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Reach Pro

Reach Pro is a comprehensive After Effects extension featuring a powerful search bar to access and bookmark commands, effects, presets, scripts, and expressions, plus a broad catalogue of built-in features.

If you purchased Reach after Sept 18, 2025, you can upgrade for free. If you purchased it before, then the upgrade is 50% off.

New: Color Palettes Management Tool.

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Description

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Reach Pro is an all-encompassing, adaptable, and ever-evolving toolset that infuses After Effects with a diverse range of uniquely innovative utilities. From elementary to intricate tasks, Reach Pro takes the expected and elevates it to the "straight and helpful" focused approach.

New Features V 3.0.03:

Color Palettes Manager:
Pick, save, and reuse colors directly from your layers!
Improvements
Search bar performance optimizations
Menu navigation refinements
Expressions Manager update with improved handling
Minor bug fixes and polish
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Responsive Panel

Designed for motion designers and animators who refuse to let repetitive tasks slow them down, Reach Pro offers access to all essential commands, hidden features, and creative tools via an intelligent search bar and an intuitive icon-based interface. The search bar lets you launch After Effects commands, apply effects, run scripts, access features, or manage your expression library: It's your gateway to REACH Pro. All items can be bookmarked. You can clear the disk cache with one click, windowlessly. A snapshot of the current view can be created instantly. And the settings panel in the top-right corner lets you customise the tool's appearance and size to fit your workspace.

Expression Editor

The Expression Editor gives you a dedicated space where you can display and store all of your expressions. When you want to work with an expression, you select it from the list in the dedicated panel. You'll be able to edit it right there.In the text area, you benefit from a modern JavaScript formatter, which makes writing and reading expressions much more pleasant.You can name or rename your expressions to keep them organised. You can also select a default property for each expression, which means you can apply it instantly whenever you want to use it.If you prefer more flexibility, you can choose "any" as the property type, which lets you apply the expression to whatever property you have selected at the time. 

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Speed Graph

Apply custom easing curves to selected keyframes with a visual, interactive speed graph. Choose from 10 common presets or fine-tune your own.The top arrow retrieves values from selected keyframes; the bottom arrow applies your IN and OUT values. 

Align Tool

You can use the Align Tool not as a replacement for After Effects' built-in Align panel, but when you want to align objects to the first selected object.This is a slightly different option from the standard panel, and it can be useful in certain situations. What's great is that no extra steps are needed to align your layers. It's all very simple.

This tool can also be handy when you're aligning some 3D layers. It bypasses the usual alignment restriction in After Effects.

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Overview

The Palette Colors Manager

This feature lets you build color palettes directly from your layers, whether you're grabbing a single accent or extracting an entire scheme from multiple sources.
Save your palettes for reuse across projects, rename them on the fly as your creative direction evolves, or delete them when they've served their purpose.
A simple toggle controls which palettes appear in the Reach interface, keeping your workspace focused on what matters for the task at hand.

BONES (Rigging toolkit)

  1. Draw a path with the Pen Tool
    1. Select the path and click Create Bones to generate bones from vertices
      1. (Optional) Bind shapes to the bones:
        Select the Bones Controller layerAssign your shapes in the Effect Panel (Bone 1 Skin, Bone 2 Skin, etc.)Click Attach SkinsAdjust each shape's Anchor Point (Y key) to fine-tune placement

        Tips:

        • Use the Effect Panel sliders to adjust distance constraints, angle limits, and bending
          • Bone nulls are hidden by default — toggle the Shy button in the timeline to reveal them for keyframing (position, rotation, scale)

            GIF Maker

            Export any comp as a GIF directly from After Effects. Three presets give you control over the quality-size tradeoff: Default, High Res, Low Res. Select, export, keep working.

            Shape & Stroke Tools

            • Swap Fill/Stroke: swap or toggle fill and stroke colors of selected shapes.
            • Caps Kit: toggle stroke round/butt/bevel cap and join options.
            • Merge/Split: split or merge selected shape layers.

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              Reach Pathfinder: The Pathfinder feature nearly functions as an extension itself! You can use it and apply the native Pathfinder options to a single layer or, by selecting two shape layers, extend these features to all relevant options available in Illustrator.

