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NOW AE 25+ COMPATIBLE!
Attention: If you want to exchange your project with someone who uses Workflower 2.0.4 and/or AE 24, you have to beforehand. To do this, go to Settings > Layout > Convert Project to older WF/AE Version.
New function: (Win: Ctrl+F2, Mac: no default shortcut). Pre-renders the selected groups, layers, & precomps. When pre-rendering group/layer, the function effectively renders group's/layer's Precomp Clone, so if there's no existing clone, it will be created. To show actual layers again, execute (Ctrl/Cmd-click on -button). For visible pre-renders to appear in your final render, set AE's Proxy Use to Current Settings in Render Settings.
New function: (Win: Ctrl+Alt+Space, Mac: no default shortcut / Via : Shift-click on -button). Shows or hides pre-renders.
New function: (no default shortcut / Via : Ctrl/Cmd-click on -button). Shows or hides WF proxies of pre-renders. To avoid confusion with After Effects' proxies, Workflower's pre-render proxies are consistently called WF Proxies, as opposed to AE Proxies. If you want to show or hide only footage AE proxies, right-click on the function button and click on Show/Hide Footage AE Proxies.
New function: (only available via : Alt/Option-click on -button). Pushes the current frame to Photoshop and imports it into After Effects' timeline.
New function: (only available via : Right-click on -button, then click on Mark Pre-Render Skip State). Either marks an element to only pre-render still, or marks a group to be skipped when pre-rendering all groups.
Ability to : while 2 layers are selected AND 2nd layer has a mask selected. This creates a mask on the 1st layer which is linked to the 2nd layer's mask (i.e. a Linked Mask).
Ability to 'parent' a mask: When you execute while a mask is selected on one layer, a layer will be created where the existing mask is copied to and the mask on the original layer will be using expressions (i.e. a Linked Mask). This enables you to parent the layer with the mask to another layer and animate its position.
Quickly : Execute while one layer is selected AND on it mask/s + effect/s are selected. When one layer is selected AND only an effect is selected, removes all mask references from the effect.
Ability to quickly : Right-click on -button and click Switch to FX Matte (or enable it under Settings > Matting Settigs). Now, when executing Create Matte on a single layer, a Set Matte effect + matte layer will be created.
Ability to use effect masks on an effect of a . After adding the effect mask, simply execute to apply them to all Linked Layers. Please note that this might not always work properly on 3D layers.
When you execute while having a mask selected, Workflower will remove the mask as well as all referencing the mask (and their corresponding effect).
When you execute while having a or its corresponding effect selected, Workflower will remove the Linked Mask as well as the effect.
Selected masks will now be checked for unique naming during too.
You can now choose to paste stored layers to the current time indicator. This is disabled by default; enable it by going to Settings > Miscellaneous > When Pasting Stored Layers, paste to Current Time Indicator.
Updated to aescripts licensing framework 4.3.1.
When grouping multiple layers, the lowest layer name will now be suggested as the group's name by default (can be disabled in the Naming Settings).
When precomposing, the suffix 'Comp' will now not be added to the suggested precomp name by default (can be enabled in the Naming Settings).
Fixed the WQ plug-in issue message on Mac to reflect the settings dialog on newer Mac OS systems.
The WQ plug-in launch error on Mac will now not be triggered anymore on Workflower updates. (It may, however, still happen on the first installation.)
Fixed a bug that would sometimes not switch the view from Source Name to Layer Name on a comp where Workflower was first executed on.
Fixed a bug on Mac that would cause AE to freeze when a folder was opened in the Finder from within Workflower and the folder path contained special characters.
Fixed a bug on Mac that would sometimes not display the correct label colors on Workflower's panels when you've had AE installed in more than 1 language.
Fixed a bug that would not properly close all opened comps when updating all comps within the project.
Fix for local license activation when license server is configured.
Fix for -38 license deactivation error.
Fix for -6 activation error.
Tutorial for v2.5 is Coming!
I’m currently tied up with other projects and haven’t had a chance to create a video tutorial yet, but I’ve heard your feedback, and it’s on my radar. While I can’t promise a timeline, I’ll do my best to get to it when I can.
Full compatibility with the new Advanced 3D renderer, introduced in AE 24.1.
When an error occurs, you can now send a support ticket on the spot, directing you to a pre-populated contact form.
When you execute a function that requires an active comp and there is no active comp, you will now get an error.
Compatibility with After Effects 2024.
Fixed a bug that would occur when creating a group with the new Advanced 3D renderer selected in AE's beta.
Fixed a bug that could create a Missing Font error upon reopening a project file created with Workflower.
Fixed a bug that would use a wrong date naming format for log files.
Fixed a bug that could falsely create a mov file titled [WF] Interpretation Reference in the project panel when opening Workflower's settings.
On Workflower's shortcuts panel, you now have the ability to export and import shortcuts to/from a txt file.
You can now assign shortcuts that contain the Tab key on Workflower's shortcuts panel.
Since AE will display scripting progress bars as of 23.5, Workflower will now disable them automatically during Workflower's execution on Windows, and guide you to disable them on Mac. (The automatic disabling mechanism seems to fail on Mac at the moment. Hopefully, this will be fixed in the future.)
Circumvented permissions issues that could prevent shortcuts slots from being installed on Mac. Now, an alternative method to install the slots will be used when the original one fails.
