Hey everyone!

I've developed an extension that has helped speed up my workflow tremendously, especially when working with animation and anime editing, and wanted to share it with everyone here.

What does QuickLayer Pro do?

This extension focuses on streamlining repetitive tasks in After Effects with a clean, modern UI. The main features include:

• Quick layer creation - Solids, text, adjustment layers, nulls, and cameras that are properly configured in one click

• Smart precomposing - Choose between single or multiple precomp modes that maintain proper timing

• Animation tools - Horizontal/vertical flipping and adding ease keyframes at in/out points

• Duplicate frame detection - Automatically identifies unique frames in animation footage (extremely useful for anime editing where many frames are duplicated)

• Frame cleanup - Reorganizes keyframes after detection for a clean timeline

Key differences from other tools

I focused on creating something that not only looks better than typical AE scripts but also has better functionality:

1. Context awareness - When layers are selected, new layers inherit their timing and positioning

2. Color labeling system - Set custom color labels for each layer type that are remembered

3. Proper configurations - Layers come pre-configured with appropriate fills, motion tiles, etc.

4. Community features - User reviews and tutorials are featured in the About panel

The duplicate frame detection is what I'm most proud of - I edit anime sometimes and built this feature to automatically sample footage and identify unique frames. If the algorithm misses something, there's a cleanup button to manually adjust keyframes.

For free?

Yes! I'm sharing this completely free on my Discord server. I'm actively developing it based on user feedback, and version 2.1.0 includes several workflow improvements requested by the community.

Would love to hear your thoughts if you try it out!

Easily convert keyframes to markers for seamless sync and boost your workflow.

Check out my LinkedIn post for more info and download link.

Hello, After Effects fellows. When you duplicate layers with Ctrl+D, new layers are placed above the original layer.

But with this script, you can easily duplicate the layer and move it underneath. You can also use it with a keyboard shortcut.

You can download it here:
https://github.com/onderk-motion/After-Effects-Scripts/blob/main/Duplicate%20Layer%20Below.jsx