ToothPaste

An After Effects tool that lets you quickly paste SVGs from the clipboard.

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Description

ToothPaste allows you to quickly paste SVGs from the clipboard.

Simply copy as SVG from other apps such as Figma, Affinity Designer, Sketch and more, and paste the code as shape layers inside After Effects with the click of a button.

Features

The words 'Editable Text' highlighted to show how a user might edit a text layer in After Effects.

Editable Text (New)

Keep your text editable when you paste your designs into After Effects.

Gradient Support (New)

Gradients are now supported. You don’t have to stick to boring flat designs, ToothPaste has your back.

The After Effects gradient editor appears in the center of the image.
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Clip-Paths and Masks (New)

Keep your shapes in check with mask and clip-path support.

Center in Comp

Pasting the SVG in the middle of your comp is just as easy.

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ToothPaste screenshot, featuring a paste button with two checkbox settings

Easy to Use Interface

ToothPaste features an simple and easy to use interface that can be docked anywhere in your workspace.

Walkthrough

Discussions

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Version History

1.3.0 -

Feb 20, 2026

New:
- Support for raster images: ToothPaste can now handle embedded images in your SVGs.
- Improved layer structure: an improved layer structure keeps your SVGs closer to the original structure in your design application.
- Paste groups as precomps: for added organisation, you can now precomp groups.

Fixed:
- Fixed an issue where some shapes would be pasted with a black fill by default.
- Fixed an issue where compound paths would not get pasted correctly.
- Many more fixes and improvements.

1.2.5 -

Feb 13, 2025

Fixes a bug that would produce an error in older versions of After Effects when pasting SVGs with gradients. The extension will no longer crash, but gradients will not be imported. For full gradient support, please update After Effects to a more recent version.

1.2.4 -

Aug 28, 2024

- Fixes an issue that was introduced in the last update where the extension would be unresponsive

1.2.3 -

Aug 26, 2024

- Fixes issue where shapes with a black fill would sometimes show up with no fill at all

1.2.2 -

Jun 13, 2024

- Editable text now works by default!

- Ampersand characters no longer break the SVG parser

- Added support for strokes in text

- Fixes an issue where users were being prompted to update the extension despite being on the latest version

1.2.1 -

Apr 4, 2024

- Fixed the 'Array.isArray()' error message that was showing on paste

1.2 -

Mar 10, 2024

- Support for gradient fills and strokes

- Support for clip-paths and masks

- New warning message for missing fonts

- Improved support for multiline text

- Fixed bug where text anchor points would sometimes be set incorrectly

- Fixed issue where tspan elements would not be merged properly

- Fixed bug where multiple M commands in a path would not get rendered properly

1.1.0 -

Feb 5, 2024

- Text support can now be enabled as an experimental feature.

1.0.1 -

Jan 29, 2024

- Improved path normalisation

- Added support for relative paths

- Added handling for fill and stroke set to none

- Fixed broken imports for SVGs copied from Illustrator

- Raster images and gradients no longer break import if present

1.0.0 -

Jan 18, 2024

Initial release

Compatibility

After Effects

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC

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Updated: Oct 21, 2025 1:35 AM