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Description

Improved parenting in After Effects.

Attach layers to the actual path, shape, or text of a parent layer.

How it works

Step 1. Select a child layer

Select any layer in After Effects that has a parent.

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Step 2. Add controls

Pick a horizontal and/or vertical constraint for the child layer.

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Step 3. Freely resize parent layers

Now you can freely change or keyframe the path, shape, or text of the parent layer and the position of the child layer will adjust automatically.

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Demo

Examples

Animate paths.

Keyframe the actual path of a bezier path shape layer.

Animate shape size.

Keyframe the size of a standard rectangle, ellipse, polygon, or any other shape.

Animate text.

Keyframe the source text or animate the text using Typewriter+

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Version History

2.0 -

-New responsive UI
-Retina icons
-Support for separate dimensions
-Batch processing
-New remove controls button
-Various bug fixes

1.0 -

Initial release.

Compatibility

After Effects

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020