Get information about the currently open After Effects project

List all compositions in the current After Effects project

Get all layers in a specific After Effects composition

Create a new composition in the current After Effects project

Add a text layer to a composition

Add a solid color layer to a composition

Add a null (control) layer to a composition

Set a property value on a layer. Use dot notation: 'Transform.Opacity', 'Transform.Position', etc.

Add a keyframe to a layer property at a specific time

Apply an effect to a layer using its match name (e.g. 'ADBE Gaussian Blur 2')

Import a file (video, image, audio, AEP) into the current After Effects project

Add a composition to the After Effects render queue

Start rendering all queued items in the After Effects render queue

Save the current After Effects project

Execute a raw ExtendScript snippet directly in After Effects

Create a new blank After Effects project (closes the current one)

Open an existing After Effects project file (.aep or .aepx)

Close the current After Effects project

List all items in the After Effects project panel (compositions, footage, folders)

Create a folder in the After Effects project panel

Move a project item into a folder

Delete an item from the After Effects project panel

Configure After Effects project settings (color depth, linear blending)

Get all settings of a composition (size, fps, duration, bg color, work area, etc.)

Modify settings of an existing composition (width, height, duration, frame rate, pixel aspect)

Duplicate a composition

Rename a composition

Permanently delete a composition from the project

Set the background color of a composition

Set the work area (render region) start and end time of a composition

Precompose a set of layers into a new nested composition

Enable or disable motion blur for a composition

Delete a layer from a composition

Duplicate a layer within a composition

Rename a layer in a composition

Move a layer to a different position in the layer stack (1 = top)

Set the in point, out point, or start time of a layer

Set the blending mode of a layer

Enable or disable solo on a layer

Lock or unlock a layer

Show or hide a layer (toggle the eye icon)

Set the parent of a layer to another layer (for hierarchical transforms)

Add a shape layer with a rectangle or ellipse to a composition

Add a camera layer to a composition

Add a light layer to a composition

Add an expression to a layer property

Remove an expression from a layer property

Get the current transform and basic properties of a layer

Enable or disable 3D mode on a layer

Set the render quality of a layer (best, draft, wireframe)

List all keyframes for a layer property

Delete a specific keyframe from a layer property by index (1-based)

Set the interpolation type (easing) for a keyframe

Apply Easy Ease to all keyframes of a property (smooth in/out easing)

Add multiple keyframes at once to a layer property

Enable time remapping on an AV layer

Get the current state of the After Effects render queue

Remove an item from the render queue by its index

Remove all items from the render queue (skips items currently rendering)

Configure the output module for a render queue item (format, codec, output path)

Apply a render settings template to a render queue item

List all available output module templates in After Effects

List all available render settings templates in After Effects

Render a composition directly via aerender (command-line, no UI required). After Effects does NOT need to be open.

Queue multiple compositions for rendering in a single operation

Import multiple files into the After Effects project at once

Apply an effect to all layers (or filtered by type) in a composition

Set a property value on multiple layers in a composition at once

Replace the source file of a footage item in the project (all uses update automatically)

Create multiple compositions based on a common size/fps template

Collect all project assets into a single folder (like AE's 'Collect Files' command)

Export a range of frames from a composition to the render queue as still images