FINALLY AE 23/24+ COMPATIBLE!
When keyframes are transferred (for example when Workflower adds a special opacity slider to apply group opacity), keyframe label colors are now transferred as well.
When using the relabel panel with keyframes selected and you hold down Ctrl+Alt (Win) / Cmd+Opt (Mac) while clicking on a label color, all keyframes in the current comp with the old label color old the selected keyframe will change to the new one.
On the relabel panel, you can now press keyboard shortcuts to quickly apply label colors (0 - 9, A - G).
Extended tooltips with additional info when hovering over function buttons. You can also disable the extended tooltips under the Miscellaneous settings tab.
Ability to disable any kind of tooltip on the 'Main Menu'. To do this, go to the Miscellaneous settings tab.
When first executing certain functions (like creating a group), Workflower will now display useful tips about the functions.
When you create a group of a single layer, Workflower will now suggest the layer name as the group name.
When installing a WF KBar Toolbar from the Layout Settings, the buttons will now be installed without modifier keys.
In the Cloning Settings, you now have the ability to turn off automatic Refresh Connections of Precomp Clones that happen within various functions, e.g. when executing Parent Layers to Group, clones will be generally updated to the new parent. However, this can slow down the execution of these functions significantly when working with larger clones and thereby hinder your workflow. When turned off, you will have to execute Refresh Connections yourself to update these clones.
Functions have been updated to work when AE's new Mercury 3D renderer is active.
Updated to AEScripts licensing framework 4.1.4.
Improved support and better error messaging for online activation.
When checkboxes hold a tooltip with additional info, the icon [ ? ] will now indicate this.
Workflower will now remember the last position of a borderless panel separately when executed from ScriptUI Panel / KBar and when executed via a shortcut.
System-related settings have been moved from the Miscellaneous settings tab to the new System tab.
Logging is now enabled by default in order to make troubleshooting easier.
Made online activation period more graceful.
For improved visual clarity, sub-group headers will now NOT display the extra icon (Win: â”” / Mac: >) left to the expanded/collapsed icon in Indented Layout.
The experimental option to combine track mattes on one layer when merging mattes has been removed due to low usage.
Fixed a bug that would cause a JSON.parse error.
Fixed error in alert to open After Effects preferences to allow scripts to access network.
Fixed a bug that caused Workflower not to find AE's shortcut file if you only had a major AE version installed whose version number had three digits.
Fixed issues that occurred when you executed Workflower on a comp with existing non-Workflower layer comments which could have caused Workflower to malfunction. Now, all existing layer comments will be deleted by Workflower beforehand.
Fixed a bug that would cause AE to crash if illegal group header/footer constellations existed. Workflower will now exit the execution to prevent the crash and give instructions on how to fix the comp structure.
Fixed a bug that would falsely add a Group Opacity slider to a disabled track matte within a disabled group.
If you separate position dimensions by default (introduced in AE 22.4), group headers as well as other Workflower layers will now separate dimensions too.
When opening Workflower for the first time, the user will now be asked whether they want to label layers outside groups to None.
Fixed a bug that removed all parents within a group when unparenting a group.
Fixed issues that occurred after updating to a new AE version. Workflower will now inform you correctly to go to the Workflower shortcuts panel to apply shortcuts for the new version.
If you updated to v1.1 from an earlier version, the default of Trim Matte Merges with only Group Matte FXs to Matted Layer has been incorrectly set to off. This will now be set to on.
If you have a duplicate file of Workflower within the ScriptUI Panels folder (either in the system or user folder), Workflower will now inform you to remove the file. (Otherwise, the script won't work.)
ATTENTION: Projects created in v1.1 or newer are not fully backwards-compatible!
Ability to create an empty group. With no layer selected, execute Create Group.
If you don't have a group header selected, Duplicate Group will now duplicate only the selected layers (not the group) with the advanced features mentioned above.
When duplicating a group, the duplicated group will now get a new label color.
Ability to define custom default names of Group Clones, Group Linked Adjustment Layers, and Group Mattes. Go to Settings > Naming to define them.
On Workflower's shortcuts panel, you can now reset a single function to its default shortcut by Shift+Clicking on Edit.
Option to simulate an enter press to skip the AE panel after applying Workflower shortcuts. (You need to enable this by going to Settings > Miscellaneous.)
On Windows, you now have the option to select a different method of how Workflower determines the current mouse position. Go to Settings > Miscellaneous and set Mouse Position Calculation to External File (Advanced). (This has been added because some people experienced issues with dialogs not coming up which happens due to the fact that the mouse position calculation fails.)
Ability to log Workflower activity. To enable it, go to Settings > License & Help > Enable Logging or create a file named "wf_enable_log.txt" (without quotation marks) in your Documents user folder if you cannot access the settings dialog. In case you encounter issues and you contact customer support, you might want to include your latest logfile (to be found under ~Documents/Adobe/Workflower/Logging).
Ability to disable the update check from outside of the script. Useful since there are rare instances when the update check prevents the script from being opened. In these cases, please add a file named "wf_disable_update_check.txt" (without quotation marks) in your 'Documents' user folder and start the script again.
Updated to AEScripts licensing framework v4.0.3.
When you duplicate a group, only the duplicated group header will now be selected (instead of the whole group).
