Changelog - Animation Composer


3.8.7

Platform: Windows

  • Fixed a rare crash when closing After Effects

Date: 17. Jan 2025


3.8.6

  • Fixed some minor bugs

Date: 28. Nov 2024


3.8.5

  • Added support for new 3D Text pack

Date: 12. Nov 2024


3.8.2

  • Fixed a rare issue where the plugin did not load after updating AE

Date: 03. Sep 2024


3.8.0

  • Added support for Camera layers
  • Fixed missing fonts detection
  • Fixed some UI colors in AE Beta
  • Added info about expression errors when using Legacy ExtedScript engine
  • Improved handling of compositions that use Advanced 3D renderer

Date: 29. Apr 2024


3.6.8

  • Fixed some minor bugs
  • Updated branding graphics

Date: 13. Mar 2024


3.6.7

Platform: macOS

  • Fixed an issue with video previews floating above other UI elements that started occurring in AE 2024.2.1

Date: 27. Feb 2024


3.6.5

  • Fixed "Unexpected error" occurring after adding some Precomps

Date: 28. Nov 2023


3.6.3

  • Fixed decimal numbers support in Edit view

Date: 20. Nov 2023


3.6.0

  • Added support for new Animated Fonts

Date: 18. Sep 2023


3.5.3

  • Fixed crash when replacing precomp with Properties panel opened

Date: 12. Sep 2023


3.5.1

  • Fixed issue with missing characters when using fonts that only contain uppercase letters

Date: 08. Aug 2023


3.5.0

  • Added dropdown items loading in Edit view
  • Fixed some minor bugs

Date: 21. Jun 2023


3.4.11

  • Fixed crashing when loading big folders in User Library from cloud storages

Date: 12. Apr 2023


3.4.9

  • Fixed "Apply As Texture" button for texture precomps in AE 2023

Date: 06. Mar 2023


3.4.8

Platform: macOS

  • Fixed freezing of previews on macOS

Date: 19. Dec 2022


3.4.6

  • Fixed import of precomps with layers that use track matte in AE 2023
  • Animated Fonts are now aligned to IN marker when creating a new one

Date: 01. Nov 2022


3.4.4

  • Fixed expressions in Animated Fonts to work also with projects using Legacy ExtendScript
  • Fixed a bug that might cause rare crash
  • Fixed some memory leaks

Date: 19. Sep 2022


3.4.2

  • Added support for the new Hand Drawn Stuff pack
  • Fixed a couple minor bugs

Date: 12. Sep 2022


3.3.10

Platform: macOS

  • Fixed issue that corrupts some fonts in AE project after opening Animation Composer
  • Fixed item preview scrubbing on mac

Date: 18. Feb 2022


3.3.10

Platform: Windows

  • Fixed issue that corrupts some fonts in AE project after opening Animation Composer

Date: 18. Feb 2022


3.3.9

Platform: macOS

  • Added support for Mac computers with Apple silicon

Date: 03. Dec 2021


3.3.6

  • Fixed preview rendering for items in User Library in AE 2022 on mac
  • Fixed "File not found" error after applying a preset in AE 2022

Date: 23. Nov 2021


3.3.5

  • Fixed login error when using new Product Manager 2.0.0

Date: 17. Sep 2021


3.3.2

  • Fixed Essential Property names in AE 2021

Date: 06. Aug 2021


3.3.1

Platform: macOS

  • Fixed a bug that causes freezing UI when editing a text layer

Date: 10. Jun 2021


3.3.1

Platform: Windows

  • Fixed a bug that causes freezing UI when editing a text layer
  • Fixed a rare crash on Windows that might occur after selecting a text layer containing non-English character when some specific fonts are installed in system

Date: 10. Jun 2021


3.3.0

  • Added Transition Shifter controls to Edit Tab in main panel
  • Added preset controls to Edit Tab also when multiple layers selected
  • Added Copy Item Name and Preset Code to item context menu
  • Added Reveal button for presets in Edit Tab
  • Deactivated vertical scrollbar hiding in Browse Tab to avoid changing preview size when selecting folders with different number of items
  • Fixed an issue with some text presets that cannot be applied to a layer with modified Anchor Point Grouping property

Date: 07. Jun 2021


3.2.2

Platform: Windows

  • Fixed issue with User Library loading introduced in version 3.2.1

Date: 23. Mar 2021


3.2.1

Platform: Windows

  • Fixed some issues with UI scaling on HiDPI displays in After Effects 18.0

Date: 19. Mar 2021


3.2.0

  • Added Tools to main panel
  • Added support for Hi-DPI-related changes in After Effects 18.0
  • Fixed crash after removing a preset using Preset Actions dropdown
  • Fixed some other issues that might cause rare crashes

Date: 10. Mar 2021


3.1.0

  • Added "Preset Actions" menu to both Browse and Edit tabs to make Copy/Paste/Remove actions more accessible
  • Added support for non-Roman characters
  • Added "Reveal in Browse Tab" option also for Precomps (by right-clicking a layer name in Edit Tab)
  • Added item tree width saving in Browse Tab so it does not get reset after closing and opening panel again
  • Fixed a couple issues with dropdown menus

Date: 27. Jan 2021


3.0.15

Platform: macOS

  • Fixed a couple rare crashes

Date: 17. Dec 2020


3.0.15

Platform: Windows

  • Fixed freezing of previews when scrolling too fast
  • Fixed a couple rare crashes

Date: 17. Dec 2020


3.0.14

  • Added "Reveal in Browse Tab" right-click menu to applied preset shown in Edit tab
  • Fixed an issue with previews on Windows when there is no audio device available
  • Fixed an issue causing an error when importing some precomps in non-English versions of AE
  • Added settings for HW acceleration for previews on Windows
  • Fixed some issues causing a rare crash

Date: 07. Dec 2020


3.0.11

  • Fixed an issue causing "No layer selected" error in Transition Shifter even when layers are selected
  • Fixed Apply IN and OUT buttons for presets when panel is too narrow
  • Stagger in Transition Shifter now works with all kinds of layers
  • Files in sequences are now excluded from 500 free items limit
  • Fixed some mogrt and aep import issues
  • Fixed a couple other minor issues causing rare Unexpected error message

Date: 02. Dec 2020


3.0.9

  • Fixed preview scaling for footage with aspect ratio other than 16:9
  • Fixed an issue causing an error after deleting a layer containing presets
  • Fixed an issue causing a rare crash after selecting a layer
  • Fixed an issue causing a crash after attempting to fix layer parenting for layers with presets
  • Fixed a couple visual issues in UI

Date: 01. Dec 2020


3.0.7

  • Increased limit in the free version of User Library to 500 items
  • Fixed an issue causing "EntryPoint not found" error on Windows
  • Fixed a bug causing Precomp duration cannot be set above 100s
  • Fixed a bug causing a crash when loading palette from layer
  • Avoided loading auto-save folders and AE Crash.aep files in User Library

Date: 23. Nov 2020


3.0.6

  • Fixed an issue causing "EntryPoint not found" error on macOS High Sierra
  • Avoided loading in unsupported versions of After Effects
  • Fixed a couple visual issues in user interface
  • Added an error dialog that appears when Product Manager cannot be found

Date: 22. Nov 2020


3.0.5

  • This is a major update, so fasten your seatbelts
  • Completely new UI
  • Previews are now in grid and load much faster
  • Customization is now in separate "Edit" tab
  • User Library. You can load your own files to Animation Composer
  • More items in free version - new presets, effects and precomps
  • Adobe After Effects CC 2019 or newer is required
  • For more info visit https://misterhorse.com/animation-composer

Date: 20. Nov 2020