Atom - The AI Agent for Adobe After Effects
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Atom is an AI agent that lives inside After Effects. Describe what you need in natural language and Atom builds it. Handles rapid prototyping, expressions, rigs, layer cleanup, and repetitive tasks. Full project awareness. Built to empower artists.
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Howdy Product Hunt!
I'm Davey, and I've been building tools for motion designers for seven years. Today I'm launching Atom, an AI agent that actually understands After Effects projects.
The Problem
After Effects is powerful, but most of us spend too much time on tedious setup work: renaming layers, building rigs, wiring expressions, cleaning up project structures. The creative flow gets interrupted by repetitive technical tasks that *should* be automated but aren't.
Why Existing AI Tools Don't Work
Most AI coding assistants don't understand After Effects. They don't know about 1-based indexing, matchName paths, or how property groups work. They can't see your project. They output code that fails because they're guessing at layer IDs and structure. It's faster to do it manually.
What Atom Actually Does
Atom is a CEP panel that sits inside After Effects with full project awareness. You type what you want in natural language, and Atom learns about your project (comps, layers, properties) and then applies changes immediately.
Real Examples:
- "Create a 5x5 grid of shape layers with random colors" → Atom calculates spacing from comp dimensions and generates the grid
- "Add glow to all text layers" → Finds text layers across comps and applies effects with correct property paths
- "Rename layers 1-20 with sequential numbers" → Handles it instantly
Why I Built This
I've spent years writing ExtendScript for my own workflows. I wanted an AI that understood After Effects architecture - not just code syntax. Something that could handle the boring parts so I could stay focused on the creative decisions.
What Makes It Different
- Lives inside AE - CEP panel with real-time project access
- Project awareness - Sees your comps, layers, expressions, and dependencies
- Error recovery - When scripts fail, Atom diagnoses the issue and auto-retries with fixes
- Made for motion designers - Not a generic coding assistant with an After Effects prompt
Pricing
Try 10 chats for free. Pay ONCE to upgrade to full with a year of updates. Bring your own OpenRouter key for api credits.
Thanks for checking out Atom! I'll be here all day answering questions.
Davey
https://x.com/daveylovescode
https://tryatom.ai