When a group header is 3D, the shy'd layer above the group which exists to display potential group error messages will now be disabled. That way, 3D space is retained and layers across different groups can intersect. Potential group error messages will still be displayed but only the shy'd layer above the topmost 2D group header will be used for that.
When you open a project that was created with an earlier version or on another OS, you will now be informed and you can choose to update all comps in the project to the current version/OS.
Fixed a bug that would move layers incorrectly when a group with a large number of sub-groups was created.
Fixed a bug that would not unshy accidentally shy'd group headers when refreshing the layout.
On Windows, when you use multiple monitors with different DPI scalings, panels that appear at mouse position, now come up at the correct position. (For this to work properly, you need to disable Warn User when Executing Files in AE's Scripting & Expressions preferences because Workflower has to execute a file at startup to check the different monitor scalings.)
Fixed ExtComms error handling.
Updated licensing framework.
Fixed issues when the user folder and/or AE shortcut file couldn't be found. Sometimes, this could have prevented the user from opening the script and/or reduced performance when executing functions.
Fixed issues that occurred when shortcuts with a combination of Shift+Alt/Option+Key were applied.
Greatly reduced the number of times you could get the No corresponding Function found error message.
On Windows, when you use a scaled monitor resolution, panels that appear at mouse position, now come up at the correct position. (Unfortunately, Workflower will only take the scaling of the primary monitor into account. This will be fixed in the upcoming v1.1.)
Fixed a bug on Mac that would cause panels that are supposed to appear at mouse position not to come up when multiple monitors with custom scalings were used.
If dialogs that are supposed to appear at mouse position do not come up because the calculation of the mouse position fails, Workflower will now inform the user to restart AE, and if it doesn't help, to change the Position of Borderless Dialogs to At Last Position.
Fixed issues that caused the automatic update check to get disabled by accident.
When you create a group that contains 3D layers and that is supposed to parent the layers, the group header will now automatically be turned into 3D.
On Mac, when Indent Layers Outside Groups to Fit AE Icons is deactivated, no space will now be added in front of group-less layer names.
Under certain conditions, some Japanese users experienced problems with opening the script. Now, alerts with more meaningful messages have been put in to guide the installation.
The user will now be informed if the script file was accidentally put into the ScriptUI Panels folder.
As there are issues with Workflower's shortcuts on Windows when the OS language is Japanese, the user will now be informed about the problem and how to set up everything correctly.
Fixed a bug that would occur when actions are executed for multiple comps at once (like linking/unlinking elements across all comps in the project).
VERSION WITH CRITICAL BUG FIXES. PLEASE UPDATE!
Support for Supercomp layers in Indented Layout. Now, the Supercomp layer will not be indented so that it doesn't break the Supercomp.
Speed for the Relabel panel to come up has been improved. Also for the execution of Create Matte, Delete Layer / Clone / Group and Paste Stored Layers.
Fixed issues that could lead AE to crash/freeze.
Precomp Clones now support text style expressions on the Source Text property.
Within a Precomp Clone, when a text layer has different text styles, no linked expression will now be created, as an expression on this property will set a uniform text style. (Please execute Refresh Connections to refresh potential changes.)
As some users were not able to open the script when AE's shortcut file contains special characters, the user will now be alerted to change the shortcut file name to only contain regular English characters. (Fixing the underlying issue might take a bit as this seems to be a bug within AE.)
The user will now be alerted when, under certain circumstances, AE's shortcut folder cannot be found. (The user will have to manually select the shortcut file then.)
Fixed a bug that occurred when the shape content of a group header was deleted.
Initial release
New Feature: (Win: Alt+Shift+F2, Mac: no default shortcut / Via : Alt/Option-click on -button). Sorts comps, footage, imported projects and clones in the project panel. By default, folders with label None will be excluded. Go to the Sorting Settings to customize more settings.
by right-clicking on the -button. This function additionally offers the ability to set the framerate on EXR sequences on import when creating a layered composition.
New Feature: . Right-click on the Create Group-button, then select Create Project Item Folder to create a folder from all currently selected project items (as opposed to AE's function which does NOT create a folder that contains selected items).
New Feature: . Right-click on the Dissolve Group-button, then select Dissolve Project Item Folder to dissolve the currently selected project item folder.
When right-clicking on the -button, you can now access too.
New feature: (Right-click on the Store Layers-button). Saves a Global Store Comp, meaning that the Store Comp is accessible across AE projects.
New feature: (Right-click on the Paste Stored Layers-button). Loads a Global Store Comp that was previously saved via Save Global Store Comp.
You can now store and paste Store Comp 2 and 3 via the : Right-click on the -button or -button and click Store Layer/s by ID / Paste Stored Layer/s by ID' (Previously these were only available via shortcut.)
New feature: (no default shortcut / Via : Alt/Option+click on Refresh Layout-button). Toggles layer relationships (= layer markers representing effects referencing other layers) on and off in your current comp. Updates during . (Attention: Can slow down Refresh Layout; so if too slow, only enable when needed.)
New type: . Grabs all layers in comp downwards from the Precomp Clone layer. To use it, select the first layer, then execute Clone and Precomp and check Create Downwards Clone. To update added/removed source layers, execute .
New function: (Win: Ctrl+Alt+Return, Mac: no default shortcut / Via : right-click on -button).