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            Utilities

            • Reach Camera Rig: create quick and controllable 3D camera rigs.
            • New Order: reorganize and clean project structure automatically.
            • Paste Image from Clipboard: paste images directly from clipboard into AE.

            Text & Content

            • Cut Text: slice text by words/characters/lines with a single click.
            • Text Box: create background boxes behind selected text automatically.
            • Text Snooper: search and replace text across your entire project.
            • Nota Bene: import text files directly into text layer paragraphs.
            • Swap Text: swap text content between selected text layers.

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            Layer Management

            • Intelli Renamer: smart rename selected layers/items based on content and color.
            • Isolated: solo selected layers and shy others with one toggle.
            • Select Layers by Type: select all layers in comp by their kind.
            • Name Matcher: sync layer names with their source item names.
            • FX to Layer Names: rename layers based on applied effects.
            • Bulk Namer: batch rename layers/objects/items with custom patterns.
            • Randomize Layers Position: spread selected layers randomly within bounds.

            Expressions, Markers & Keyframes

            • Disable Errors: find and disable broken expressions in the composition.
            • Copy Match Names: copy property MatchNames to clipboard for expressions.
            • Toggle Expressions: toggle all expressions in comp on/off.
            • Expressions Markers: add markers to layers containing expressions.
            • Layer Markers to Comp: copy layer markers to composition timeline.
            • Markers From Keys: convert selected property keyframes to layer markers.
            • Remove Useless Keyframes: delete redundant/useless keyframes in selection.

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            Keyframe Tools

            • Dupl'Keys: duplicate selected keyframes at the playhead.
            • Mir'Keys: reverse/mirror selected keyframes around the playhead.
            • Loops Toolkit: three shortcuts covering all loop types using Alt and Shift modifiers.
            • Bake/Unbake: convert expressions to keyframes and toggle back when needed.

            Composition & Layer Management

            • Crop n'Precomp: crop and precompose selected layers instantly.
            • Un'Precomp: extract layers back from a precomp to the current comp.

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            • Solid: add a trimmed white/black/custom color solid under selection.
            • Trimmed Adjust Layer: add a trimmed adjustment layer above selection.
            • Faux Null: create a null helper; hold Shift to parent selected layers.

            Transform & Position Tools

            • The Centerer: center selected layers inside your composition.
            • The Resizer: fit selection to width/height/both of the composition.
            • The Shifter: launch the Stagger tool to offset layers, even by labels.
            • Grids Kit: distribute selected layers onto configurable grids.

            Animation & Effects

            • Reach Effector: universal setup that affects any property.
            • Rasterizer: toggle continuously rasterized throughout your entire project.
            • Expression Remover: remove all expressions from selection.
            • Resetter: reset your layers to default state.

            Guides

            • Guides Around: add guides around your objects and their anchor points.
            • Show/Hide Guides: toogle guides visibility.
            • Import/Export Guides: Export current guides to use them in any comps or projects.
            • Lock/Unlock Guides: Helful shortcut to avoid to move guides by mistake?
            • Golden Ratio: create golden ratio guide overlays.

            Shape & Mask Tools

            • Ungroup Masks: separate masks into individual layers.
            • Centre Shapes Around Anchor: center shape paths around a centered anchor point.

            Ease With Markers

            • Ease With Markers: Creates markers to manage 30 IN/ OUT/ IN & OUT easing, applied to any property.
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            Project Management

            • Comps to Projects: create standalone .aep files from compositions.
            • Replicator: duplicate compositions in bulk.
            • New Order: automatically reorganize and clean project structure.
            • Reveal: reveal selected project items or layer sources in OS.

            Cleanup & Optimization

            • Effects Cleaner: clean comps by removing disabled/useless effects.
            • No Gap: stick two layers together by removing gaps between them.
            • Tiler: generate tiled grids from your composition.

