#3d

Foldspace

paid

Create and animate 3D curved surfaces in After Effects

Moving Parents

paid

Manage parenting and animate layers without keyframes using expressions

Sandbox

freemium

AI-powered web animation engine inside After Effects

Wrap It

paid

Projects 3D camera footage onto Alembic geometry for texture workflows

Bevelizer

paid

GPU-accelerated bevels on text and shapes in real-time

Keyless Zoom

freemium

Automate 3D camera zooms with one keyframe and intelligent framing

Delay Motion Pro

paid

Build transform delays that stay stable with parenting

SolariText

paid

Generates animated 3D split-flap boards from text layers in one click

Tracker Solver

paid

Converts 2D position tracks into 3D coordinates using camera motion

Rapid Slideshow & Presentation Maker

freemium

Automate image slideshows with expression-driven transitions and motion

AE 3D RIG

freemium

Six scripts that centralize 3D camera, lighting, and layer controls

Spring Ease

paid

Target-based animation with spring physics, inertia and bounce

Fractal Terrain

paid

Generate cinematic 3D terrain from fractal noise using ray-casting

SuperZoom

paid

Converts multi-zoom images into smooth cinematic zoom animations

Camera 3D Toolkit Pro

freemium

Create cinematic 3D camera animations with parallax in one click

Middle Measure

paid

Measure distances and find midpoints between layers in After Effects

Projection 3D

paid

Turn 2D images into 3D projected scenes with camera projection mapping

Furikake

paid

CPU-optimized particle plugin for large-scale motion graphics and VFX

AnimateParallax

paid

Create parallax effects by visually adjusting layer depth in After Effects

Depth Scanner 2

paid

Generate AI depth maps from video and images for compositing and 3D effects

GridGen

freemium

Procedural grid system generator for After Effects

Quick Depth 3

paid

Generate depth maps from footage using AI for depth of field and 3D effects

3D Wizard

paid

Convert 2D images into 3D models with AI-powered perspective generation

Motion Tweaks

freemium

Collection of practical motion design scripts for everyday After Effects tasks

AI Relight Pro

paid

Add customizable virtual 3D lights to footage in post-production

Parallaxer 3

freemium

Convert layered files into 3D parallax scenes in one click

3D Letters Animator

freemium

Creates 3D title animations with letter effects and custom materials

QuickPortals

paid

Generate customizable portal transitions using 3D camera tracking

BlenderAe2

freemium

Transfer 3D data, cameras, lights, and physics between Blender and After Effects

AI Relight

paid

Add AI-driven virtual 3D lights to footage in post-production

Face 3D

paid

Convert photos into animated 3D models using AI-powered depth mapping

Google Earth Studio Toolkit

freemium

Add pins, labels, and connection lines to Google Earth Studio exports

MoleculeGen°

freemium

Generate circle pack patterns and animations for 2D and 3D motion graphics

Blend Scatter

paid

Duplicate layers and blend or randomize properties across them

3D Modeler

paid

Extrude layers into 3D models with masks and textures

Extrude

paid

Add 3D extrusions to text, shapes, and masks in a single click

Gaussian Splatting

paid

Import and render 3D Gaussian Splatting .ply files in After Effects

Circle Rig Pro

paid

Arrange layers in circles with effectors, wiggle, and time delay

Super 3D

freemium

Add parametric primitives, import models, and control textures in 3D space

Depth Scanner Lite

paid

Generate AI depth maps from images and video

TypeMonkey3D

paid

Convert TypeMonkey builds to 3D typography with one click

WIR3D

freemium

Create parametric 3D wireframe shapes from a single shape layer

Shadow Studio 3

paid

Casts raytraced shadows and lights with realistic or stylized results

Dynamic Shadow 3

paid

Generates realistic shadows and lighting effects with automated angles

Slice It 3D

paid

Slice layers with 2D masks into parts with simulated 3D depth

Handy Hands 2

paid

Create and animate flexible 3D hand surfaces in a single shape layer

PrayMitive

freemium

Create and animate 3D primitives with GPU raymarching inside After Effects

Lockdown 3

paid

Track warping and deforming surfaces in After Effects

Ultra Box 3D

freemium

Generate animated 3D box rigs from shapes and expressions

Extrudalizer

freemium

Extrude 2D shapes into virtual 3D space with full Lottie compatibility

3D Presets for Element 3D

freemium

Transform text and logos into 3D with one-click presets for Element 3D

ft-UVPass Bundle

freemium

Re-texture 3D objects and create 3D masks using UV and position passes

Power Droste

paid

Creates Droste effect spirals with 3D rotation and customizable strands

3D Primitives Generator

freemium

Build cubes, cylinders, pyramids, and prisms from native After Effects layers

Depth Mosh Bundle

paid

Create 3D datamoshing effects with AI depth maps and glitch algorithms

HeliumX

subscription

GPU-accelerated 3D toolset for creating models, text, and animations

VectorBox

freemium

Build colorful 3D boxes with consistent stroke sizes

GuidesUp!