When executing on a group header and the group holds a , the clone layers will now be revealed.
You can now show/hide clone layers of multiple if selected when executing .
When executing with no layer selected, you can now show/hide all clone layers in comp.
Compatibility with sources to Advanced 3D renderer's Environment Lights in . Since it's impossible to read the source information via scripting, you'll have to re-select the source on the Environment Source layer created by Workflower upon cloning. Afterwards, execute to include the source in the clone.
will now take Compositing Options on true 3D objects in the Advanced 3D renderer into account.
Ability to choose not to link properties via expressions upon creating a .
Greatly improved the speed when creating & refreshing that contain layers with AE's Paint effect.
During , names of in the project panel will now automatically inherit the Precomp Clone layer name as well as always indicate the Precomp Clone layer's containing comp with the suffix (in '[COMP]').
The icon for a showing its layers can now be displayed as a marker instead of within the layer name. (On Windows, enabled by default. On Mac, has to be enabled in the Icons settings.) This increases performance on showing/hiding and reduces the risk of expression errors originating from the clone.
When using Workflower's , ability to update all layer references in expressions within the entire project to new comp. Works in every precompose or unprecompose action.
On the dialog, you can now quickly preprend the current comp name to the precomp name and more.
When using Workflower's , ability to set the start timecode of a new precomp to a specific frame (instead of only to zero).
Ability to precompose multiple groups in Workflower's . Advanced precompose features for this function are disabled (except for updating expressions).
Ability to precompose all layers in comp. With no layer selected, hit Workflower's . Advanced precompose features for this function are disabled (except for updating expressions).
Ability to precompose your current comp. With no layer selected, hit Workflower's .
Ability to unprecompose all precomps in your current comp. With no layer selected, simply hit Workflower's . (As of now, does not take precomp's transforms into account.)
now has been officially implemented. With a precomp layer selected, hit Workflower's to access it.
New feature: (only available via : Alt/Option+click on Parent Layers to Group-button). With layer/s selected, creates a null & parents layers to it.
Ability to create a null control layer to a point control property: Execute while a point control property is selected.
Ability to create a transform control layer to a layer: Execute while the layer's transform property is selected.
Compatibility with AE's new Spectrum UI. IMPORTANT: Due to AE using a different font in the Spectrum UI, Workflower now has to use regular characters as icons in its layer names on both Windows and Mac (previously this was only necessary on Mac). Check out the user guide on for more information.
New feature: (via : right-click on empty space, then click on Reveal Project File). Reveals the current project file in the file explorer/finder.
You can now trim all layers in comp to work area duration by executing with no layer selected. (Function doesn't extend trims.)
New function: (only available via : Right-click on -button, then click on Push Comp to Premiere). Pushes the active comp or the currently selected project panel items to Premiere Pro via Dynamic Link.
Added for new Workflower functions: 'showLayerRelationships', 'sortProjectItems', 'showAndSoloCloneLayers', 'showMoveIndicator', 'preRender', 'showHidePreRender', 'showHidePreRenderWFProxy', 'pushFrameToPhotoshop', 'markPreRenderState', 'saveGlobalStoreComp', 'loadGlobalStoreComp', 'storeLayersByID', 'pasteLayersByID', 'revealProjectFile', 'createControl'
New API function: . Similar to but allows to execute a single Workflower function through KBar's Add Scriptlet feature. If you want to call multiple commands, however, check out the . (Please note: wfAPI.kbarExecute() always creates Workflower undo groups.)
IMPORTANT: To make room for the new pre-render functions on the main menu, has been moved behind the button (Ctrl/Cmd-click to access it).
To improve performance when frequently showing/hiding layers of a , connections will now not be refreshed on hiding. (Can be re-enabled in the Cloning settings.)
When of a that shares the same clone comp with a Precomp Clone in another comp, the Precomp Clone in the current comp will now get a new clone comp (instead of the Precomp Clone in the other comp). Additionally, the within the other comp will now refer to the Precomp Clone in their comp.
has been renamed to Relabel Layer / Group / Keyframe to better reflect its functionality. Additionally, on the shortcuts panel, it has been moved to the Groups category.
has been renamed to Create Matte / Mask to better reflect its functionality.
has been renamed to Add / Remove Layer / Mask References to better reflect its functionality.
When you duplicate a regular layer with and the original layer is contained in a regular , the duplicated layer is now added automatically to the Linked Adjustment Layer too. You can disable this feature under Settings > Adjustment Layers.
will now only be set inactive when the layer is disabled; not when it's not solo'd while other layers are solo'ing. This only applies to newly created/refreshed Linked Adjustment Layers, not those created in older Workflower versions. To return to the way it used to behave, go to Settings > Adjustment Layers and enable Set Linked Adjustments inactive when not solo'd while other Layers are solo'ing.
The default Renaming Mode Preference of has been changed to Remember Choice.
Fixed a bug in that could slow down the function by 2x or sometimes even more when the comp contained .
Fixed a bug in that sometimes caused a to jump to an incorrect position when the base layer didn't have comp dimensions or Collapse Transformation enabled.
Fixed a bug that prevented to work on degrees properties when the After Effects language was anything other than English.
Fixed a bug that would falsely remove Ambient and Environment lights from a during .