            Audio & Timing

            • Reach Sound System: create audio layer rigs for sound-driven effects.
            • Audio Reactors: create sound-driven animations from audio amplitude.
            • BPM: compute BPM/measure timing helpers on timeline.
            • BPM Beat Markers: generate beat markers from BPM for precise timing.
            • Set Interval: drop markers at fixed intervals across the timeline.



            Customization & Settings

            Reach Pro adapts to your workflow with customizable appearance and size settings. Configure the interface to match your screen setup, choose which tools to display, and create a personalized motion design cockpit that feels like home.




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            Why Reach Pro?

            • For the Speed-Obsessed: stop clicking through menus. Type, click, create.
            • For the Detail-Oriented: fine-tune every curve, expression, and timing decision with precision tools.
            • For the Efficient: transform 15-step workflows into single clicks. Reclaim hours every week.
            • For the Creative: less time managing, more time making. Let Reach Pro handle the tedious so you can focus on the creative part.

            Technical Requirements

            • Compatible with After Effects CC 2022 and later.
            • Platform Windows and macOS.
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            Version History

            3.0.0.8 -

            Jan 10, 2026

            Fixed: Panel behavior on some Apple Silicon setups (panel now shows a compatibility alert instead of showing AE preferences window)
            Fixed: Version number typo

            3.0.07 -

            Jan 9, 2026

            Pathfinder:
            Better path handling – Trim, Crop, and Outline operations now support up to 30 paths per layer. For more complex shapes, you'll get a clear message instead of the tool freezing.
            Smarter layer management – The two selected layers used for pathfinder operations are now properly set to shy and disabled, no matter where they are in your composition.
            Visual feedback – Added a loading indicator to show when an operation is running.

            3.0.06 -

            Jan 7, 2026

            GIF Export
            Export any comp as a GIF directly from After Effects. Three presets give you control over the quality-size tradeoff: Default, High Res, Low Res. Select, export, keep working.

            3.0.05 -

            Jan 6, 2026

            Add "implode Shapes" using Shift on "Separate shapes".
            Fix a minor bug in the Apply Colour feature.
            Fix a minor bug in the Pathfinder feature.
            Code optimization.

            3.0.04 -

            Jan 4, 2026

            -Rigging Tools Fix

            3.0.03 -

            Jan 3, 2026

            New Features:
            Color Palettes Manager
            Pick, save, and reuse colors directly from your layers.
            Improvements
            Search bar performance optimizations
            Menu navigation refinements
            Expressions Manager update with improved handling
            Fixes:
            Settings panel stability improvements
            Minor bug fixes and polish

            3.0.02 -

            Dec 28, 2025

            -NEW! Bones toolkit (Rigging tool)
            -Minor fixes

            3.0.01 -

            Dec 24, 2025

            New features: Parent chain
            Settings fixed

            3.0.00 -

            Dec 18, 2025

            Release

            2.1.20 -

            Nov 14, 2025

            Un-Precomposition Improved - Arrange (organise) Project Folder fixed

            2.1.19 -

            Nov 6, 2025

            LICENCE UPDATED, improving stability.

            2.1.18 -

            Nov 2, 2025

            You can now add Guides around Parented layers.

            2_1_17 -

            Oct 28, 2025

            LoopIn LoopOut /Infinite improvement

            2.1.17 -

            Oct 28, 2025

            LoopIn LoopOut /Infinite improvement

            2.1.16 -

            Sep 24, 2025

            Fix swap fill/stroke.

            Sorry for the inconvenience

            2.1.15 -

            Sep 23, 2025

            Big update of the "add guides feature" thanks to your feedback.

            2.1.14 -

            Sep 18, 2025

            EXTENDS the possibilities of Universal Effector: Check the utilities List.

            Add an effector to any property!

            2.1.13 -

            Sep 17, 2025

            Universal Effector: Check the utilities List.

            Add an effector on any property!

            2.1.12 -

            Sep 15, 2025

            BRAND NEW FEATURE: TEXT CUTTER

            Split Text by characters, words or lines. The new layers keep the position, inpoint, and outpoint of the original layers, and are parented to it while it is disabled.

            2.1.11 -

            Sep 14, 2025

            BRAND NEW FEATURE: TEXT CUTTER

            Split Text by characters, words or lines. The new layers keep the position, inpoint, and outpoint of the original layers, and are parented to it while it is disabled.

