Cut’n’Pack for After Effects

Cut’n’Pack v1.4.0 for After Effects

The Ultimate Project Optimization and Layer Management Multitool

Download Cut’n’Pack v1.4.0 today. Consequently, you can cut, slice, and pack layers by masks automatically, transforming complex, messy projects into clean, optimized compositions with correct naming and logical structure . Because professional motion designers and video editors often work with procedural graphics, replicators, and complex animation setups, having access to a tool that automates time-consuming manual tasks is absolutely essential. Nevertheless, cutting layers by masks and organizing the results into manageable precompositions can consume hours of tedious work. Fortunately, Cut’n’Pack eliminates this bottleneck completely. Moreover, it preserves parent-child relationships, layer positions, and all attributes of text and shape layers throughout the process . In short, you can optimize your entire project with unprecedented speed and efficiency.

Automatic Mask-Based Layer Cutting and Precomposing

The core of this script lies in its ability to automate one of the most time-consuming tasks in After Effects — cutting layers by masks and organizing the results . For instance, it automatically slices solids, shape layers, vectors, footage, and text layers based on their masks, then collects them into optimal precompositions with correct naming . Furthermore, you can choose to precompose using Masks, Bounding Box Layers, or both, giving you flexible control over the final structure . Since the script handles all the manual fuss, you can maintain a clean, manageable project without sacrificing control.

Comprehensive Layer Explosion and Fracture Tools

Professional workflows often require breaking complex layers into their constituent parts. Therefore, Cut’n’Pack includes powerful explosion and fracture features. For example, you can fracture text into individual shape symbols, allowing you to animate each letter independently . Similarly, you can explode vector layers imported from .Ai or .EPS files, quickly separating them into individual, editable shape layers . Additionally, you can fast-explode solids and footages by mask, instantly creating separate layers for each masked region . Consequently, you can work with complex vector artwork and text with unprecedented flexibility.

Smart Attribute Preservation and Project Organization

One of the most frustrating aspects of precomposing is losing layer attributes and relationships. Therefore, Cut’n’Pack includes features designed to preserve your work’s integrity. For instance, the “Leave All Attributes” option ensures that text and shape layers retain all their properties after precomposing . Furthermore, the script preserves parenting links for precomps after precomposing, and saves positions for any layers, ensuring your layout remains intact . The result is a structured, optimized project with full control via nulls and expressions, making complex setups easy to manage .

Broad Compatibility and Simple Interface

Cut’n’Pack supports a comprehensive range of After Effects versions, spanning from CC 2014 through the latest 2026 releases . The script features a simple, user-friendly UI that is dockable and scalable, integrating seamlessly into your workflow . It is fully compatible with both Windows and macOS operating systems . You will need a standard workstation with at least 8GB of RAM, though system requirements are minimal given the script’s efficient design.

Perfect for Motion Designers, VFX Artists, and Animators

This script is particularly well-suited for motion designers and animators working with procedural graphics, replicators, and complex masked setups . Similarly, VFX artists and video editors managing heavy projects with numerous layers will appreciate the ability to quickly optimize and organize their compositions. Additionally, anyone looking to drastically reduce manual editing time and maintain logical project structure will find Cut’n’Pack an invaluable addition to their toolkit. Ultimately, Cut’n’Pack v1.4.0 accelerates your entire motion design and post-production pipeline.

System Requirements and Compatibility

Cut’n’Pack supports After Effects versions 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, and CC 2014 on both Windows and macOS operating systems . You will need a standard workstation with at least 8GB of RAM.

Installation and Usage Guide

To install, first download the script files from your library. Next, close Adobe After Effects if it is running. Then, install the script following the standard aescripts + aeplugins installation process. After installation, launch After Effects and navigate to Window > Extensions > Cut’n’Pack. Finally, select your layers, choose your cutting and packing options, and let the script automatically optimize your project . Thus, your professional project optimization workflow will be ready instantly.