Fixed a bug on Mac that would not allow to flip through naming levels on the panel properly. However, it's still important to let go of the shortcut immediately after pressing it to avoid flipping through the next naming levels.
Fixed a bug in that would incorrectly use regular when the comp was stored in a .
Fixed a bug when using a that would sometimes not link layers with Element 3D effect applied properly.
In the meantime, please refer to the for detailed instructions.
lets you now define by what increment you want to renumber as well as to keep a certain suffix. To do this, go to Settings > Naming > When executing Rename Layers by Number:.
now also works on project panel items. Make sure to have no layer in your current comp selected, then select your project panel items and execute 'Rename Layers by Number'. IMPORTANT: This will only work when you execute the function from the menu (not via shortcut).
You can now duplicate project panel items by selecting them and executing . When you duplicate a comp, it will open the timeline of the duplicated comp and make all its independent. IMPORTANT: This will only work when you execute the function from the menu (not via shortcut) AND you don't have any layers in your currently active comp selected (otherwise Workflower will duplicate the selected layers)!
When executing while are within the selection, Workflower will now create unique Precomp Clones and potentially update contained to the new clone comp. Check out the user guide on for more information.
Clones and Stored Layers folders in the project panel will now be identified solely by their name and not their item comment. This makes Workflower compatible with add-ons that rely on folder item comments (like ).
[Beta feature]: It's now possible to . This also makes Workflower compatible with a variety of add-ons that rely on writing/reading data to/from the layer comments (like or ). Workflower achieves this by saving its data to a layer marker when a non-Workflower layer comment is added. Do not remove this marker! Using non-Workflower layer comments can reduce performance of Workflower functions, so it's recommended to use as few as possible. To return to Workflower using layer comments in order to store data, just put in an empty string into the layer comment and execute any Workflower function. Since this feature is still in beta, you have to enable it under Settings > Layout > Allow External Layer Comments.
When right-clicking on some functions on the (like matting-, cloning- or naming-functions), you can now access the dedicated settings page directly.
You can now quickly access the function by right-clicking on empty space on the ScriptUI panel and choosing Export/Import Project.
Added the function to the scripting API. This allows you to refresh the layout of several comps at once, making the overall execution faster.
Added the functions and to the scripting API. This checks whether a given layer is within a tag group with either a certain ID (0 - 16) or name.
When or renumber layer names, Workflower now doesn't add a space between the original name and the new number when the last character is a '0' or a symbol like '_'.
When you execute , Workflower now will try to find a unique name for each selected name after the entire renaming process took place.
Fixed a bug when executing that would falsely reveal other properties on a layer.
Fixed a bug that occurred when showing/hiding layers and properties on a layer's effect were hidden (e.g. in certain circumstances on Element 3D and others).
Fixed a bug that would occur during after a was moved in time and its keyframes became negative.
The panels now feature buttons that let you switch between and .
You can now apply keyboard shortcuts to and .
When moving layers in time and executing , the keyframes on the Precomp Clone layer will now stay exactly where they used to be relative to comp time.
Unless a has been added, will now adjust during 'Refresh Layout' to the in/out of their contained layers too. When executing , a TTT marker will be added automatically to the Dependent Clone (you may change this behavior in the Cloning Settings). Remove the marker to make use of the automatic trimming. Since the automatic adjustment of a Dependent Clones' in/out point would break legacy comps, a trim exception will be added to all Dependent Clones upon executing any Workflower function on any comp created with Workflower v2.0.2 and lower.
The speed when using while having two layers selected in order to set an effect layer control dropdown has been improved.
Ability to limit the calculation of the layer size/s during cropping in to comp size (enabled by default). This will speed things up when you know that the layers to be precomposed are within the bounds of the current comp. When layers stretch beyond the comp size, please disable this checkbox.
Added the parameter doNotLabelLayersOutsideToNone to . Call it like this: wfAPI.refreshLayout([comp, doNotLabelLayersOutsideToNone]). This sets the current comp to not label layers outside groups to None. Default is false.
To make room for the new shortcuts on the shortcuts panel UI, and have been removed. You can still access these functions using .
When duplicating groups or layers using and the group/selection contains as well as corresponding , the source comp of the duplicated Dependent Clones will now be set to the duplicated Precomp Clone source comp.
When creating a and NOT choosing , the created will now be disabled by default since the clone will generally only be used to be referenced by an effect or a of it will be the layer that's actually visible.
When performing Toggle Motion Blur on a , and a contained layer holds a motion blur effect (Pixel Motion Blur, RSMB, etc.), the layer's motion blur switch will now be toggled on/off too in addition to the effect.
Fixed a bug that would prevent Essential Properties of the same type (e.g. text) from being referenced properly in a .
Fixed a bug that could occur when trying to layers in certain situations (e.g. when the precomp was within a ).
Fixed a bug that would additionally the layer when a layer within a group with Group Matte was precomposed.
Fixed a bug that would accidentally execute some functions twice when executed from the .
Fixed a bug that would generate an error after applying a layer name using .
Fixed a bug that would create an expression error on a text layer's Source Text property in a .
The now uses smaller buttons by default. To revert back to larger buttons, right-click on any button and select Use Large Buttons.
On the , center-clicking on empty space will now execute .