            2.1.10 -

            Sep 8, 2025

            Update Settings glitch fixed.

            2.1.9 -

            Sep 5, 2025

            Bux fix at 1st launch and to update some settings

            2.1.8 -

            Aug 22, 2025

            New tool: Ease with Markers!

            Select 2 Keyframes from any property, apply easing, including bounce and elasticity, you can unfold your layer and adjust the timing using the 'START' and 'END' Markers ;)

            2.1.7 -

            Aug 22, 2025

            New tool: Ease with Markers!

            Select 2 Keyframes from any property, apply easing, including bounce and elasticity, you can unfold your layer and adjust the timing using the 'START' and 'END' Markers ;)

            2.1.6 -

            Jul 31, 2025

            -MORE CUSTOMIZATION: Keep only the buttons you wanna see on the main UI

            2.1.5 -

            Jun 4, 2025

            -MAC FULL COMPATIBILITY

            -Add custom paths to your presets from the settings panel

            -Fix a local error in non EN versions of AE with the umprecompose feature

            2.1.4 -

            Jun 3, 2025

            -Add custom paths to your presets from the settings panel

            -Fix a local error in non EN versions of AE with the umprecompose feature

            2.1.3 -

            Nov 22, 2024

            IntelliNamer: Auto Rename Shape Layers

            2.1.2 -

            Oct 20, 2024

            Listbox fix for Mac OS.

            2.1.1 -

            Oct 12, 2024

            UNGROUP MASK ON SOLID TOO

            2.1.0 -

            Oct 12, 2024

            NEW Feature: Ungroup Mask from layer!!

            MAC OS improvements

            2.0.9 -

            Oct 11, 2024

            NEW Feature: Ungroup Mask from layer!!

            2.0.8 -

            Oct 2, 2024

            -SHIFT LAYERS TOOL IMPROVED

            -NEW NULL BEHAVIOR

            2.0.7 -

            Sep 22, 2024

            -UPDATE LICENCE

            -GUIDES EMBED ANCHOR POINTS

            2.0.6 -

            Jul 16, 2024

            MAC OS Fix

            2.0.5 -

            Jul 5, 2024

            -Licence updated

            -Copy universilized path from property

            2.0.3 -

            May 29, 2024

            -Switch colors or swap between FILL and Stroke

            -Optimization and bug fixes

            2.0.1-2 -

            May 24, 2024

            -Search Bar optimization

            -Tool Switch FILL/STROKE COLORS available in the workflows toolsets

            2.0.1 -

            May 22, 2024

            UnPrecompose: Now supports locked layers within the nested comp, ensuring they remain in place at the PlayHead.

            New Feature: Added the ability to 'Unbake Expressions' using Click + Shift or Click + Alt/Option on the Bake Icon

            2.0.0 -

            Jan 18, 2024

            Undo Redo with the Anchor Point is fixed.

            Minor adjustments

            1.9.9.1 -

            Dec 16, 2023

            Align to First Selected Object:fixed.

            ew feature: Select the Same Property in all layers\n

            Make a Grid in Square, Circle or Triangle with our grid-Tool in the toolset

            1.9.9 -

            Nov 21, 2023

            Grid Maker V2

            1.9.8 -

            Jul 27, 2023

            A more readable Anchor Point Mover and two helpful presets for the Easing tools: flay and 50-50

            Cheers,

            1.9.7 -

            Jul 14, 2023

            Fuction Swap Text : Have fun!

            1.9.6 -

            Jul 3, 2023

            Grid: Distribute Grid based on rows, columns, and distance, but also in Square, Circle, and two triangle formats :)

            1.9.5 -

            Apr 21, 2023

            New Button: Toggle Continuously Rasterize - >Click = Toggle the Continuous Rasterize option on ALL layers in your Project File.\n+Shift=Off\n+Alt=On

            1.9.4 -

            Mar 29, 2023

            The Bottom toolkit has been updated with a great new feature:

            Push your PlayHead to navigate easily on your TIMELINE.

