Create a new After Effects project

Open an existing After Effects project

Save the current project

Close the current project

Get information about the current project

Import footage file into the project

Create a new composition

Modify an existing composition

Duplicate a composition

Delete a composition

List all compositions in the project

Get detailed information about a composition

Render a single frame of a composition to a PNG file on disk. Returns the file path so the AI can inspect what the comp actually looks like.

Full composition report: every layer with geometry, text data, fonts (used vs installed), expressions, keyframes, and animated values sampled over time (at markers by default). Use it to verify the real state of a comp.

Add a solid color layer to a composition

Add a text layer to a composition

Add a text layer with advanced styling options

Add a shape layer to a composition

Add a null object layer

Add an adjustment layer

Add a camera layer

Add a light layer

Add a footage item as a layer

Precompose selected layers into a new composition

Modify layer properties

Delete a layer

List all layers in a composition

Get detailed information about a layer

Set a keyframe on a property

Set a keyframe with easing options

Apply easy ease to keyframes

Set temporal ease on a keyframe

Offset all keyframes in time

Scale keyframe timing (speed up or slow down)

Reverse keyframe order

Copy keyframes from one property to another

Get all keyframes from a property

Set an expression on a property

Get the expression from a property

Recursively dump a layer's property tree (names, match names, expressions, keyframe counts) for diagnostics

Remove expression from a property

Enable or disable an expression

Add an expression control effect to a layer

Apply a pre-built expression template

Link two properties with an expression

Apply an effect to a layer

Apply a pre-configured effect template

Modify properties of an existing effect

Remove an effect from a layer

Reorder effects on a layer

Copy effects from one layer to another

List all effects on a layer

Create a lower third graphic with animated text

Create a title card with animations

Create a transition effect layer

Create an animated logo reveal

Add a text animator to a text layer

Import all files from a folder

Replace footage item with a new file

Organize project items into folders

Find all missing footage items in the project

Collect project files to a folder

Remove unused items from project

Add a marker to a composition

Add a marker to a layer

Get all markers from a composition or layer

Delete a marker

Set the work area of a composition