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THE LAB · BUILD #01 · AFTER EFFECTS PANEL
Ease Edit
I make learning videos for a living. So
I built the tool I wished After Effects had— a one-click control room that sets up projects, drives the camera and renders, so I can spend my time on the story instead of the scaffolding.
40%
faster turnaround on every learning video
web_camera-actions
w-top-left
w-top-right
w-top-centre
w-top-tilt
w-mid-left
w-mid-right
w-centre
w-slow-zoom
w-bottom-left
w-bottom-right
w-bottom-centre
w-bottom-tilt
w-text-n-top
text
w-text-n-bottom
text
text
w-text-n-left
w-text-n-right
text
w-Camera Rotation
Default
Ease Edit
Christopher’s Edition(Auto Edit v2)
Web
Mobile
Tab
4K
✦ PROJECT SETUP ✦ CAMERA MOVES
✦ HIGHLIGHTS ✦ CURSOR FX
✦ SMART RESIZE ✦ DEEP DUPLICATE
✦ ONE-CLICK RENDER
01 — The problem
Every learning video started from zero.
Product walkthroughs at Tekion ship in four formats — web, mobile, tablet and 4K. Each one needed the same nested comp rig, the same camera language and the same polish. I was rebuilding it by hand, video after video.
PAIN POINT 01
The same rig, rebuilt every time
Footage → Highlight → Camera → Main comp, sized per device, with masks, shadows and expressions. The slowest, most repetitive part of every project.
PAIN POINT 02
Camera moves keyframed by hand
Pans, pedestals, tilts and zooms onto UI details — set, eased and re-timed manually, and never quite consistent between editors.
PAIN POINT 03
Death by housekeeping
Extending layers, refitting comps when new footage arrives, duplicating pre-comps safely, setting up render templates. Busywork, not craft.
BEFORE · BY HAND
01
Create 4 nested comps at
the right resolution
02
Build stencil masks + track
mattes for highlights
03
Keyframe and ease
every camera move
04
Animate cursors, clicks
and touch ripples
05
Refit everything when the
footage size changes
06
Configure render
queue + output module
AFTER · WITH EASE EDIT
Pick a format. Click. Direct.
The whole rig, camera system and render pipeline are a button away. Every editor gets the same polished motion from the first frame, and work moves 40% faster.
02 — The solution
A control room docked inside After Effects.
Ease Edit is a CEP panel built in React that talks to After Effects through ExtendScript. Every button runs a script that builds, animates or ships something — wrapped in one undo step, so experimenting is always safe.
01
SETUP
One-click project rigs
Pick Web, Mobile, Tab or 4K and the full comp tree is generated — Footage, Highlight, Camera and Main comps at the right size, with shadows, expressions and folders in place.
02
CAMERA
Marker-driven camera
Pedestal, slide, tilt, zoom, corners and text-safe framing. Each click stamps a named marker; expressions turn markers into smooth, eased camera moves.
03
FOCUS
Highlights & double highlights
Asks for a duration, then builds a spotlight comp with stencil masks and track mattes from the footage — shy layers keep the timeline clean.
04
INTERACTION
Cursor, click & touch FX
Drop a hand pointer, mouse click or touch-feedback ripple at the playhead — the same tuned animation every single time.
05
ADAPT
Smart resize
Type the new footage size and the panel auto-detects the rig pattern (camera-locked or footage-locked) and refits every comp, mask and layer.
06
SHIP
Deep duplicate & render
Clone a comp and all its nested pre-comps into an independent tree, then queue the final comp with H.264 settings in one click.
A video, start to finish
STEP 1
Choose a format
Web · Mobile · Tab · 4K
→
STEP 2
Drop in footage
Resize refits the rig
→
STEP 3
Direct the camera
Click moves, add highlights
→
STEP 4
Render
H.264, work area, done
03 — Under the hood
Small panel. A lot of machinery.
4
device rigs — Web, Mobile, Tab and 4K — each with its own sizing logic
40+
ExtendScript automations wired to single buttons
50+
camera presets across the four formats
40%
faster turnaround on every learning video since the switch
04 — The impact
“I stopped building scaffolding and started directing motion.”
40% faster, end to end
Work now moves 40% faster. The repetitive setup is gone, and that time goes back into the story.
One motion language
Every editor uses the same camera moves, highlights and cursor timing — videos feel like one series.
Onboarding built in
The rig is the template. New editors ship on-brand learning videos from day one.
Room to experiment
Every action is a single undo step, so trying a bolder camera move costs nothing.
