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TimePilot Pro

An advanced timeline navigation extension for After Effects. It features context-aware jumping between cuts, keyframes, and markers, an interactive live radar track, and professional trimming tools to streamline your daily editing and animation workflow.

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Special price valid until July 18, 2026
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Description

Time Pilot Pro

Pilot your After Effects timeline with context-aware smart navigation, allowing you to instantly slice, shift, and arrange layers, while visualizing your entire project with an ultra-responsive visual radar.

WORK SMARTER. EDIT FASTER..

TimePilot Pro, the smart extension that transforms the way you work.

Key Features

Transport & Navigation

Take absolute control over your playhead and composition bounds directly from the UI.

Transport and navigation preview
  • CTI Quick Controls: Move the playhead instantly to the exact start or end of your composition.
  • Frame Shifting:Advance or retreat frame-by-frame, or jump by 10-frame increments for faster scrubbing.
  • Work Area Bounds: Jump directly to the start or end of your active Work Area.
  • Fit Work Area to Selection: Instantly fit your Work Area boundaries to match the exact duration of selected layers.
  • Trim Comp to Work Area: Crop the entire composition duration to match your current Work Area with a single click.
Smart Jump

Navigate your timeline intelligently based on your current context and selection. Four dedicated modes give you surgical precision on every jump.

Smart jump controls
✂ Cuts ⬡ Markers ◆ Keys ⚡ Hybrid
  • Cuts Mode: Jumps between In and Out points of layers.
  • Keys Mode: Jumps exactly between keyframes. Searches within selected layers, or scans the entire composition automatically.
  • Markers Mode: Navigates exclusively between layer and composition markers.
  • Hybrid Mode: Evaluates cuts, keys, and markers simultaneously — jumps to the closest relevant point.
Timeline Navigator (Live Radar)

A visual, timeline representation located directly inside your panel.

⬤ Timeline Navigator
00:00:03:22 / 00:01:00:00
  • Real-Time Tracking: Reads the Current-time display, Current Time Indicator (playhead), Work Area and Composition bounds.
  • Instant Teleport: Click anywhere on the radar track to instantly move the playhead to that exact timecode.
  • Marker Dots: All composition markers are rendered directly on the radar for instant visual context.
Layer Navigation

Take precise, frame-accurate control over layer boundaries.

Layer controls preview
  • Layer In / Layer Out: Instantly teleport the Current Time Indicator (CTI / playhead) to the exact In Point or Out Point of the currently selected layer.
  • Earliest In: Automatically analyzes all selected layers and jumps straight to the absolute first In Point among the selection.
  • Latest Out: Scans all selected layers to instantly jump to the absolute final Out Point among them.
  • Previous Cut / Next Cut: Execute smart timeline jumps to the previous or next layer boundary.
Editor-Style Trimming

Trim and align layers.

Editor-style trimming
  • Trim In / Trim Out: Layer In / Layer Out: Instantly teleport the Current Time Indicator (CTI / playhead) to the exact In Point or Out Point of the currently selected layer..
  • Move to CTI: Shift entire layers so their In or Out point aligns perfectly with the playhead while keeping internal timings intact.
  • Trim to Content: Automatically analyzes inner keyframes to remove empty space before the first and after the last animation point.
Marker Management

Enhance your composition organization directly from the panel UI.

Marker management

Enhance your composition organization directly from the panel UI.

  • Quick Add: Drop composition markers instantly at the playhead position with a single click.
  • Protected Regions: Insert duration-based protected region markers to safeguard animation timings.
  • Smart Search: Type a name to find any marker and teleport directly to it.
  • Clear All: Remove all composition markers in one shot when you need a clean slate.

Discussions

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Version History

1.0 -

Jul 1, 2026

- Initial Release Candidate deployment.
- Implemented Smart Jump Navigation with four context-aware modes: Cuts, Keys, Markers, and Hybrid logic.
- Integrated an ultra-responsive HTML5 Live Radar for real-time tracking and instant playhead teleportation.
- Added professional Editor-Style Trimming tools, including Trim In/Out, Move to CTI, and automated Trim to Content.
- Added Advanced Transport Controls for frame-shifting, composition-bounding, and fitting work areas.
- Implemented Advanced Marker Management with quick-add actions, search filtering, and Protected Regions support for responsive design workflows.
- Engineered with frame-accurate sub-frame calculations to prevent playhead-stuck bugs on raw video layers.
- Full cross-language architecture supporting all native After Effects localizations via universal property indexing.

Compatibility

After Effects

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

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