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Extend the Power of After Effects

Extend the application with plugins, scripts, and panels that integrate into existing workflows. Create visual effects, manipulate project elements, and automate complex tasks using After Effects APIs.
Build UXP plugins for Adobe After Effects 
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Resources

Overview

A UXP plugin uses shared UXP platform APIs together with host-specific APIs. Start with the path that matches what you need.

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UXP Developer Tool

Learn the UXP platform

Walk through the full developer journey: build your first plugin, learn the platform and UXP APIs, and publish plugins.
Start in the UXP Hub
Adobe After Effects

Use the After Effects API

Explore the After Effects API reference for application, project item, layer, property, file, font, import option, and settings APIs.
View the After Effects API

Note: Start with the UXP Hub to learn the fundamentals, core concepts, and the plugin development model. Use this Adobe After Effects UXP documentation for After Effects APIs, examples, and workflows. We will keep expanding these resources with more documentation and sample code throughout the beta.

Explore APIs

Plugins use both shared UXP APIs and host-specific After Effects APIs. The shared APIs provide capabilities such as file access, storage, networking, HTML, CSS, and Spectrum UI.

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After Effects API Reference
Application, project item, layer, property, file source, font, import option, and settings APIs for After Effects plugins.
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UXP API Reference
File system, networking, storage, HTML, CSS, and Spectrum UI capabilities shared by UXP hosts.

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