Matte Tool

matte tool script

Download Matte Tool v2.2 for After Effects on Windows and Mac, a powerful script that simplifies the creation and management of mattes in your compositions. This essential tool automates the tedious process of setting up track mattes, alpha mattes, and luma mattes—saving you countless clicks and eliminating manual errors .

Key Features of Matte Tool v2.2:

• One-Click Matte Creation: Instantly create alpha, luma, or track mattes from any layer
• Multiple Layer Support: Apply mattes to single or multiple layers simultaneously
• Automatic Arrangement: Properly stacks and organizes matte layers in your timeline
• Layer Naming: Automatically renames matte layers for easy identification
• Color Coding: Optional layer coloring for visual organization
• Flexible Application: Create mattes above or below target layers based on preference
• Compatibility: Works with all layer types including solids, shapes, text, and footage
• Cross-Platform Support: Seamless operation on both Windows and Mac systems

Perfect For:

• Compositors who regularly work with track mattes and alpha channels
• Motion graphics artists creating complex layered effects
• Editors managing multiple matte relationships in a single comp
• Anyone tired of manually setting up and organizing matte layers
• Studios wanting to standardize matte workflows across projects

System Requirements:

• Adobe After Effects 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
• Windows 10/11 (64-bit) or macOS
• 4GB RAM minimum (8GB+ recommended)
• 10MB available disk space
• Enable “Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network” in Preferences > Scripting & Expressions

Installation:
Copy the Matte Tool folder to your After Effects ScriptUI Panels directory:

• Windows: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects [version]\Support Files\Scripts\ScriptUI Panels\
• Mac: /Applications/Adobe After Effects [version]/Scripts/ScriptUI Panels/

Access via Window menu > Matte Tool

Note: Version 2.2 includes performance improvements and broader compatibility with recent After Effects versions .

20 tools that make it easier to work with mattes and layers in After Effects. New: 4 new tools, new responsive UI and many more tweaks and fixes!

Matte Tool

A group of 20 tools that make it easier to work with layers in After Effects.
Includes very useful and practical tools.

Matte Layers
Matt’s different modes are often confusing. Using this tool with clear icons, you can apply the desired mattes without any special complexity.
Matte Tool takes the confusion out of creating and combining mattes between layers, and makes it easier for you to work with Matt.
Merge, Subtract, Intersect and Exclude mattes in an easy to use interface.
Subtracting a layer from each other
➤ Merge
➤ Subtract
➤ Intersect
➤ Exclude

Precompose-DeCompose
Precompose And De-PreCopose By One Click.

Crop
Allows you to crop your objects within the current frame or work area time without any restrictions. It will work on animation objects within selected work area.
➤ Crop compositions to fit their contents.
➤ Crop the layer individually
➤ Crop selected layers in groups

Split By Mask: Method 1
Separate the layer using drawing masks.
This tool breaks the object into pieces by the masks drawn on it.
There are two methods for separating by masks.
➤ Method 1:
Draw closed masks on the object, through which we can separate those masks from the main object.

Split By Mask: Method 2
Separate the layer using drawing masks.
➤ Method 2:
Draw a rectangular mask with 4 vertices around the object. Other masks are drawn linearly and open with the desired number of vertices

Split Parts Of Transparency Layer
Separate the selected layer components.
Ability to apply on any layer or composition.
The object should be a transparent object.

Merge Layers As Image
Convert your selected layers to an image file This tool converts all selected layers into one image layer.
We can have the selected layers or the image layer can be replaced with them.

Green And Blue Screen Remover
A powerful keyer without the complicated settings.
Remove the background from the footage in a completely real way.
With one click, the background color is automatically detected and the relevant settings are applied.
In the user interface, a panel appears containing the original image with which you can easily pick the screen color manually. And the extra buttons to change alpha modes and….
Color transparency is another tool next to this tool that you can use to remove any color from your objects quickly.

Fade Transparency
Transparent your layers linearly
With this tool, you can make your layer transparent.
Using this tool, two points are placed on your object, the transparency of the layer follows these two points, and the selected layer becomes linearly transparent.
Ability to apply on any layer or composition

Blending Layers
Reveal Any Part of a Layer

A tool for Blending layers to reveal Any Part of a layer from Layers that are on top of each other.
It lets you create selected areas by a single shape layer. You can then reveal these areas visually. The tool makes it easy to dynamically show any part of the layer below using the created shapes on a specific layer.
You can even move your blended objects and have a special animation of it.

Changes in the new update
We always use your feedback to improve this extension.
And this extension is updated regularly based on your needs.

➤ Merge shape layers
➤ Explode shape layer
➤ Explode text layer
➤ Explode Ai layer

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