            The new UI Toggle makes expanding compositions more obvious.

            Many enhancements on all features for a smoother experience.

            About the Color System: Pick a color and apply it with the square icon on any layers, even text, WITHOUT DELETE FORMATTING.

            1.9.2 -

            Mar 24, 2023

            Here are the new features for Reach:

            We've rebuilt ALL the NULLS: no more solids to clutter your projects!

            Empty memory is now in the main tools button, so the color manager is not mandatory anymore!

            New color system management using the native color Picker.

            We have added a 'parent in chain' button (the link icon): yeay!

            1.9.1 -

            Mar 4, 2023

            -Handy Pins: rebuilt, no more NULLS to control your puppet pins

            -Mismatch undo errors fixed on the cleaner and the anchorPoint Mover

            1.7.9 -

            Feb 17, 2023

            -Reveal Filefrom timeline to finder or project Panel

            -Toggle Extend Composition Panel

            -Split layers according to their keyframes

            -A lot more features. You'll find out which ones when you will need them.

            1.7.88 -

            Feb 15, 2023

            -Null icon rebuilt: Use +Shift to have a center Null for all selected layers

            -New Build for 'Grid: Distribute'

            -Blueish tone for align tools to 1st layer, to avoid confusion with AE align tools(still white in Legacy)-

            -Minor improvements

            1.7.871 -

            Jan 31, 2023

            New : Boosted Anchor Point Mover

            Update AE COMMANDS execution fixed.

            1.7.87 -

            Jan 30, 2023

            New : Boosted Anchor Point Mover

            Update AE COMMANDS execution fixed.

            1.7.86b -

            Jan 27, 2023

            Update AE COMMANDS execution fixed.

            1.7.86 -

            Jan 23, 2023

            Licence updated

            New Handy Pins Controllers

            Bulk Renamer: New functions and UI

            Multiple Optimizations

            1.7.85 -

            Jan 21, 2023

            -Reach Bulk Renamer: fixed error messages

            -Reach New Order (Organize projects): fully functional, fixed a bug with solids

            1.7.84 -

            Jan 18, 2023

            -New Big Feature: Reach Bulk Renamer:

            Rename project items and layers by type, color label, and add numerical suffixes. In addition, you can insert some text and even replace a part of the current name.

            1.7.83 -

            Jan 13, 2023

            -ToolBar and utilities improved: Clean a Layer (Expressions, Keyframes, Effects, Styles) in a click

            -Add an adjustment layer like before: In a click. From now use +Shift to Add a Trimmed Adjustment layer

            -Minor improvements

            1.7.82 -

            Jan 5, 2023

            -Function Precomp and Crop Improved: More accurate and now with multiple layers, even not precomped!

            -Manage all types of loop using 3 pictograms

            -Delete keyframes icons and Delete Useless Icons removed.

            -Colorwheel UI changed

            1.7.81 -

            Jan 2, 2023

            Add function [button] Zoom straight to 100%

            Settings updated

            Minor improvements

            1.7.8b -

            Dec 30, 2022

            Layer Shifter new built

            1.7.8 -

            Dec 30, 2022

            Layer Shifter new built

            1.7.7 -

            Dec 27, 2022

            -New kit with ten specific features (to enable in your settings). !

            Bug fixes.

            Two new significant tools:

            -Replace Any Text

            -Tile your comp

            1.7.6 -

            Dec 23, 2022

            Bounce improved + feature added in the toolsets

            1.7.5 -

            Dec 22, 2022

            New features:



            Remove Disabled Effects



            Stick 2 Layers (Remove Gap)



            Remove Useless Keyframes



            Center Shapes around centered Anchor Point

            1.7.4d -

            Dec 20, 2022

            -Shifter Improvements:

            ASC/DESC & RANDOM + offset fully functional with label

            -Documentation PDF

            1.7.4-doc -

            Dec 20, 2022

            -Documentation PDF

            -New Easing Tools-Shortcuts

            1.7.4 -

            Dec 16, 2022

            -New Easing Tools-Shortcuts

            1.7.3b -

            Dec 14, 2022

            -Block UI consolidate

            1.7.3 -

            Dec 13, 2022

            -Compact format

            New features

            -Replicate Comp

            -Color manager

            -Zoom smooth Slider

            1.7.1 -

            Dec 8, 2022

            2 new features:

            -New Organize Project option+ Delete Empty Folder

            -REACH Beat! Comp Markers from Audio!

