Rob Barrett
@robbarrett.bsky.social
Freelance Technical Director and Motion Designer in Berlin. I also make After Effects scripts and tools.
https://rob-barrett.com / automotion.tools
https://rob-barrett.com / automotion.tools
Random Selection Order function added to Random Roller: use with AE's new Quick Offset feature to add random offsets to layers and keyframes!
Select your layers or keyframes and click this button to reselect in a random order.
aescripts.com/random-roller
@adobevideo.adobe.com @aescripts.com
Select your layers or keyframes and click this button to reselect in a random order.
aescripts.com/random-roller
@adobevideo.adobe.com @aescripts.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Random Selection Order function added to Random Roller: use with AE's new Quick Offset feature to add random offsets to layers and keyframes!
Select your layers or keyframes and click this button to reselect in a random order.
aescripts.com/random-roller
@adobevideo.adobe.com @aescripts.com
Select your layers or keyframes and click this button to reselect in a random order.
aescripts.com/random-roller
@adobevideo.adobe.com @aescripts.com
New #AfterEffects script! Random Roller allows you to randomly select layers, randomly assign layers to groups, and sort layers into a random order.
🎲 BEND CHAOS TO YOUR WILL 🎲
25% off until August 15th at @aescripts.com!
aescripts.com/random-roller/
🎲 BEND CHAOS TO YOUR WILL 🎲
25% off until August 15th at @aescripts.com!
aescripts.com/random-roller/
July 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
New #AfterEffects script! Random Roller allows you to randomly select layers, randomly assign layers to groups, and sort layers into a random order.
🎲 BEND CHAOS TO YOUR WILL 🎲
25% off until August 15th at @aescripts.com!
aescripts.com/random-roller/
🎲 BEND CHAOS TO YOUR WILL 🎲
25% off until August 15th at @aescripts.com!
aescripts.com/random-roller/
I’m turning 40 🤯, and this year I’m giving out the presents! Between April 7th and 16th, buy my #AfterEffects scripts #Loopy or #MarkerMover, and get 40% off!
🚨 Find out more at automotion.tools or @aescripts.bsky.social
🚨 Find out more at automotion.tools or @aescripts.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I’m turning 40 🤯, and this year I’m giving out the presents! Between April 7th and 16th, buy my #AfterEffects scripts #Loopy or #MarkerMover, and get 40% off!
🚨 Find out more at automotion.tools or @aescripts.bsky.social
🚨 Find out more at automotion.tools or @aescripts.bsky.social
For the first time in three years, my rogue summoned his familiar as something other than an owl. We were going underwater: finally, a chance for a new form! She lasted 10 minutes before my DM killed her. So, of course, I had to print the cutest, tiniest octopus I could find to guilt trip him.
March 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
For the first time in three years, my rogue summoned his familiar as something other than an owl. We were going underwater: finally, a chance for a new form! She lasted 10 minutes before my DM killed her. So, of course, I had to print the cutest, tiniest octopus I could find to guilt trip him.
I finally had a little time to take a look at #Rive… and my first project was using it to create a mockup of the #AfterEffects timeline 😅 This is an interactive tool to demonstrate the different types of #expression loops available in AE (for an upcoming Loopy documentation website).
March 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I finally had a little time to take a look at #Rive… and my first project was using it to create a mockup of the #AfterEffects timeline 😅 This is an interactive tool to demonstrate the different types of #expression loops available in AE (for an upcoming Loopy documentation website).
I've managed to find a solution to the issue of toggle BattleButtons not keeping the hover state after being clicked. Here's a little demo of that working on my script Loopy!
#AfterEffects #script #aescripts
#AfterEffects #script #aescripts
February 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I've managed to find a solution to the issue of toggle BattleButtons not keeping the hover state after being clicked. Here's a little demo of that working on my script Loopy!