freemium

Create guides, grids, and alignment helpers with one click

Carousel XPress

freemium

Creates linear, circular, exponential, or path-based carousels with one click

Quick ToneMapper

paid

Apply tone mapping curves to CG renders in post without baking them in

Match Position

paid

Matches position and orientation between layers in 2D and 3D space

Sliced Box

freemium

Create 3D sliced box animations with one click and full keyframe control

TinkerType

freemium

Separate and animate each character in 3D within one text layer

ShotViz

paid

Embed Cinema 4D previz metadata and display it in After Effects or Premiere

GEOlayers Mapdata

freemium

Licensed OpenStreetMap data for commercial map animation projects

HandyCam

paid

GPU-accelerated camera rig plugin with orbit controls and intuitive lens tools

Topograph

freemium

Generates elevation maps and topographic visualizations from footage

Aura Render Only

paid

Command-line render license for Aura on headless render nodes

Aura

paid

Generates animated geometric shapes in 3D space using procedural waves

FX MagiCoin

freemium

Generate vector-based spinning coin animations with currency symbols

AEC4D PRO

paid

Import Cinema 4D scenes into After Effects as editable layers

Trapcode Mir

paid

Create and animate 3D terrains, surfaces, and flowing tunnels

Wave-o-Matic

paid

Add natural wave motion to any layer in 2D or 3D space

BAO Distortion Bundle

paid

Three plugins for warping, rigging, and distorting layers with masks

Transform Pack for Transformer

freemium

50 ready-made animation presets for Transformer 2 plugin

AutoMatte

freemium

Batch pre-compose RGB multimattes into separate transparent layers

Mettle Super Suite

freemium

Bundle of 3D mesh warping, fractal effects, and AR tools for After Effects

Mettle Flux

paid

Creates volumetric fractal flames for space scenes and atmospheric effects

AE Camera Morph

paid

Morph between cameras in After Effects with editable spatial paths

quadrateFX

freemium

Generate treemap patterns and luminance-based vector rectangles

Swiss Knife

paid

20 combinable tools for parallax, animation control, and layer management

Bang

freemium

Modular particle system for creating 3D procedural muzzle flashes

anyFX360

paid

Apply any 2D effect to 360° footage without visible seams

Stereo 3D Toolkit 3

paid

Manage stereoscopic 3D compositions with true left/right channels

Canvas STK

paid

Stereoscopic 3D compositing for VR/360 content in After Effects

Slice it Up 2

freemium

Slice layers into customizable segments with procedural masking

Normal Mapper for AE

freemium

Generate normal maps from any bitmap source inside After Effects

Mantra

paid

Create AR content and VR effects with 3D model import and GPU rendering

Uniform Resizer C4D

freemium

Resize Cinema 4D objects to exact dimensions, not percentages

Target 4D

paid

Place or copy objects onto any surface in Cinema 4D

SpiderWeb C4D

freemium

Generates procedural spider webs in Cinema 4D using ray casting or anchors

C4D Viewport Colors

freemium

Apply color overlays to Cinema 4D objects without affecting render materials

Canvas 360 Pro

paid

Composite 360° footage with 2D/3D layers in a unified timeline

Crossphere Bokeh

paid

Lens blur plugin with full bokeh shape control and HDR highlights

UV Colorizer

paid

Generate Color ID maps for UV islands in Cinema 4D

BAO Boa

paid

Distorts layers along mask paths with 3D extrusion and per-vertex control

3D Flip Board

freemium

Generate animated 3D flip flap boards from text or as transitions

SkyBox 360 Post FX 2

paid

Apply blur, sharpen, glow, and noise effects to 360° video without seams

Wind

freemium

Simulates realistic wind motion on layers in native 3D space

Isomatic FX

freemium

Builds isometric graphics in 2D and 3D directly inside After Effects

E3D Mografter FX

freemium

Bring Cinema 4D Mograph controls to Video Copilot Element 3D

FreeForm Pro

paid

Turn flat layers into 3D meshes with warp, displacement, and primitives

Element 3D V2

freemium

Render and animate 3D objects and particles inside After Effects

Origami Hexagons Pack 1

freemium

Add 4 hexagonal mesh types to Origami for procedural 3D animations

Stardust

paid

Modular 3D particle system with node-based workflow for After Effects

BAO Bones

freemium

Setup and animate inverse kinematic rigs in 3 clicks

Position Matte 2

paid

Creates mattes from 3D position passes to reduce roto and matte work

Plexus 3 Render Only

paid

Render-only license for Plexus 3 on headless render farm machines

Plexus 3

paid

Build generative 3D particle networks with lines, facets, and effectors

MonkeyCam Pro

freemium

Procedural camera animator with one-click setup and marker-based timing

SkyBox Suite Bundle

paid

Complete 360/VR toolkit for equirectangular footage in After Effects

Ring Transitions Bundle

freemium

Radial wipe transitions with chrome rings and 2D ring animations

FBX to AE Pro

paid

Transfers 3D cameras, solids, and nulls between After Effects and 3DS Max/Maya

Power Hyperboloid

freemium

Create GPU-accelerated 3D hyperboloid surfaces with composition lighting

SkyBox 360 Post FX

paid

Apply blur, sharpen, denoise, and glow to 360° VR footage without seams

Good Parents

freemium

Keyframe parenting relationships and switch parents in After Effects

Paint & Stick 2

paid

Paint directly in comp with custom brushes, onion skinning, and 3D projection

3D Flip Book

paid

Generate animated 3D flipbook animations with ray-traced pages

Layer Converter

paid

Converts selected layers to Null objects or Point Lights

CircusMonkey

paid

Generate 3D kinetic typography with marker-based timing and camera animation

AutoCircularMotion

freemium

Create circular, swinging, and bouncing motions with Z-axis depth control

Paint & Stick 2 (Beta)

