Layer Flow: Built to Take the Busywork Out of After Effects
We did not build Layer Flow to sell it. We built it because we edit in After Effects every day, and we were tired of doing the same small tasks by hand over and over. Here is what it does, and how it grew from a script into a full extension.
Anyone who edits in After Effects knows the routine. Drop an adjustment layer on a clip. Size it. Pre-compose a few layers. Rename them so you can find them later. Color-code the timeline so it does not turn into a wall of gray. None of it is hard. It is just slow, and you do it hundreds of times a day.
Layer Flow takes that busywork off your hands. It is a workflow tool for After Effects that turns the steps you repeat all day into a single click, so you can spend your time on the part that actually matters: the edit.
Built by an editor, for editors
We use Layer Flow ourselves, many times a day, on real projects. That is the whole reason it exists. It started as a script we wrote to speed up our own work, and we spent months refining it until it did exactly what we needed. Every tool in it earned its place by saving us time on an actual edit.
Adjustment layers and new layers, instantly
Need an adjustment layer on the clip you are working on? One click. Want it sized to the exact length of that clip, or stretched across the whole timeline to grade the entire sequence? Layer Flow does either one instantly. The same goes for nulls and cameras: drop them in, matched to your clip, without the usual clicking around.
Pre-compose without the friction
Pre-composing is one of those things you do constantly and think about never. Select your layers, tell Layer Flow to pre-compose, and it builds the composition you want in one move, so you stay in your rhythm instead of digging through menus.
Keep your timeline organized
A messy timeline slows everyone down. Layer Flow lets you rename layers and color-code them in batches, so a stack of clips turns into something you can actually read at a glance. Staying organized stops being the chore you skip when you are busy.
A script, then a full extension
Layer Flow comes in two forms, and both work extremely well:
- The script is the original. It is the lighter option at $10, with the core tools that do the heavy lifting.
- The extension is $20, just a little more. It adds customized buttons and an even cleaner workflow on top of the same toolset.
If you want the smoothest version, the extension is the one to reach for. If you just want the speed, the script delivers it.
We use it, and we keep improving it
Layer Flow is not something we shipped and walked away from. We run it every day, which means we feel any rough edge the moment it shows up, and we keep refining it. It is the tool we reach for on our own edits, and it keeps getting better.