[WF beta feature:] Compatibility with proper 3D objects (GLB, OBJ) using the Mercury 3D renderer in AE's beta. Since those objects can't contain effects, no effects will be added when the layer is a , , or . Instead, control the opacity of a Group Opacity Layer by clicking on the original opacity property; Control the Prime Clone Layer opacity from the Custom Opacity Slider on the layer's corresponding effect on the Precomp Clone; Control the Clone in Comp properties from the clone itself; Control the Matte Layer properties from the Matte Merge Layer Effect. Also: Mercury 3D objects can't set track mattes, therefore, when adding a , you might want to create a of your contained Mercury 3D objects first before creating the Group Matte.
[WF beta feature:] Ability to change the comp's renderer from Mercury 3D to Classic 3D after having created a Prime Clone containing Mercury 3D objects in AE's beta. When you execute on a clone that contains Mercury 3D objects, the clone's renderer will be always set to Mercury 3D regardless of the source comp's renderer. This enables you to work with proper 3D objects while being able to use blend modes, track mattes, etc. on non-Mercury 3D layers in your comp.
When re-assigning a and the newly selected Tag Group already contains layers, you can now choose to either merge or swap both Tag Groups.
When merging while re-assigning a , the newly merged Tag Group will now always take on the name of the tag that it was re-assigned to.
Fixed a bug on Mac or when using Individual Scripts Mode on Windows that prevented the user, in certain circumstances, to be informed correctly to set a shortcut for the when there was none.
Attention: If you work in AE 22 (no matter whether you use Workflower v2 or v1 in it) and you want to open up a project that was created in AE 23/24 + Workflower v2, you have to beforehand. To do this, go to Settings > Layout > Convert Project to older WF/AE Version.
Option to use Workflower's as a . Install Workflower ScriptUI Panel.jsxbin into AE's ScriptUI Panels folder. Please note that it is still mandatory to additionally have --- Workflower ---.jsxbin installed in AE's Scripts folder.
(creating single/multi-layer mattes, creating Group Mattes & merging mattes) now conform to AE's new Selectable Track Matte system (introduced in AE 23). Especially benefit significantly, making them many times faster. When, within a Group Matte, existing track mattes have to be merged or you reference another matte layer (like the group header), an (Inter-Merge) has to be added above the Group Matte Layer that is being used as track matte for group layers. Read the for more information.
If you create a to a single Layer in AE 23 and up, an adjustment layer with a track matte set to the selected layer will be created (instead of an additional clone).
When you execute Create Matte on a single layer while having a Set Matte effect on the layer selected, now the created matte layer will not be used as a track matte but the Set Matte layer control will be set to the new matte layer instead. This also works for other effects too, e.g. to create to depth map layer to a Camera Lens Blur effect. Please read the for more information.
now display the icon ‡ for easier detection of the layer type.
Matte Clone Collection Groups will now get deleted if there are no clones within anymore upon executing .
Using , you can now affect keyframe label colors, too (introduced in AE 22.6). Instead of layers, select keyframes and execute Relabel Layer/s.
Now, when you have keyframes selected and you execute , all keyframes of the selected label color will be selected.
When you right-click on any function in the , a menu will open with links to the user guide and video tutorial chapter on the function.
New functions: & . Tag layers and groups with a specified label color by using the Tag / Untag Layer/s panel. Afterwards, use Perform Action on Tagged Layer/s to execute any of these actions on them: activating (= enable & solo if necessary), selecting, enabling, soloing, locking, toggling effects, toggling motion blur & jumping to the top-most layer of a Tag Group.
New functions: : (De)activate Tag Group 1, 2 or 3 quickly without the need for first opening up the Perform Action on Tagged Layer/s panel. Activate / Deactivate Tag Group 3 is only available via shortcut.
Now you can expand/collapse a group simply by . Select a group by , enable/disable by , and solo by . Only works when you have a single group header selected. For multiple groups, use Workflower's dedicated functions. For the double-clicking behavior to work, you need to have the WQ plug-in installed that's provided in the installation files. Read the on how to set it up.
When you execute on a group-less layer, it will now be moved after the next group.
New function: (Ctrl/Cmd+click on Paste Stored Layers button / Not available via shortcut).
New function: (Alt/Option+click on Paste Stored Layers button / Not available via shortcut). With two layers selected, trims 2nd to 1st selected layer. With more than two layers selected, either trims to 1st layer, or trims 1st layer to other layers.
When using Workflower's while having multiple layers selected, you now have the option to create a precomp for each selected clip.
When using Workflower's and having checked Adjust Composition to the Time Span of the Selected Layers, you can now add handles before and after the precomposed clip/s.
When using Workflower's , you now have the option to choose Leave only Transform Attributes if you have a single layer with a source item.
When using Workflower's with Leave all/only Transform Attributes checked, you can now choose to Adjust Composition to the Time Span of the Selected Layers too.
When executing while having a precomp layer selected, you can choose to from the precomp's contained layers (still experimental!).
When you execute while having a layer property selected, the selected layer will now be renamed to the property name, e.g. to the selected mask name. (Please note that this is disabled by default. Enable it by going to Settings > Naming > When Property is selected while executing 'Rename Layer/s', rename Layer to it.)
Group elements (Group Mattes, Group Inter-Merges, Group Adjustment Layers and Group Clones) will be renamed to their group header name automatically within . You can also deactivate this in the Naming Settings.
layers will be renamed to their matted layer name automatically within . You can also deactivate this in the Naming Settings.