#AfterEffects #script #aescripts
#AfterEffects #script #aescripts
New in Loopy v1.2 🌟
This update brings a new panel interface to Loopy, with clean, vector icons and a reduced footprint so that it takes up less room in your workspace.
aescripts.com/loopy/
#AfterEffects #aescripts #mograph #motionddesign @aescripts.bsky.social
This update brings a new panel interface to Loopy, with clean, vector icons and a reduced footprint so that it takes up less room in your workspace.
aescripts.com/loopy/
#AfterEffects #aescripts #mograph #motionddesign @aescripts.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New in Loopy v1.2 🌟
This update brings a new panel interface to Loopy, with clean, vector icons and a reduced footprint so that it takes up less room in your workspace.
aescripts.com/loopy/
#AfterEffects #aescripts #mograph #motionddesign @aescripts.bsky.social
This update brings a new panel interface to Loopy, with clean, vector icons and a reduced footprint so that it takes up less room in your workspace.
aescripts.com/loopy/
#AfterEffects #aescripts #mograph #motionddesign @aescripts.bsky.social
I also added an HTML helper page to BattleButtons to make converting vector icons from Illustrator to the required Javascript arrays as easy as copy and paste!
January 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I also added an HTML helper page to BattleButtons to make converting vector icons from Illustrator to the required Javascript arrays as easy as copy and paste!
#AfterEffects script devs: Last week, I delved into the world of ScriptUI icons to publish BattleButtons*, a toolkit enabling easy multi-colour vector icons which are swappable and toggle-able, with optional hover states!
github.com/AutomotionTo...
(* Forked from the excellent BattleStyle toolkit.)
github.com/AutomotionTo...
(* Forked from the excellent BattleStyle toolkit.)
January 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#AfterEffects script devs: Last week, I delved into the world of ScriptUI icons to publish BattleButtons*, a toolkit enabling easy multi-colour vector icons which are swappable and toggle-able, with optional hover states!
github.com/AutomotionTo...
(* Forked from the excellent BattleStyle toolkit.)
github.com/AutomotionTo...
(* Forked from the excellent BattleStyle toolkit.)
Had a great time yesterday putting faces to names at an impromptu meetup in Berlin with @fakegreendress.bsky.social and @barrymcw.bsky.social!
January 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Had a great time yesterday putting faces to names at an impromptu meetup in Berlin with @fakegreendress.bsky.social and @barrymcw.bsky.social!
First look at Random Roller, a new #AfterEffects tool that I'm working on. During testing for another script, I needed to randomly sort a ton of layers into separate groups, and this is the result 🎲
December 3, 2024 at 7:56 PM
First look at Random Roller, a new #AfterEffects tool that I'm working on. During testing for another script, I needed to randomly sort a ton of layers into separate groups, and this is the result 🎲
There are still a few days left of the @aescripts.bsky.social Cyber Sale, so I want to share a few #AfterEffects tools from other authors that I think are must-haves 👍🏼, and those I use every day ☀️…
aescripts.com/learn/cyber-...
aescripts.com/learn/cyber-...
December 3, 2024 at 2:18 PM
There are still a few days left of the @aescripts.bsky.social Cyber Sale, so I want to share a few #AfterEffects tools from other authors that I think are must-haves 👍🏼, and those I use every day ☀️…
aescripts.com/learn/cyber-...
aescripts.com/learn/cyber-...
New in MarkerMover v1.1.1 🌟 Updated UI to support AE 2025 (Dark and Light modes), KBar support, and the UI now reacts to keyboard modifiers, to better show you the different features of each button.
Still 25% off this week with code 'CYBER', at @aescripts.bsky.social!
➡️ aescripts.com/markermover/
Still 25% off this week with code 'CYBER', at @aescripts.bsky.social!
➡️ aescripts.com/markermover/
November 25, 2024 at 7:29 PM
New in MarkerMover v1.1.1 🌟 Updated UI to support AE 2025 (Dark and Light modes), KBar support, and the UI now reacts to keyboard modifiers, to better show you the different features of each button.
Still 25% off this week with code 'CYBER', at @aescripts.bsky.social!
➡️ aescripts.com/markermover/
Still 25% off this week with code 'CYBER', at @aescripts.bsky.social!
➡️ aescripts.com/markermover/
Can this thing play uploaded GIFs?