NEXT IN THE LAB
More tools
brewing…
← Work
THE LAB · BUILD #01 · AFTER EFFECTS PANEL
Ease Edit
I make learning videos for a living. So I built the tool I wished After Effects had — a one-click control room that sets up projects, drives the camera and renders, so I can spend my time on the story instead of the scaffolding.
40%
faster turnaround on every learning video
web_camera-actions
w-top-left
w-top-right
w-top-centre
w-top-tilt
w-mid-left
w-mid-right
w-centre
w-slow-zoom
w-bottom-left
w-bottom-right
w-bottom-centre
w-bottom-tilt
w-text-n-top
text
w-text-n-bottom
text
text
w-text-n-left
w-text-n-right
text
w-Camera Rotation
Default
Ease Edit
Christopher’s Edition(Auto Edit v2)
Web
Mobile
Tab
4K
PROJECT SETUP
✦
CAMERA MOVES
✦
HIGHLIGHTS
✦
CURSOR FX
✦
SMART RESIZE
✦
DEEP DUPLICATE
✦
ONE-CLICK RENDER
✦
PROJECT SETUP
✦
01 — The problem
Every learning video started from zero.
Product walkthroughs at Tekion ship in four formats — web, mobile, tablet and 4K. Each one needed the same nested comp rig, the same camera language and the same polish. I was rebuilding it by hand, video after video.
PAIN POINT 01
The same rig, rebuilt every time
Footage → Highlight → Camera → Main comp, sized per device, with masks, shadows and expressions. The slowest, most repetitive part of every project.
PAIN POINT 02
Camera moves keyframed by hand
Pans, pedestals, tilts and zooms onto UI details — set, eased and re-timed manually, and never quite consistent between editors.
PAIN POINT 03
Death by housekeeping
Extending layers, refitting comps when new footage arrives, duplicating pre-comps safely, setting up render templates. Busywork, not craft.
BEFORE · BY HAND
01
Create 4 nested comps at the right resolution
02
Build stencil masks + track mattes for highlights
03
Keyframe and ease every camera move
04
Animate cursors, clicks and touch ripples
05
Refit everything when the footage size changes
06
Configure render queue + output module
AFTER · WITH EASE EDIT
Pick a format.
Click.
Direct.
The whole rig, camera system and render pipeline are a button away. Every editor gets the same polished motion from the first frame, and work moves 40% faster.
02 — The solution
A control room docked inside After Effects.
Ease Edit is a CEP panel built in React that talks to After Effects through ExtendScript. Every button runs a script that builds, animates or ships something — wrapped in one undo step, so experimenting is always safe.
01
SETUP
One-click project rigs
Pick Web, Mobile, Tab or 4K and the full comp tree is generated — Footage, Highlight, Camera and Main comps at the right size, with shadows, expressions and folders in place.
02
CAMERA
Marker-driven camera
Pedestal, slide, tilt, zoom, corners and text-safe framing. Each click stamps a named marker; expressions turn markers into smooth, eased camera moves.
03
FOCUS
Highlights & double highlights
Asks for a duration, then builds a spotlight comp with stencil masks and track mattes from the footage — shy layers keep the timeline clean.
04
INTERACTION
Cursor, click & touch FX
Drop a hand pointer, mouse click or touch-feedback ripple at the playhead — the same tuned animation every single time.
05
ADAPT
Smart resize
Type the new footage size and the panel auto-detects the rig pattern (camera-locked or footage-locked) and refits every comp, mask and layer.
06
SHIP
Deep duplicate & render
Clone a comp and all its nested pre-comps into an independent tree, then queue the final comp with H.264 settings in one click.
A video, start to finish
STEP 1
Choose a format
Web · Mobile · Tab · 4K
→
STEP 2
Drop in footage
Resize refits the rig
→
STEP 3
Direct the camera
Click moves, add highlights
→
STEP 4
Render
H.264, work area, done
03 — Under the hood
Small panel. A lot of machinery.
4
device rigs — Web, Mobile, Tab and 4K — each with its own sizing logic
40+
ExtendScript automations wired to single buttons
50+
camera presets across the four formats
40%
faster turnaround on every learning video since the switch
04 — The impact
“I stopped building scaffolding and started directing motion.”
40% faster, end to end
Work now moves 40% faster. The repetitive setup is gone, and that time goes back into the story.
One motion language
Every editor uses the same camera moves, highlights and cursor timing — videos feel like one series.
Onboarding built in
The rig is the template. New editors ship on-brand learning videos from day one.
Room to experiment
Every action is a single undo step, so trying a bolder camera move costs nothing.
NEXT IN THE LAB
More tools brewing…