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Hasan Atallah

States

STATES stores values of properties, animations, and effects. Create reusable pre-sets for individual layers or entire compositions. Render all states ! Turn them to a template for Mogrts!


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Description

The States plugin is designed to solve one of the biggest pain points in motion design and editing: managing revisions and creative iterations inside After Effects. Normally, if you want to try different looks, experiment with animation ideas, or create multiple variations for clients, you’re forced to either duplicate compositions, save separate project files, or rely on complex expressions. That quickly leads to bloated projects, confusion, and wasted time.

What States does:

  • Non-destructive experimentation – You can create and switch between multiple “states” of your composition without duplicating comps or saving endless versions.

  • ️ Simplified revision management – Keep different design variations neatly organized inside one project. No more guessing which “Final_v7b” is the right one.

  • No slowdown – Unlike expression-based solutions that can make previews sluggish, States runs smoothly without performance penalties.

  • ️Creative freedom – Experiment freely with motion, colors, or layout changes knowing you can instantly roll back or compare variations.

  • Better client workflow – Present multiple ideas, track revisions, and adapt quickly without risking lost progress or overwriting work.

In short, States acts like a “snapshot system” for your comps. Instead of cluttering your project with duplicates, you save “states” of your composition that you can switch between instantly. This keeps your workflow clean, flexible, and efficient—perfect for both experimenting creatively and managing endless client feedback cycles.

Who is it for ?

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Whether you’re a designer exploring looks, an animator refining motion, a character artist syncing dialogue, or a templator building flexible systems, States keeps your project cleaner, faster, and more experimental-friendly. It essentially gives any After Effects user the ability to work like they have multiple timelines inside one comp — no duplication, no mess, just instant creative flexibility.

How To Use ?

1. Save Any Property Value

Every property in After Effects — position, scale, opacity, color, text settings, effects, even keyframe values — can be stored as a State.

  • Example: You’ve animated a text layer’s position but want to try a different entrance. Save the first version as a State, tweak the motion, and save the new version as another State. Both are stored without duplicating the comp.

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2. Combine Multiple Values into Layer States

Instead of just saving one property, you can group multiple property variations into a Layer State.

  • Example: On a logo layer, you can save one Layer State with a “bounce scale-up” animation and another with a “fade-in + slide” animation.

  • Switch instantly between those two animation sets without affecting anything else in the comp.

Layer States

3. Build Full Project Styles from Layer State Variations

Here’s where it gets powerful: you can mix and match Layer States across your whole comp to create Project Styles.

  • Example: Imagine you’re building a brand ad. You can have:

    • Style A: Clean typography, pastel color palette, smooth easing.

    • Style B: Bold typography, dark theme, snappy easing.

    • Style C: Playful typography, bright palette, bouncy animation.

  • Each style is just a combination of saved Layer States — no duplicate comps, no extra project files.

Global States

4. Switch, Compare, and Iterate

Once your States are saved, you can:

  • Instantly swap between different looks.

  • Compare client feedback options quickly.

  • Safely experiment without worrying about losing work.

It’s like having snapshots + versions + alternate timelines, all built into your comp, but way cleaner and faster.


Save properties → group them into Layer States → combine them into Project Styles → swap instantly.

Render all your global states with one click!

Batch Render
Create a template from your options with a single button! Great for MOGRTs

Template
Quickly select the property you want to edit next!

Select Prop
Apply animations at Playhead time

Apply at Playhead
Meta States! Animation presets on steroids!

Unrestricted Mode
Show List

UI Customisation

Known Issues:
UI not draggable on Mac. Will be fixed soon.

Discussions

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Version History

1.0.0 -

Sep 4, 2025

Initial Release

Compatibility

After Effects

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

FAQ

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