Top 10 Best Plugins for After Effects in 2022 (Free & Paid)

After Effects plugins can transform the way you work as a graphic and motion designer, animator or 3D artist. Adobe After Effects CC is already a core motion graphic and compositing application for so many artists because it can do so much out of the box. But like with any decent software, it can only be improved by the use of third-party plugins to take your work to another level with new functionality or a streamlined workflow.
After Effects Plugins are a way to extend the functionality of your video editing software. They can be used for anything from color correction to 3D animation and compositing. The world of After Effects plugins is an ever-evolving space with new plugins coming out all the time. So what I hope to have assembled here is a real knowledge base of AE plugins.
I’ve included both:
Paid After Effects plugins, and Free After Effects plugins.
So, without further ado, let’s get into the list of the top After Effects plugins you can get your hands on for any project you can imagine.
⚡List of Plugins:
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Deep Glow (Paid) - rb.gy/p3xrsq
Auto Fill (Paid) - rb.gy/xmvn1e
Element 3D (Paid) - rb.gy/kq8nmo
Saber (Free) - rb.gy/1xpuel
Shadow Studio (Paid) - rb.gy/qvlrpp
Text Border (Free) - rb.gy/ctnjrg
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Keyframe Wingmen - (Free and comes with Animation Composer)
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Thank you

[@patrickconnolly_pitt]

Thank you - Well done and very helpful

[@reeva_exe]

So glad to find out about text border! Thank you!

[@Immortal-Bedo]

This was very informative and helpful ... Thank you

[@ramadananwar1328]

Keep it up bro, good luck always and thank you for the tutorial

[@thomaswindfeld728]

Another dope Dope motions video! Thanx👌

[@adnenbilajbegovic9277]

Good content man, thank you!

[@EkhyOk]

increíble video hermano.. muchas gracias!

[@bonifacioandres6312]

this is a huge help and very useful

[@VsevolodPankratov]

I have been watching your videos for a long time! You have some of the best After Effects tutorials on UA-cam. I'll be putting together a new PC build soon. I'm wondering what kind of motherboard, cpu, ram, graphics card and cooling do you have? Thank you!

[@latifa4249]

Thanks💓
very cool

[@jorgenmalmo]

The most common plugins. But always good to have :)

[@zanmar776]

very helpful, I learnt a lot of new things.

[@supravic7533]

Productive video awesome and helpful.

[@bastianrivero]

This was fantastic

[@blindoptic5364]

awesome thx!

[@Lucalaurin]

hey great video. could you mention the price of the plugins that are not free, that would be helpful!

[@tungbui8156]

the guidebook did, and now I finally understand the chanics!

[@zyxel8965]

love this

[@MrKeyup01]

Thanks a lot.

[@ApotreCharlesRUTURWA]

i love this tuto bro, thx thx 10000000xxxxx

[@Ultimatemasterr]

Your intro is super owesum bhai

[@nkkalukapsmusic9083]

That's my guy wow you always made my day

[@ranilaxmibianimators]

Thanks ! Genius man u r. How much time u got to achieve this position ?

[@alphatech__]

Want part 2 🙄 Thanks 4 the video

[@bijoygeorge83]

Thank u for lot🥰

[@jtamarsun327]

Amazing video...

[@mehdibudd6946]

thank you for all this so helpfull and life saver xD

[@dopemotions]

No worries!

[@bonchesara8527]

THANK YOU BRO

[@hanumanadvertising]

thanks a lot bro

[@elisabettaperrucci]

Thank you

[@kushalhange850]

Dude your intro is DOPE man please make a tutorial for it

[@amormedia7176]

Thanks

[@blanquitito]

Thanks, great stuff.
FX Console is one of my favorites. Unfortunately it is not working on Apple Silicon. Hope Andrew Kramer updates it soon.

[@georgedaluz7172]

it does work, just downgrade the after effects and it will work!

[@blanquitito]

@@georgedaluz7172 yeah but why would i work on the slow Intel build if there is a silicon build of after effects? (rosetta 2 is very battery hungry)

[@CyanCooper]

Get Quick Menu 3 instead

[@fillershd8230]

it working for me. I'm on AE 22.5 the latest

[@omw9965]

thanks

[@SoheilRt]

thank u bro

[@hirenprabtani8796]

Nice

[@azgraphics5547]

Could you make a tutorial of your intro?

[@BiZZaRaPlayz]

Already said but he is not making 🥲

[@AirSkyyy]

I agree

[@rigidhammer7376]

i really appreciate the horse one.

[@mahavatarTopG]

Simple humble cool

[@HEAVEN_77]

Thank you brother

[@dopemotions]

Welcome

[@onkgomoditsealfred3386]

Wow 👌...

[@ostapbender4175]

Ty

[@alphatech__]

Can we get a tutorial on Velocity edited 🙄

[@zainabmalik1960]

Plz could u make a tutorial of funeral ceremony template?

[@codecomfort]

Mocha pro or lockdown which is best

[@VGSNetwork]

I'm just trying to take my glow game to the next level :)

[@minato_gaming1]

bro copilate watermark kese hatye

[@vegeta1629]

can u pin anchor point plug in

[@souviksamanta8938]

I am unable t download Animation Composer - Keyframe Wingman. How to installed these plugins?

[@TELESHIT324]

are some of the free plugins also made for cs6 🙂I hope so

[@naveenramagiri8476]

Please give a link of Element 3D cracked version.

[@samirdesigner3324]

Welcome back with cap 🤠
You not love element 3d and vfx not have any tutorials about it 😔🌹

[@farhodrixsiboyev8649]

how to register from autofill

[@VM-bs4ht]

No easycopy, rift, motion 3, duik bassel, true comp duplicator, comp setter?

[@dopemotions]

They are good but I don't use them much.

[@ssk5121]

True comp duplicator is so handy I use almost everytime when I create smth on ae.

[@ssk5121]

Imo, Should had added "flow" instead of keyframe wingman.

[@asadullah786]

thanks for the video bro......they are all good, do a video on RG new plugins

[@modernstoremongolia7414]

Bro where to find BBC effect

[@abuzayedsaruzi3328]

software link?

[@legend_ms163]

Please explain your intro

[@legend_ms163]

Post it on Skillshare intro

[@JW-bn8xy]

3d element is good if you don't have money for a blender :D

[@srthellcatwhine]

.. blender is free?

[@Alexander_Marin7]

@@srthellcatwhine yes

[@srthellcatwhine]

@@Alexander_Marin7 yes which is why I don’t understand why he said “if you don’t have money for blender”

[@Alexander_Marin7]

@@srthellcatwhine yeah, I think he's confused. But it'd free, in case you were wondering

[@User-pq2yn]

Quick Menu Script is better than FX Console plugin

[@vfxsan3d]

what if is someone using all paid plug in free via download crack version?

[@dopemotions]

It's her choice 🤣

[@hrdxofficial]

BMW ?

[@meglaakash8291]

Ctrl + speas not work after effect

[@responsiblejerk2328]

I'd work in 16 bit, but everything becomes 8-bit anyway the second you go back to Premiere Pro to edit and export.

[@nkkalukapsmusic9083]

That's my guy wow you always made my day