free

Paint in comp with custom brushes and map paint onto 3D renders

BAO Mask 3D Warper

freemium

Generate 3D shapes from masks and warp layers with precision

3D Paper Jam

paid

Creates animated paper folding and jamming effects with full 3D controls

BAO Mask Avenger 2

paid

Animate mask vertices and tangents individually with keyframes in 3D

Animography Novecento

paid

Animated typeface with faux 3D transitions and 32 static font styles

Polyline

freemium

Generates animated 3D polygonal lines from motion paths

Umami

freemium

Generates parametric random splines for abstract motion graphics in C4D

Kurulumun

freemium

Generates parametric twisted splines with random axes in Cinema 4D

Quick Lens Flare

freemium

Create lens flares controlled by nulls or lights with occlusion support

Power Cylinder

paid

GPU-accelerated 3D cylinder creator with shading and camera integration

Vigoro

freemium

Offset animation tool for creating fluid motion with minimal keyframes

Evil Twin Stereo 3D

paid

Stereo 3D compositing workflow for After Effects with one-click setup

Malcolm in the Center

freemium

Position objects at the midpoint between two 3D points

Bend Layers

freemium

Bend layers in 3D space without ray tracing

YUVsoft Parallax Corrector Lite

paid

Adjust parallax in side-by-side stereo video using disparity maps

YUVsoft Depth from Stereo Lite

paid

Generates depth maps from side-by-side stereo video footage

YUVsoft Geometry Corrector

paid

Corrects vertical shifts and rotations in stereoscopic 3D footage

YUVsoft Color Corrector

paid

Automatically corrects color mismatches in stereo 3D footage

YUVsoft Stereo Processing Suite Lite

paid

Automatic stereo 3D video correction and enhancement suite

Power Sphere

paid

GPU-accelerated 3D sphere generator with distortion and reflection

Camera Instancer

freemium

Instance a camera across compositions for synchronized camera edits

flapfont

freemium

Animated flapping text effect for 3D typographic motion graphics

BAO Mask Brush

paid

Align custom brushes along mask paths in 3D with motion blur

Buena Depth Cue

paid

Simulate Z-depth and depth-of-field in 2D compositions

Centrum

freemium

Arranges selected layers into circular or spiral formations

3D Splitter

freemium

Split compositions in 3D space to bend images around corners

CINEWARE proxy

freemium

Toggle between live Cinema 4D layers and rendered proxy files

Construction

freemium

Generate 3D buildings and cityscapes from preset models or custom images

Toy Bricks

paid

Simulates physics and rigid body collisions in 3D space

Create Pivotal Null

freemium

Generate nulls at layer corners and edges for faster rigging setup

Align3D

freemium

Align and distribute layers in 3D space across X, Y, and Z axes

LightMan

freemium

Position lights in After Effects by looking through them like a camera

Easy Slide Show

paid

Creates 3D circular slideshows from image folders with editable parameters

AutoSway

freemium

Create swaying animations for layers using puppet pins or layer linking

Pointers

freemium

Snap layers to other layers, handling 3D, 2D, and parented math

CI Move Anchor

freemium

Reposition anchor points anywhere while preserving animation paths

BVH Importer

freemium

Convert motion capture data from BVH files to animated layer rigs

malty: Simple Camera Rig

paid

One-click 3D camera rigging with advanced depth of field and global settings

Two-Sided Layer

freemium

Combine two layers into one with different front and back sides