Now you can execute every Workflower function from KBar. (4 previously not available functions were added + 7 functions introduced in v2.0.) Check out the user guide chapter on for more.
When you execute while having properties selected, all contained properties with an opacity will now be revealed too (e.g. clone stroke opacity properties when having the Paint effect selected).
When using and the 1st selected layer has properties selected that contain a layer control (e.g. Set Matte effect) & only 2 layers in total are selected, the function now sets the layer control to the 2nd layer (regardless of whether it's a Precomp Clone, Matte Merge Layer, or Linked Adjustment Layer).
Upon executing , the Precomp Size of the Precomp Clone will now be automatically set to Custom Size.
Workflower now has its own scripting API in beta. Please be aware that the API is experimental at the moment and has to be used with caution! Some functions might not work as expected. Read the for more information.
IMPORTANT (Win only): Due to AE now occupying Shift+J & Shift+K, the default shortcut for has been changed to Ctrl+Alt+3 & for to Ctrl+Alt+Shift+3.
(Win only in AE 22 and below): Due to now occupying Alt+F5, the default shortcut for has been changed to Alt+9.
Due to great usage, has been moved on the Main Menu to the spot of so that you don't have to a press modifier key to access it. Now press Shift to access Ungroup Layer/s & Ctrl/Cmd to access .
has been moved on the Main Menu to the Groups category since it's mainly used for group relabeling.
has been moved on the Main Menu to the Layer category.
has been moved on the shortcuts panel from the Layers to the Groups functions section since it's mainly used for groups.
Duplicate Group has been renamed to to better reflect its functionality.
Automatic is now disabled by default since it sometimes resulted in confusing automatic trims. (Re-enable it by going to the Trimming Settings.)
The clone border expansion of will now be set to 0% by default.
Fixed a bug when using Workflower's that would shift a precomposed layer's position if it were parented to a layer outside of the selection.
Fixed a bug when using Workflower's that would not set the created precomp to the correct length if Leave all Attributes was checked.
Fixed a bug that would copy group-less layers in the wrong order to the clipboard after selecting all comp layers using without any layer selected.
Fixed a bug when using that would cause layers to shift position if they were parented to deleted layer.
Fixed a bug that would throw an error while refreshing when a layer was the first layer within the comp.
Fixed a bug within that prevented a group from being copied into a Store Comp when only the group header was selected.
Fixed a bug that would falsely remove the Group || Settings effect when converting and enabling Remove all Layer/Comp Comments.
When you use and , layer references in effects will now be retained.
When , a matte layer with separated dimensions but otherwise unchanged transforms will now be added to the Matte Merge directly and not be cloned.
When , disabled layers as well as will now be ignored while averaging the position.
Fixed a bug that prevented the check within whether need to be refreshed to work in certain circumstances.
Fixed a bug that would prevent entire groups to be pasted using .
Fixed a bug that would falsely parent a , created from a layer with Collapse Transformation, within a parented group.
Fixed a bug that would not a layer while leaving all attributes in the comp when the layer contained a sampleImage() expression.
Ability to that replicates the entire of Workflower. To install it, go to Settings > Layout > Install WF KBar Toolbar.
Fixed a bug on Mac or when using on Windows that would not set the shortcut slots to the correct value when entering the shortcuts panel for the first time.
When you layers, you can now choose to adjust transforms of the un-precomposed layers to the transforms of the precomp layer.
When you create a and one of your selected layers has currently selected effects, those effects will now be cut from the layer and pasted to the Linked Adjustment Layer.
You can open up older projects with v1.1 but when you're switching back to v1.0.6 or older and you try to open up a project created with v1.1 or newer, you will have to beforehand. To do this, go to Settings > Layout > Convert Project to older WF Version.
Big speed improvement for . Around 2-4 times faster!
Improved the speed of , , as well as for the to come up.
Improved performance of , especially when dealing with that contain a lot of layers.
Ability to use and . Once you enable Group Opacity, Workflower will add an expression to the opacity of the layers and it will add a special opacity slider effect to all group layers as it does with layers. Execute to reveal the slider in the timeline.
Ability to . When you draw a mask on the group header and you execute , a linked to the group header will be applied to all layers. However, it will only consider the masks, not the effects of the group header. (The border size of the group header will be set to comp size. You can change the size by going to the layer's Contents > Border > Fill > Size.) If you remove the mask/s from your group header, it will turn back to the default group header size.
Ability to . When you apply effects to the group header and you execute , a will be created which will consider the effects of the group header in addition to its own effects.
When you create a group with enabled, the group header will now be set at the .
New function: . Moves the header to the average position of all group layers' anchor points. (That way you can center the group header at any point, even after having created the group.)
On the dialog, you can now choose a group label color.
of the in and out point of the group header to its contained layers (off when using ), as well as automatic adjustment of and to their group header. Also of track mattes to their matted layer, of to their contained layers, and of to their matted clone.
Ability to exempt layers from getting trimmed. Simply add a marker to the layer with the comment "TTT" (without quotation marks), or use the new function: , which is only available via the : Alt/Option+Click on the button.
Ability to . Select any of the group layers and execute to select the corresponding Shy Mattes too. If enabled (under Settings > Matting), all shy'd layers will then be unshy'd temporarily. Now move your layers and the next time you execute , all Shy Mattes will be shy'd again.
