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Turn native After Effects Shape Layers into a controllable whiteboard animation.
Choose what draws, set the order and timing, then change the overall pace without retiming every segment individually.
The problem
Manual whiteboard rigs turn every path into a setup task.
Each stroke needs a reveal and timing, and sequence changes trigger another round of adjustments. Adding a hand or marker introduces another layer of coordination.
Native After Effects artwork
Keep working with your Shape Layers.
Whiteboard Rig Builder builds from prepared After Effects Shape Layers instead of replacing them with a flattened or recreated copy. Paths remain accessible for editing and can retain Bezier path animation, including animated vertices.
You direct the animation
Choose what draws and set the order.
Load Paths creates an editable list of detected segments. Reorder, exclude, restore, reverse, and adjust individual segment behavior before you build.
Central timing
Control the full sequence from one place.
Set the total drawing duration, choose equal or proportional timing, and adjust transitions and holds. Change the overall pace later without retiming every segment individually.
Built for production revisions
Keep the rig adjustable.
Continue refining supported paths and animated vertices after the rig is built. Central controls keep overall timing, segment behavior, and text reveal and wobble available for production adjustments.
Simple workflow
Three steps from artwork to rig.
Load Paths
Detect and prepare the paths and single-line text that can draw.
Arrange the sequence
Set the order, exclusions, timing, and per-segment behavior.
Build Rig
Create the rig, then continue adjusting timing and segment behavior.
Focused features
Shape the sequence without rebuilding every timing decision.
The panel keeps ordering, timing allocation, segment behavior, and text controls in one workflow.
Equal or proportional timing
Reorder, exclude, and restore segments
Reverse direction and start offset
Per-segment transitions and holds
Central full-sequence retiming
Single-line text reveal and wobble controls
Automatic preparation of supported static parametric shapes
Automatic following with the included hand or marker, or use custom artwork
Clean Rig removal of generated rig controls and data
Artwork requirements
Start with prepared, stroke-based After Effects Shape Layers. Convert Illustrator artwork to Shape Layers before using Load Paths. Bezier paths and single-line point text are supported. Static Ellipse and Rectangle paths are supported; static Polygon and Star paths require zero roundness.
Locked layers, multi-line or paragraph text, animated or expression-driven parametric properties, rounded Polygon or Star paths, and user Trim Paths inside groups that will be rigged are not supported. Load Paths may convert or reorganize source Shape Layer structure, so work in a duplicate comp if you need an untouched original. Structural source changes require Load Paths again, and Clean Rig does not restore that preprocessing.
In version 1.0, do not duplicate text layers after Load Paths. If that happens, run Clean Rig and restart with Load Paths before building again.
What's included
Panel, assets, and documentation.
Whiteboard Rig Builder ScriptUI panel, version 1.0
Prepared hand and marker asset pack
Quick Start PDF
Full User Guide PDF
Trial and installation
Install the trial or full version through the aescripts + aeplugins Manager, restart After Effects, then open the panel from the Window menu. Manual installation is also available when the supplied package structure is kept intact.
Discussions
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Version History
1.0 -
Aug 5, 2026
- Automatic detection and sequencing of shape paths and single-line text layers.
- Expression-driven timing controlled from a central DRAW_CTRL layer.
- Automatic HAND_NULL tracking across the complete drawing sequence.
- Configurable segment order, direction, transitions, holds, and start offsets.
- Support for Ellipse, Rectangle, and Polystar parametric shapes.
- Text reveal controls with adjustable timing and wobble options.
- Included HAND_RIG.aep with automatic import from the panel.
- Clean Rig workflow for removing generated rig elements.
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