What is Included Inside?

The pack contains the complete Cut’n’Pack v1.4.0 script for After Effects. Furthermore, it includes automatic mask-based layer cutting, precomposing options (Masks, Bounding Box, or both), text fracture to shape symbols, vector layer explosion, and fast solid/footage explosion by mask. Additionally, you receive the “Leave All Attributes” feature, parenting and position preservation, and full compatibility with After Effects versions CC 2014 through 2026 . Ultimately, you receive everything needed for professional project optimization and layer management.

Final Thoughts on the Script

Effortless project optimization and layer management evokes profound creative freedom. Therefore, this script provides the ultimate foundation for your motion design and post-production workflows. You can cut the mess and pack the best with unprecedented speed and simplicity. Consequently, your project organization vision becomes a stunning reality.

Multitool for optimizing your project. Cut the mess, pack the best! Automatically cuts layers by masks and collects optimal precompositions. It works with text , shapes, vector file, footage and solid — without manual fuss. Ideal for procedural graphics, replicators, and complex animation setups.

Cut’n’Pack 

Cut the Mess, Pack the Best

This is a real multitool for fast and convenient slicing, splitting and duplicating of any type of layers. This script is designed to automate one of the most time-consuming tasks in After Effects — cutting layers by masks and organizing the result into clean project with correct naming. It converts complex masked setups into structured, optimized comps with full control via nulls and expressions.

Key Features:

• Cut solids, shape layers,vectors, footages and text layers by masks.
• Pre-compose using Masks, Bounding Box Layers or bought.
• Generate masks on selected layer.
• Fracture Text to Shape symbols.
• Explode Vector Layers (.Ai or .EPS).
• Fast explode Solids and Footages by mask.
• Optimal precomp for texts, solids and shapes.
• Save parenting links for pre-comps after precomp.
• Very simple and user friendly UI.
• Mosaic Fragmentation

Mosaic Fragmentation Feature:

USER FRIENDLY UI 

DOCKABLE AND COMPACT

Compact Interface improves usability by reducing visual clutter and saving screen space. The updated layout takes up less room while keeping all tools easily accessible and intuitive to use.

This makes the workflow faster and more comfortable, especially in complex projects where every pixel of workspace matters.

Scalable Interface is designed to grow with each update without disrupting the user workflow or cluttering the workspace. New features are added in a structured and intuitive way, keeping the interface clean, focused, and easy to use.

The interface includes a link that allows you to quickly access the project page.

OPTIMAL PRE-COMPS LAYERS

SAVING RAM AND KEEP PROJECT CLEAR

Smart Pre-composition is useful when you need to pre-compose any type of layer using its exact visual bounds. The plugin creates optimally sized pre-compositions that match the content dimensions, reducing unnecessary empty space and helping to save RAM during playback and rendering.

This feature is ideal for performance optimization, large or complex projects, reusable assets, and clean scene organization. It keeps compositions lightweight, improves responsiveness, and makes projects easier to manage without breaking the original layout or timing.

BREAK LAYER BY MASK

IF SPECIAL MODE IS SELECTED

Break Layer by Mask — splits a layer into separate parts based on its masks. Each mask becomes an independent layer while preserving transformations such as position, rotation, and scale. Cut your layers the way you want — faster than ever.

This feature is ideal for motion graphics, typography animation, shape-based transitions, complex reveals, UI animations, and any workflow where a single layer needs to be broken into controllable pieces. It significantly speeds up scene preparation and keeps your compositions clean and flexible.

BREAK TEXT BY SYMBOLS

EVERY LAYERS NAMED CORRECTLY

Break Text by Symbols is useful when you need full control over individual characters in a text layer. It converts text into separate shape layers, one symbol per layer, allowing you to freely transform, animate, and apply effects to each character independently. 

This feature is ideal for kinetic typography, logo animations, custom text layouts, glitch effects , procedural motion, and any design where standard text animators are too limiting. It gives you precise, per-symbol control while keeping the workflow fast and flexible.