New function: . Only available via shortcut (Win: Alt+F5, Mac: no default shortcut). Temporarily unshy's all until the next time you execute . Useful when you, for example, want to move a layer without existing into a group with Group Matte and you want to be able to easily place the layer at the correct position.
New function: . A replacement for AE's Pre-compose with additional options. Using this function, you can convert a group to a precomp and vice versa too. When doing this, you can also convert transforms, , and so that the precomp layer/group will inherit these attributes.
When you add/remove a layer to/from a group, and group effects will now be added/removed when executing without the need for executing afterward anymore. (You can also deactivate this behavior under Settings > Matting or Settings > Adjustment Layers since it might slow down when dealing with a lot of layers.)
When you're unlinking a or where source properties have expressions applied to them, you can now automatically convert all expressions to keyframes on the cloned/linked layer to improve performance. (You need to enable this feature under the Cloning or Adjustment Layer Settings.)
An advanced way to . For example, all effects that reference other selected layers will be updated to their duplicates, as well as a more straightforward naming of the duplicates and an automated way of updating and to the duplicated group.
New function: . Only available via the : Ctrl/Cmd+Click on the button. Useful when you want to batch-exempt several layer names from alteration at once.
Option to use a . Go to the Icon Settings to enable it. Useful when working a lot in Expression Mode and you want to have an indication of the layers' indentation level.
When you , you can now also choose to save the converted project as a copy.
New function: .
You can now create from shape and text layers as well as from comps that have collapse transformation enabled, too.
When you're creating a group with a lot of layers, or you're in a larger comp (40+ layers), a progress bar will now indicate how long it will take until the action is complete.
Ability to create a to directly label the selected group/layer with a specific color. Simply pass the label ID as an argument in the function, e.g. to label with the 3rd color, write: relabelLayers(3)
When you release a layer from a parented group and you execute , the parent will now be removed from the layer.
Now you can have any group layer selected to execute . This does not apply when you have a group layer and a group header that is contained in the same group selected. The other exception is when the selected layer has a above. (In that case, only the Shy Matte will be selected).
When you execute while a group header at the highest level is selected, the group will now be moved after the next group at the highest level (instead of dissolving the group).
You can now delete a layer and then execute and all layers with Group Matte effects will be removed. (Before, the only option was to select the group header and execute Create Matte to remove the layers.)
When you create a or on a group header that is 3D, they will be turned into 3D as well by default so that 3D space is retained beyond the Group Matte and Adjustment Layer.
When you execute on a duplicated layer, now the duplicated Precomp Clone layer (or more precisely: the selected layer) will get a fresh clone comp while the non-selected Precomp Clone keeps the existing clone comp.
When you move a out of its group and you execute on it, it will now be turned into a regular .
The blending mode of mattes added to a will now be set to Stencil Alpha (instead of Normal) by default.
If you add a layer that is already within a to a , the layer will now be turned into an .
On Mac or when using on Windows, when you have a reduced number of shortcuts and you click Reset to Default on Workflower's shortcuts panel, shortcuts will now be applied by priority (not by index).
On Mac or when using on Windows, two new default shortcuts have been added: (Win: Alt+F3, Mac: macControl+C) and (Win+Mac: Shift+H). To make room for those, and have been removed from the list of functions with default shortcuts.
When you and it holds a , , and/or , those elements will now be removed.
When executing on a , no issues occur anymore when undoing and then trying to redo the action.
Fixed a bug that occurred when a was created and the group contained camera and/or lights.
Fixed a bug that would unlock previously locked layers when creating a .
Fixed bug that would occur when you created a on a group with a .
Fixed bug that would not refresh Layer Styles when using .
Fixed bug that would not update visibility states on shape and text layers when using .
On Mac, when pressing a modifier key on the , new icons for the additional functions will now be revealed. (Unfortunately, this will only happen once you move the mouse.)
Slightly improved the speed of . (In the upcoming v1.1, the speed of Refresh Layout will be improved by at least 4x.)
On Mac or when using on Windows, when no shortcut has been applied to the , the user will now be informed to add a shortcut. (Otherwise, the script won't work.)
Fixed a bug when using on Windows that would prevent shortcut slots from being updated correctly if the shortcuts panel wasn't accessed via the .
Ability to . Useful when working with scripts/plugins that depend on specific layer names. Simply add a marker to the layer with the comment NNN.
now don't depend anymore on staying within the Stored Layers folder in the project panel. Useful when working with a tool like that will overwrite the current folder structure.
now resize if the comp size has been changed.
Fixed a bug that would occur if layers of a were shown and a layer was renamed using Workflower's . (The expression on the opacity of the used to then contain undefined.)
Support for KBar buttons. Check out the user guide on for more.
Ability to add a shortcut for .
layers now resize automatically if the comp size has been changed.
A more robust updating process for shortcut slots on Mac and on Windows. There's no need anymore to go to the shortcuts panel yourself. Also, if the update wasn't successful, Workflower will keep reminding you to update.
Ability to . Very useful when exchanging the project with someone who doesn't own Workflower. (For example, you might want to convert all of your comps to Expression Mode then.) Go to Workflower's settings and click on Convert all Comps in Project to another Layout Style.