OBJ Vertex Export

freemium

Exports layer positions as OBJ point clouds for 3D applications

Locations

freemium

Import CSV data to create geo-located markers on 2D and 3D maps

Swissd

freemium

Creates fixed-width text layouts by auto-scaling text layers

Orient World

freemium

Aligns 3D camera-tracked scenes to ground planes with one click

BAO Perspective Changer

paid

Transform images between perspective spaces without quality loss

malty: Cuber

freemium

Creates 3D boxes from layers with intelligent, no-UI automation

Elementary

freemium

Control 3D plugins, shapes, and effects with nulls and automated linking

Layer Repeater

freemium

Duplicate layers with unified control over space and time offsets

Projection

freemium

Create and animate 3D curved surfaces inside After Effects

Illumination

freemium

Creates controllable softbox lights with ambient shadows in 3D space

3D Extruder

freemium

Creates 3D extrusions from 2D layers using stacked precomps

Skydome

freemium

Creates a camera-responsive 3D environment from HDRI or custom materials

3D Bevel

freemium

Adds a light-reactive bevel to 3D layers for volumetric edge effects

3D Widgets

freemium

Scripts that render visual aids for navigating After Effects 3D space

Plexus OBJ Sequence Exporter for C4D

free

Export animated OBJ sequences from Cinema 4D to Plexus

pt_Multiplane

freemium

Converts layered artwork into 3D multiplanes with automatic depth control

pt_Panorama

freemium

Converts panoramic images into 3D cylinders for composition backgrounds

3D to 2D ScreenSpace

freemium

Convert 3D layer positions into animated 2D nulls in screen-space

Fractal Noise 3D

paid

Generates 3D fractal noise that responds to After Effects cameras and lights

AE Link: Lightwave to After Effects Export

paid

Export cameras, nulls, lights, and renders from Lightwave 3D to AE

ArabicText C4D

freemium

Render Arabic and Farsi text correctly in Cinema 4D

cm_Barndoors

freemium

Adds barndoors to After Effects lights for controlled theatrical lighting

PointPosition C4D

freemium

Export position point passes from Cinema 4D for 2.5D relighting

Trajectory

freemium

Plot layers evenly along a line between two nulls with delay controls

Pixel Cloud

freemium

Turn position passes and depth maps into relightable 3D pixel clouds

EFX Render Elements Z Depth Tools

paid

Composite 3D renders using Z-Depth passes for depth-based masking

EFX Render Elements Plugin Suite

freemium

Composite 3D render passes without re-rendering using depth and ID data

EFX AB Compare

freemium

Split-screen layer comparison tool for visual quality control

EFX Render Elements Free

free

Select objects from ID passes and clean up alpha channel artifacts

qp_ChromaSubsample

freemium

Simulates chroma subsampling to integrate CG renders with video footage

YY_Seamless

freemium

Creates tileable textures by offsetting and blending edges

AlignLayers

freemium

Arrange selected layers next to each other along x, y, or z axes

AutoOrientCamera

freemium

Automates camera keyframes to face each layer in sequence

Randomizer

freemium

Apply random values to layer transform properties in After Effects

RubikCube

freemium

Generates and animates a Rubik's Cube inside After Effects

3D Layer Distributor

freemium

Distributes layers across custom 3D space ranges in After Effects

3D Text Creator

freemium

Generate and distribute multiple text layers in 3D space

Mocha Pro

subscription

Planar tracking and rotoscoping for motion tracking and VFX cleanup