Aescripts Penpal 2 v2.0.0 (WIN, MAC)

Aescripts Penpal 2 v2.0.0 is your new best friend and assistant for editing paths in Adobe After Effects. Designed to provide powerful and user-friendly tools, Penpal offers more than 40 advanced functions that surpass the native capabilities of After Effects, making your path editing experience smoother and more efficient.

Why Use Aescripts Penpal 2 v2.0.0?

Enhanced Path Editing

Adjusting tangents and path points in After Effects has always been challenging compared to the precision offered by dedicated vector tools like Illustrator. Penpal changes that by providing robust features that allow you to manipulate paths and points with ease.

Key Features of Aescripts Penpal 2 v2.0.0

• Path and Point Adjustments: Easily switch paths vertically or horizontally, divide paths, align points, and snap them to pixels.
• Advanced Tangent Manipulation: Copy and paste tangents, make broken tangents smooth, and adjust tangents precisely.
• Symmetry and Distribution: Mirror points on an axis for perfect symmetry, distribute points evenly, and combine paths seamlessly.
• Improved Workflow: Treat shape layers like pre-comps while keeping all path properties on your timeline, enhancing your design process.

Design in Motion

Penpal 2 v2.0.0 offers numerous features that elevate your design capabilities within After Effects. Here are some examples of what you can do:

• Switch paths vertically or horizontally for dynamic transformations.
• Divide a single path into two distinct paths, expanding your creative possibilities.
• Assemble and distribute points to create well-balanced shapes.
• Snap points to pixels for precise alignment.
• Simplify paths with too many points for cleaner designs.
• Reverse the direction of points along a line effortlessly.
• Mirror points on an axis to achieve perfect symmetrical shapes.
• Combine two distinct paths into one unified path.
• Quickly make broken tangents smooth for seamless curves.

Edit Shapes with Ease

Penpal allows you to switch between spaces and transform paths as if they were in their original form. With Penpal, you can maintain the right-side-up orientation of all functions, ensuring a consistent editing experience. Treat shape layers like pre-comps and keep all path properties visible on your timeline for better control and efficiency.

Power-Up Your Paths

The Penpal UI is intuitive and familiar, allowing you to immediately recognize and utilize its features. Penpal lets you pick tangents just like points, enabling you to drag multiple tangents simultaneously, copy one tangent, and paste it into another. This level of control simplifies complex path editing tasks.

Enhanced Snapping and Constraining

Penpal improves upon After Effects' native snapping and constraining features. By pressing shift, you can quickly constrain movements to horizontal, vertical, or 45-degree diagonal axes. The cursor snaps to other points and angles, similar to a vector editing program, making precise adjustments easier than ever.

Bridging the Gap with Illustrator

While After Effects has traditionally lagged behind Illustrator in path editing, Penpal bridges this gap. It provides essential tools that reduce the need for Illustrator, allowing you to design directly within After Effects. Although Penpal doesn't replace Illustrator entirely, it offers advanced functionalities that make path editing in After Effects more efficient.

New Changes in Version 2.0.0

• The backspace button now deletes selected points in the Points tab.
• New "Align tangents to neighboring points" button.
• "Points: Mirror Path on-axis" function buttons.
• "Points: Move" function buttons.
• The "Points: Snap" button accepts the ALT modifier key to also snap tangents.
• The "Points: Move" button accepts the ALT modifier key to leave tangents in place.
• Toggle button in Preferences to display tangent coordinates as absolute or relative.

Discover the full potential of Aescripts Penpal 2 v2.0.0 and revolutionize your path editing workflow in Adobe After Effects. Download it today from GFXInspire and enhance your design projects with ease.