LayerDeck
LayerDeckdeveloped byMini
A panel for After Effects

The parts of After Effects you repeat, in one click.

LayerDeck docks next to your timeline. Time remaps, beat edits, captions from audio, face tracking and stabilizing, text animations and precomps each become a button that does it right the first time.

After Effects 2022 – 2026Runs offlineNo AI account or API key
Composition: LayerDeckLayer: (none)≡
Active Camera
Classic 3D
hover a layer · drag to orbit

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10panels: Create, Remap, Graph, Text, Beats, Layers, Align, FX, Files, Settings
Offlinecaptions and face tracking run on your own computer
Ctrl+Zevery action is one undo step in After Effects
Shift+Fsearch and apply any effect or preset from anywhere. Press it on this page.
Timeline

Every feature is a layer. Hover one to open its Effect Controls.

Tap a row on a phone. Each one shows what the button does, the settings you get, and a quick preview.

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Remap · Graph

Draw the speed ramp. LayerDeck writes the keyframes.

The Microwave effect speeds a clip up to a peak and eases it back. Drag the yellow handles to shape the curve, the same way you would in LayerDeck's curve editor, then watch the clip play with it.

Microwave Curveeases the way upsource time ↑ · layer time →
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Beats · Sequence

Mark the beats, then cut every clip to them.

Pick how many hits you want. Low catches the big drops, High marks every hit. Then sequence your selected clips to the markers in one go, and clear the whole beat edit with one click if you change your mind.

Beat Markers
KLEAVE - ENTITY (SLOWED).mp3
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Face Tracking · Stabilize

Lock onto a face, even when the nose leaves the frame.

LayerDeck tracks the nose, eyes and eyebrows on every frame. When one leaves the shot, the others carry the same point, so the track never jumps. Move your mouse over the shot to place a manual tracker like After Effects' own: a feature box inside a search box.

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N

Nose first

The steadiest point on a face for most shots.

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E

Eyes take over

When the nose drops out of frame, the inner eye corners carry the same point.

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B

Then the eyebrows

A last fallback, and a far-away boost finds small faces by finding the person first.

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S

Stabilize + Motion Tile

One click keeps the face still. Motion Tile at 150% with mirrored edges fills the corners.

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Captions · Text

Captions from the audio. Text that hits like an edit.

Transcription runs on your computer with whisper.cpp, so your audio never leaves the machine and there's no account to make. Every word gets its own timing, and you can fix words, times and fonts in the editor before animating them.

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Creators

Your favourite editors use LayerDeck to move faster.

Hover a creator. The remaps, beat cuts and captions in their edits come out of the same panel you're looking at.

Setup

From purchase to first click in about two minutes.

STEP 1

Install the panel

Run the installer. It copies LayerDeck to After Effects' extensions folder for your user, nothing else.

STEP 2

Open it next to your timeline

Window › Extensions › LayerDeck, then dock it wherever you like. Paste the key from your purchase email.

STEP 3

Select layers, click

Every button works on what you have selected and lands as one undo step, so Ctrl+Z always takes it back.

License

$15 once, or $5 a month.

Lifetime is yours forever with every update. Monthly gets you the same panel for less up front, and you can cancel anytime. Either way your key arrives by email the moment you buy.

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  • All ten panels and every feature on this page
  • One computer at a time; deactivate it to move to a new one
  • Keeps working offline for 30 days between check-ins
  • Captions and face tracking run locally, no subscriptions
  • After Effects 2022 through 2026
FAQ

Questions editors ask

Which versions of After Effects does it work with?
After Effects 2022 and newer, up to the current 2026 release. LayerDeck is a regular panel, so it opens from Window › Extensions like any other.
Do the captions and face tracking need the internet?
Only once, to download the speech and face models the first time you use them (LayerDeck asks first). After that they run entirely on your computer. Nothing you edit is uploaded anywhere.
What's the difference between Lifetime and Monthly?
Nothing in the panel: both unlock every feature. Lifetime is $15 once and keeps working forever, with all future updates. Monthly is $5 a month; your key stays active while the subscription runs and stops if you cancel and the paid month ends.
Can I move it to a new computer?
Yes. Each key is active on one computer at a time. Open Settings › License › Deactivate this computer on the old one, then activate the key on the new one.
What happens if I'm offline for a while?
LayerDeck checks your license about once a week. Without internet it keeps working for 30 days, then it asks to reconnect once and carries on.
Will it change my project if I click the wrong thing?
Every action is one undo step, so Ctrl+Z puts things back. Beat edits also have a "Clear beat edit" button that removes markers, repeated clips and copied adjustment layers together.
Do the Premium presets need extra plugins?
No. They look their best with the free Deep Glow 2 plugin installed, and when it isn't, LayerDeck tells you and uses a built-in glow instead.
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