PATTERN FRAGMENTATION

SHAPES OR SOLIDS

Mosaic Generator is a procedural tool for After Effects that transforms any layer into a dynamic grid of adaptive tiles. It automatically analyzes the selected layer and breaks it into a customizable mosaic structure, supporting text, shape layers, and solids. The system intelligently handles bounds, scaling, and alignment to preserve visual consistency across different source types.

The tool also features expression-driven randomness for opacity, scale, color blending, and spatial offsets, enabling highly flexible procedural variation without manual keyframing. Built-in control sliders allow real-time art direction of randomness, making it suitable for motion graphics, abstract visuals, and experimental design workflows.

MASS PRECOMPOSITION

SHAPES, COMPS OR SOLID ELEMENTS

The new Cut’n’Pack feature allows you to instantly precompose selected layers while automatically preserving their visual position in the comp. There is no need to manually open each layer and create precomps one by one anymore — everything is done in a single action, making it significantly faster to work with complex scenes and large projects.

The plugin automatically calculates precomposition boundaries based on the chosen mode: layer bounds, mask bounds, or a combination of both. This gives precise control over the resulting precomp size while preventing unwanted cropping or excess empty space, ensuring a clean and predictable project structure.

OPTIMAL PRE-COMP TEXT

WHILE MAINTAINING POSITION

Optimal Precomp Text is useful when you need to quickly turn a text layer into a perfectly sized pre-composition. With a single click, the plugin creates a precomp that matches the exact bounds of the text, preserving position, timing, and all properties. 

This feature is ideal for kinetic typography, text animations, motion graphics, and organized workflows. It keeps your project clean, reduces unnecessary empty space, and allows you to manage text layers efficiently without manual resizing or adjustments.

MASKS ON SHAPE LAYER

OR SHAPES ELEMENTS

You can now easily create masks directly on shape layers — something that wasn’t possible with standard methods. This allows you to apply soft masks with feathering directly on a vector layer, without relying on pre-comps or additional helper layers.

Just select the desired shape element, and a mask preset will automatically generate a mask based on that element’s bounds. No manual fitting, no extra layers, no technical workarounds. Masking still happens at the layer level, but the workflow is now faster, more precise, and seamlessly integrated into your existing shape structure.

You can also fragment a shape using masks with the CUT function, giving you precise control over how vector elements are divided and revealed.

FRAGMENTATION SOLIDS

AND FOOTAGES 

Fragmentation Solids is useful when you need to quickly break solid layers into multiple masked fragments using a set of predefined presets. It automatically generates structured mask patterns, turning a single solid into a collection of controllable pieces ready for animation. 

This feature is ideal for shatter effects, dynamic transitions, abstract motion, background construction, and procedural layouts. It removes the need for manual mask drawing and setup, allowing you to experiment faster and create complex fragment-based animations in just a few clicks.

CREATE PRE-COMPS FAST

WHILE MAINTAINING POSITION

Create Pre-comps Fast is useful when you need to quickly create perfectly sized pre-compositions based on custom-drawn masks. The plugin generates pre-comps matching the exact bounds of each mask while preserving the original position of all elements in the main composition.

This feature is ideal for complex scene organization, modular animation, transitions, screen replacements, and any workflow that relies on clean, reusable pre-compositions. It eliminates manual cropping, repositioning, and alignment, allowing you to restructure compositions faster and with complete accuracy.

BREAK VECTOR FILES

SUPPORT .AI and .EPS FILES

Break Vector Files is useful when you need to split imported vector artwork into fully independent shape layers. It converts EPS and AI files into separate shapes, giving you full control over each element for animation, transformation, and effects. 

This feature is ideal for logo animations, icon systems, explainer graphics, UI motion, and complex vector-based compositions. It removes the need for manual shape cleanup and layer duplication, allowing you to work faster while keeping vector artwork clean, editable, and animation-ready.

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