# Automate After Effects and motion graphics

Rebuilding the same lower third or template for every version and language

These tools let AI build layers, keyframes and expressions in After Effects, or write motion graphics as code that renders to MP4. Best for repetitive, versioned work, you stay the director

## See it work

Visuals (real captures, with sources):

* Clip: Twelve monthly profit and loss bars animating in, one of the demo scenes in the project's README (README of Engine-Room-Games/after-effects-mcp: https://github.com/Engine-Room-Games/after-effects-mcp#readme) https://agentcut.dev/media/engine-room-pl.mp4
* Image: Biennale Yellow, one of the design templates in the HyperFrames docs (README of heygen-com/hyperframes: https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes#readme) https://agentcut.dev/media/hf-biennale-1440.webp
* Video: Luke Byrne makes editable After Effects animations with Claude and the Engine Room MCP (Luke Byrne (AI Luke) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRGsj8H6DSs)
* Video: Plainly's own walkthrough of controlling After Effects with AI through their MCP (Plainly on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEO3z86mtbI)
* Video: Snapper AI makes animated videos with Claude Code and the official Remotion agent skill (Snapper AI on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwKCAgt4aKI)

## Real examples

* Used Claude with a Premiere Pro MCP and HyperFrames to cut about 9 minutes of raw footage into a 4 minute rough cut in roughly 15 minutes, and to build an animated Mars and Earth graphic from one detailed prompt. He still did a quick grain and contrast pass by hand (Jason Cooperson, YouTuber, YouTube video, summarized by Modern Creator 2026-07-24: https://moderncreator.app/2026-07-24-jason-cooperson-i-taught-claude-to-edit-in-premiere-pro)
  > Claude video editor does not replace creativity
* Uses Dakkshin's After Effects MCP mostly through its runScriptFile tool, so Claude writes ExtendScript and After Effects runs it. They make medical device training videos in many parts and languages, so asks like a shorter ending or 5 language versions become a quick rebuild instead of an afternoon of keyframing (u/leadtimelabs, Reddit user, r/ClaudeAI 2026-08-28: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1w0pm56/anyone_here_that_made_good_motion_graphic_videos/)
  > Claude scripts After Effects for you, and you stay the director
* Delivered a 30 second ad for a real project without opening an editor, using Remotion with the official Agent Skills and Claude Code. Porting an earlier 35 second ad with 7 scenes took Claude Code under an hour (jeong, developer, Zenn, Zenn 2026-07-28: https://zenn.dev/jeong/articles/4dfa08842991fd?locale=en)
  > Text changes become one line of code, and exporting becomes a single command
* Asked Claude through Blender MCP to make a cup holder for a big Yeti thermos and look up its size online. A few minutes later there was a 3D model ready to print (u/AlarmingLength42, Reddit user, r/ClaudeAI 2025-05-05: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1kfpuzr/blender_mcp_is_blowing_my_mind/)
* Set up blender-mcp with Open WebUI and GPT 4.1 and got an analog clock showing the current time, but found tool calls hit and miss beyond simple tests (u/promptasaurusrex, Reddit user, r/LocalLLaMA 2025-04-18: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1k2ilye/blender_mcp_can_anyone_actually_get_good_results/)
* Their team designed one After Effects template and rendered 20,000 personalized donor thank you videos from a CSV file. This used the Plainly platform itself, not the MCP server, and the case study is written by Plainly (UNICEF Australia, Plainly customer, Plainly case study: https://www.plainlyvideos.com/success-stories/unicef)

## Ideas to try (ideas, not user reports)

* Build one lower third template, then ask the agent to make a version for every name in a spreadsheet
* Let the agent render a few frames to PNG and check its own work before you look

## Tools

* [After Effects MCP (Dakkshin)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/after-effects-mcp-dakkshin/): Building comps, text, shapes and keyframes in After Effects by asking instead of clicking. Works with After Effects, medium setup, free
* [HyperFrames (HeyGen)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/hyperframes-heygen/): Making motion graphics, captions and callouts with AI and rendering them to MP4. Works with FFmpeg, Programmatic video, medium setup, free
* [Remotion Agent Skills (official)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/remotion-agent-skills-official/): Making ads, explainers and data videos with code that Claude writes for you. Works with Programmatic video, easy setup, free
* [Plainly Videos MCP (official)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/plainly-videos-mcp-official/): Rendering lots of versions of your After Effects templates in the cloud without opening AE. Works with After Effects, easy setup, paid
* [mcp-aftereffects (Kumo Productions)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/mcp-aftereffects-kumo-productions/): Checking and changing an open After Effects project, then kicking off renders, with one undo for each change. Works with After Effects, easy setup, free
* [After Effects MCP (Engine Room)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/after-effects-mcp-engine-room/): Making lower thirds, logo reveals and counters from a one line description, as editable layers. Works with After Effects, easy setup, free
* [open-fusion-mcp](https://agentcut.dev/tools/open-fusion-mcp/): Building real Fusion titles, kinetic type and UI animations from a prompt. Works with DaVinci Resolve, hard setup, free
* [ae-mcp (JUNKDOGE-JOE)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/ae-mcp-junkdoge-joe/): Chatting with AI right inside After Effects so it can build and fix layers for you. Works with After Effects, medium setup, free
* [AE MCP Bridge](https://agentcut.dev/tools/ae-mcp-bridge/): Letting AI look at your rendered frames and fix keyframes and expressions until the shot looks right. Works with After Effects, medium setup, free
* [After Effects MCP (HeroicSwan)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/after-effects-mcp-heroicswan/): Running After Effects jobs from an AI agent without babysitting the app, with frame checks along the way. Works with After Effects, medium setup, free
* [AE-MCP (70+ tools)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/ae-mcp-70-tools/): Driving most of After Effects from Claude: comps, layers, effects, animation and expressions. Works with After Effects, medium setup, free
* [aftr](https://agentcut.dev/tools/aftr/): Scripting After Effects from code or an agent when you need the same edits on many comps. Works with After Effects, FFmpeg, medium setup, free
* [After Effects MCP (Enhanced Multilingual)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/after-effects-mcp-enhanced-multilingual/): Animating, masking and rendering in After Effects from prompts, in several languages. Works with After Effects, medium setup, free
* [after-effects-mcp-vision](https://agentcut.dev/tools/after-effects-mcp-vision/): Letting AI see what it just made in After Effects or Illustrator and fix it. Works with After Effects, Illustrator, medium setup, free
* [After Effects Codex Agent rules](https://agentcut.dev/tools/after-effects-codex-agent-rules/): Getting cleaner After Effects results from Codex by giving it house rules to follow. Works with After Effects, easy setup, free
* [DaVinci Resolve Fusion MCP (free version)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/davinci-resolve-fusion-mcp-free-version/): Building Fusion nodes with AI on Resolve Free. Works with DaVinci Resolve, medium setup, free
* [MCP for Blender (formerly blender-mcp)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/mcp-for-blender-formerly-blender-mcp/): Building 3D scenes, lights and cameras in Blender by describing them. Works with Blender, easy setup, freemium
* [CartCut](https://agentcut.dev/tools/cartcut/): Making layered motion edits in an editor built with AI agents in mind. Works with Agent native editors, easy setup, free
* [VibeFrame](https://agentcut.dev/tools/vibeframe/): Going from a short brief to a finished video using AI generated shots. Works with AI video generation, FFmpeg, medium setup, free

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