Aescripts - Cleanup Master 1.1.3 (Win, Mac)

Aescripts Cleanup Master 1.1.3 is an advanced workflow enhancement tool created specifically for After Effects artists who rely heavily on shape layers. Developed and refined over more than two years, Cleanup Master streamlines complex multi-step tasks that are typically tedious and time-consuming, transforming them into fast, automated processes. This results in a cleaner workspace, improved performance, and a more productive design experience.

Cleanup Master introduces intuitive controls that allow artists to work directly and efficiently with shape layers. You can construct and manage intricate shape-based characters with ease, ensuring a neatly organized timeline that encourages creativity rather than clutter. The tool offers powerful capabilities for modifying shape groups, allowing renaming, isolating, and adjusting groups directly from the composition viewer through intelligent point selection.

Workflow precision is elevated with advanced visibility controls, including solo, hide, and reveal options that let you zero in on specific shape groups without distraction. Selected points can instantly convert to nulls, enabling a streamlined structure that improves rigging and animation management. By parenting shape groups to these nulls, artists can avoid unnecessary layer splitting while maintaining full control over their animation.

Cleanup Master also simplifies point manipulation, offering the ability to modify, add, or remove points without negatively affecting existing animations. With a single click, the plugin can transform shapes into masks that remain linked to the original paths, ensuring a seamless, non-destructive editing environment.

Additionally, the Shade Group Organization feature provides a specialized system similar to precomping but engineered exclusively for shape groups, making it easier to manage complex shading setups in character rigs and detailed illustrations.