November 25, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Can this thing play uploaded GIFs?
This looks like such a fun way to build maps!
November 25, 2024 at 1:15 PM
This looks like such a fun way to build maps!
Fuck yeah, homemade Scotch egg!
(We're back to posting lunches again, right?)
(We're back to posting lunches again, right?)
November 22, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Fuck yeah, homemade Scotch egg!
(We're back to posting lunches again, right?)
(We're back to posting lunches again, right?)
MarkerMover is the ultimate toolset for marker manipulation. Move, copy/cut, paste and delete markers, save and apply work area settings, and use markers to trigger animation on keyframed properties.
aescripts.com/markermover/ – 25% off with code CYBER
#AfterEffects #motiondesign #mograph #scripts
aescripts.com/markermover/ – 25% off with code CYBER
#AfterEffects #motiondesign #mograph #scripts
November 19, 2024 at 9:54 PM
MarkerMover is the ultimate toolset for marker manipulation. Move, copy/cut, paste and delete markers, save and apply work area settings, and use markers to trigger animation on keyframed properties.
aescripts.com/markermover/ – 25% off with code CYBER
#AfterEffects #motiondesign #mograph #scripts
aescripts.com/markermover/ – 25% off with code CYBER
#AfterEffects #motiondesign #mograph #scripts
Loopy is a handy little panel for quickly looping keyframes, paths, pre-comps and footage. Do it one by one, or all in one click! Including automatically trimming and Time Remapping AV layers.
aescripts.com/loopy/ – 25% off with code CYBER
#AfterEffects #motiondesign #mograph #scripts
aescripts.com/loopy/ – 25% off with code CYBER
#AfterEffects #motiondesign #mograph #scripts
November 19, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Loopy is a handy little panel for quickly looping keyframes, paths, pre-comps and footage. Do it one by one, or all in one click! Including automatically trimming and Time Remapping AV layers.
aescripts.com/loopy/ – 25% off with code CYBER
#AfterEffects #motiondesign #mograph #scripts
aescripts.com/loopy/ – 25% off with code CYBER
#AfterEffects #motiondesign #mograph #scripts
It's the @aescripts.bsky.social Cyber Sale this week, and I've got a couple of scripts that you can pick up for #AfterEffects, with 25% off, if you use code 'CYBER' at checkout! Here's a little look at them… 🧵
automotion.tools
automotion.tools
November 19, 2024 at 9:54 PM
It's the @aescripts.bsky.social Cyber Sale this week, and I've got a couple of scripts that you can pick up for #AfterEffects, with 25% off, if you use code 'CYBER' at checkout! Here's a little look at them… 🧵
automotion.tools
automotion.tools
After two weeks, our building finally(!) has hot water again, so I can stop showering like this, with my girlfriend's camping shower hanging in the cubicle.
November 19, 2024 at 3:18 PM
After two weeks, our building finally(!) has hot water again, so I can stop showering like this, with my girlfriend's camping shower hanging in the cubicle.
Really, I should have been working on the promo for my other new script, rather than starting another one. Happy to take a short break from it though, after realising I was going to burn myself out if I tried to get it published in time for Black Friday.
November 15, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Really, I should have been working on the promo for my other new script, rather than starting another one. Happy to take a short break from it though, after realising I was going to burn myself out if I tried to get it published in time for Black Friday.
First demo of ChildCare, a new tool for managing layer parent/child relationships in #AfterEffects. I whipped this up quickly yesterday, after needing to organise a client's project with parented nulls, without breaking their existing animations.
November 15, 2024 at 6:45 PM
First demo of ChildCare, a new tool for managing layer parent/child relationships in #AfterEffects. I whipped this up quickly yesterday, after needing to organise a client's project with parented nulls, without breaking their existing animations.
This has served me pretty well for most projects for the past couple of years. Any second-level comps in an export comp get put into Components; all other comps get organised into folders under Pre-Comps.
November 14, 2024 at 8:41 PM
This has served me pretty well for most projects for the past couple of years. Any second-level comps in an export comp get put into Components; all other comps get organised into folders under Pre-Comps.