xCloner

xCloner is an After Effects plugin that clones any type of layer exceptionally fast. NEW: Path & Object Cloning.

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Description


xCloner v1.3 is a massive new update, introducing two powerful new modes:Path Cloning and Object Cloning!


Path Cloning
With Path mode, draw or paste any number of masks and clone directly along their paths. Path cloning lets you distribute clones in three different ways; Count, Distance and Vertex. You can choose to clone on individual masks or all masks combined, loop clones along paths, set clone rotation to follow path direction, randomize and offset transformations and much more!

Object Cloning
Object Mode lets you clone based on any source layer’s alpha or luma channels. Fine-tune with resolution, threshold, and other advanced controls to achieve exactly the look you want.




5 Cloning Modes

Linear Mode

Radial Mode

Grid Mode

Path Mode

Object Mode



Intuitive UI
A modern, easy-to-understand, and logically structured User interface.




Built for performance
xCloner is fast. Cloning a few thousand clones in any mode, isn’t an issue for this plugin. This simply isn’t possible with standard layer duplication.


Benchmark - 320 x 4K Layers (Render time per frame)
Expression based
25s
Script duplication
15s
xCloner
0.2s


Custom Layers
Choose up to 20 custom layers for cloning. Set their transformation, blending mode and visibility.


Detailed documention
Includes step-by-step documentation that guides you through installation, setup, and every feature in xCloner.


Technical features:
  • Works with Adobe After Effects CS6 and above
  • Works on Mac OS & Windows
  • 5 Cloning Modes
  • Detailed Documentation
  • Mulitiframe rendering
  • Works with 32 bit color


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    Version History

    1.3.8 -

    Nov 25, 2025

    * In Path mode, fixed anchor point position when doing Global Scale
    * In Grid mode, fixed incorrect clones drawing if user switched to half or quarter resolution in AE

    1.3.7 -

    Nov 21, 2025

    * Important Bug fix *
    If source layer was Shape Layer or Text Layer, and if you set their scale (on a layer transform itself) to 0, it would crash After Effects. Fixed.

    1.3.6 -

    Nov 19, 2025

    Some users might have had error "Checkout ID isn't Unique" in Object mode. Now Fixed.

    1.3.5 -

    Nov 17, 2025

    When changing certain parameters in Path mode (per segment option), if clone order is random, weird behaviour happens. Now fixed.

    1.3.4 -

    Nov 16, 2025

    * Big improvement in Offset Time and Random Time options in all modes. Much more performant now.
    * Fixed bug → When offset time is active in distance mode (per-segment), clones are distributed only on first path/mask
    * Performance and stability improvements
    * Update to licensing
    * Other bug fixes

    1.3.3 -

    Oct 10, 2025

    * Time Offset performance improvement in all modes

    1.3.2 -

    Oct 8, 2025

    * Important bug fix! Fixed offset time bug in all modes.

    1.3.1 -

    Oct 6, 2025

    * Minor motion blur fix

    1.3 -

    Oct 3, 2025

    * Added Path & Object mode

    * UI Changes

    * Bug fixes

    * Performance improvement

    1.2 -

    Sep 13, 2025

    Massive performance upgrade, up to 10x speed improvement

    1.1.1 -

    Jul 3, 2025

    Bug fixes:



    * Fixed a 'flicker' issue on Mac os when random properties were used in combination with other keyframed properties like scale or rotation etc.

    1.1 -

    Jul 2, 2025

    New Features:



    * Blending mode between clones + positioning In Front and Behind

    * Anchor Point in Global Transform

    * Reverse offset order



    Bug fixes:



    * Fixed issue in Radial mode, when offset position is applied, rotation in global transform was not working properly.

    1.0.1 -

    Jun 6, 2025

    Fixed Licensing Issue

    1.0 -

    Jun 5, 2025

    Initial Release

    Compatibility

    After Effects

    2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, CS6