            -Bugs fixed

            1.7c -

            Dec 5, 2022

            -Toolset Effects fully functional

            1.7b -

            Dec 5, 2022

            -Review of the alignment tools

            -Fix undo mismatch

            1.7 -

            Dec 5, 2022

            -Review of the alignment tools

            1.6.7 -

            Dec 2, 2022

            -New optional panel:

            Align Paragraphs tosave space on your workspace (check your settings.

            -Add Solid Icon

            -White/black using Shift and Alt

            -UI Responsive and Modular

            1.6.6c -

            Dec 1, 2022

            -Add Solid Icon White/black using Shit and Alt

            -UI designed fine-tuned

            1.6.6b -

            Nov 30, 2022

            Fully Modular

            Display or hidden each Tool one by one

            1.6.6 -

            Nov 28, 2022

            We've added a new optional Toolset (please check your settings:

            The 5 most used sorts of Layers

            -> Add a Null

            -> Add a Text Layer

            -> Add a Shape Layer

            -> Add a Solid

            -> Add an Adjustment Layer

            And 5 most used FX (already available in your search results):

            -> Add a Slider Control

            -> Add CC Tint

            -> Add Fill FX

            -> Add Light Sweep FX

            -> Add Fract Noise



            And:



            -Improvement of the Shifter tool with a "PUSH" button

            -Flaoa Bomb feature was added: BLOOM YOUR COMPS and updated

            -New aesthetic UI, more responsive (check settings)

            -Minor Bugs fixed

            1.6.5b -

            Nov 24, 2022

            -UI improvement

            -Tips Updated

            -DARK MODE optionnal

            1.6.5 -

            Nov 23, 2022

            -Improvement of the Shifter with a "PUSH" button

            -Flaoa Bomb feature was added: BLOOM YOUR COMPS!

            -New aesthetic UI, more responsive

            -Minor Bugs fixed

            1.6.4 -

            Nov 14, 2022

            -New features:

            Normalize (rescale) a 3D layer

            Resize a Comp in a responsive way

            -Fixed: Loop Controls

            1.6.3 -

            Nov 8, 2022

            -New features:

            Randomize layer Positions

            Shift Layers By group and colors!

            1.6.1 -

            Nov 4, 2022

            -Handy Pins: Colors=Pins colors

            -Remove Empty Folders

            1.6 -

            Nov 3, 2022

            -Search in your Expressions (manage this option in your settings)

            2 New features:

            -Display your layers Randomly

            -Discover a new way to manage your puppet pins with "Handy Pins".

            1.5.82b -

            Oct 31, 2022

            2 New features:

            -Add and store your logo or watermark

            -Manage Loop (iteration and types) with sliders

            1.5.82 -

            Oct 31, 2022

            2 New features:

            -Add and store your logo or watermark

            -Manage Loop (iteration and types) with sliders

            1.5.81 -

            Oct 27, 2022

            -Important Update: Fix settings with toolset

            -More permissive Trial

            1.5.8 -

            Oct 27, 2022

            -Fix easing disabled buttons

            1.5.7 -

            Oct 25, 2022

            -New Easing tool with Presets

            1.5.6 -

            Oct 17, 2022

            -Feeback screen improvement

            1.5.5 -

            Oct 13, 2022

            -FIXED new toolbar tools resize and join|Cap

            1.5.4 -

            Oct 10, 2022

            -Audio Sync feature improved with separated Horizontal & Vertical movement

            -UI improvements

            1.5.2 -

            Oct 6, 2022

            -UI Black and White in Settings (Legacy UI)

            -Synch Audio Tool Rotation fixed

            1.5.1 -

            Oct 3, 2022

            -Licence updated

            1.5.0 -

            Sep 19, 2022

            Multilingual Release

            Compatibility

            After Effects

            2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022