The best After Effects preset packs, free and paid

How did we pick these After Effects presets?

We read each maker's own pages, checked on 3 November 2026, and wrote down only what those pages say: the price as shown, the platforms, the host apps and the licence. If a page didn't show something, the table says Not published. We didn't rank anything by reviews, ratings or user counts.

We make mouzeclick. It is in this list because its After Effects workspace ships text presets, easing curves and camera shakes. It comes last, in a section labelled as ours, and that section says where the others are the better pick.

A note on words. A preset is something you apply to a layer you already have, such as a text animation, an ease or a shake. A template is a whole project you open and fill in. Several of these makers sell both, and each section says which one you are buying.

How do the best After Effects preset packs compare?

Here is each option in one row. The prices are as shown on 3 November 2026. Sale prices can change, so check the maker's page before you buy.

Are After Effects' built-in animation presets good enough?

For saving your own work, yes, and they cost nothing beyond your After Effects plan. Adobe's help page describes animation presets as a way to create and reuse configurations of layer properties and animations. Build a look once, save it, and apply it to the next layer.

That is their real strength. A preset you saved from your own project already matches your fonts, your timing and your client's style. A bought pack can't do that. The limit is that you have to build every preset yourself first; the packs below hand you ready-made animations instead.

After Effects itself is only sold as part of a Creative Cloud membership. On 3 November 2026, Adobe's product page showed the single app at US$22.99/mo on the annual, billed monthly plan. Adobe's India plans page showed ₹733.96/mo incl. GST on the same plan. For moving preset files between computers, our guide on how to install After Effects presets (.ffx files) walks through the install.

Best for: editors who want their own house style on tap, with no extra spend.

Is Animation Composer still the best free After Effects preset plug-in?

For editors on After Effects 2025 or newer, it is the easiest free place to start. Mister Horse describes Animation Composer as a free plug-in for After Effects and Premiere, with text animations, transitions, effects and more, applied in one click.

The free version lets you add up to 500 items to your user library. To remove that limit you subscribe, but the subscription price wasn't shown on the pages we checked, and neither were the pack prices. The After Effects page marks four tools as free:

• Keyframe Wingman
• Keyframe Actions
• Anchor Point Mover
• Transition Shifter

Downloads exist for Windows and Mac, and the plug-in works on Apple Silicon Macs. The compatibility line is the catch: After Effects 2025 and newer, and Premiere 2025 and newer. If you are pinned to an older version for a client, check that first.

On 10 June 2026, Mister Horse announced that Premiere Composer had been renamed to Animation Composer. It is the same plug-in. The same update added:

• VHS tape, film and light-leak transitions, and a Film category
• glitches: CRT, VHS, Betacam and Digital
• organic light leaks

Updates come through the Mister Horse Product Manager app: open it and press the update button. We compare it with a plan of tools on our Animation Composer alternative page.

Best for: a free, one-click preset library that works in both After Effects and Premiere on current versions.

Is Motion Bro worth it for After Effects presets?

Yes, if you want a big free set to try before you buy anything. The free Motion Bro Presets bundle holds 8 packages and 1,400 presets. On 3 November 2026 the product page showed three prices: $0 for personal use, a $4 donation, or $17 for commercial use. Client work needs the commercial option.

The plug-in currently only works in After Effects and Premiere Pro. Motion Bro's FAQ sets out the licence for the packs you buy:

• You buy a pack once and use it in unlimited projects.
• Updates are free.
• One purchase code is for one end user, on two devices.

Check the requirements on each pack's page. The Ultimate Transitions Bundle, for example, asks for After Effects 2022 or higher and Premiere Pro 2024 or higher.

Two details stand out. First, you can build your own package for the plug-in, and even sell it, with no commission, as long as it doesn't infringe copyright. Second, there are two ways to install the plug-in: via Creative Cloud or by hand. The site lists both but doesn't give the steps on that page. Its Help Center has video tutorials for installing the plug-in and the preset packs. Supported operating systems were Not published on the pages we read. More on the trade-offs is on our Motion Bro alternative page.

Best for: a large free library, and packs you own outright after one payment.

Is AEJuice a good After Effects preset pack?

It is the strongest pick here if you want to own a lot of packs for one payment, or if you work in an older After Effects version. The free tier gives you 35 products, 10 courses and 2,000+ assets. You need a free account (email and password, no card) to download.

Single packs on 3 November 2026 included:

• Text Animation Presets at $39
• 2D Animation Presets at $39
• Light Leaks at $49
• Seamless Transitions 3 at $59

Each was listed at 50% off. The I Want It All bundle was one payment of $149 for 133 packs and 20,000+ assets, with lifetime updates for the packs inside it.

Read the bundle terms closely:

• Packs released after you buy are not added. A discounted Lifetime Upgrade is offered once a year.
• The site says 5 to 10 packs are added each quarter and the bundle price drifts up.
• One licence covers two computers (floating) for one user. Studios buy more licences at full price.
• There is a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Everything installs through Pack Manager, a free plug-in. You sign in, then press Install on each pack. It installs on demand, and the average install is 8 to 20 GB. AEJuice's homepage says it also puts every font the templates use into your system fonts folder, so keep an eye on your font list. Pack Manager runs on Windows 10/11 and macOS 10.14+, natively on Apple Silicon and Intel.

Native support covers After Effects from CC 2015 through the current version, and Premiere Pro. Some assets also work as standalone files in DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Sony Vegas, OBS and Premiere Rush. Presets that depend on the plug-in only run inside After Effects and Premiere Pro. See our AEJuice alternative page for tools against asset packs.

Best for: buying many packs once, and older After Effects versions.

Is Envato Elements good for After Effects presets and templates?

It is mainly a template library, and a very large one. Envato's homepage showed a subscription "From $16.50 / month" on 3 November 2026. The page didn't say which plan that is or how it is billed. The same page listed 160,000+ video templates among 30M+ assets, with unlimited downloads.

According to Envato's After Effects page, its templates are .aep project files with labelled compositions, text and media placeholders, and colour controllers. Resolutions typically run from HD (1080p) to 4K. Version support varies by template: some work in CS5.5 or CS6, and others need CC or later. Check each listing before you build a client job on it.

The licence is the strong point. Anything you download under a valid subscription is covered by a lifetime commercial licence, for personal and commercial projects. Envato lists video templates as compatible with Premiere Pro, After Effects, Apple Motion, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve. If you mostly want finished layouts rather than presets you apply to your own layers, our list of After Effects template sites goes further.

Best for: whole projects to fill in, with stock video, music and sound effects on the same subscription.

What do you get from Motion Array's presets?

Presets as part of a wider asset subscription. The pricing page names five plans: Video Templates, AI Voiceover, Everything, Team and Business. Two of the single-user plans include presets:

• Video Templates: video templates, presets and motion graphics.
• Everything: those, plus footage, music and sound effects, graphics and photos, video-editing plugins and LUTs.

For groups there is a Team plan with 2 to 7 seats, for companies with fewer than 50 employees, and a Business plan for agencies and companies with 50+ employees. The pricing page text we checked on 3 November 2026 showed no amounts, so the price here is Not published.

The licence is the part to understand before you build a library on it:

• Projects you create during a paid subscription are covered for life.
• If you cancel, you can't use downloaded assets in new projects.
• A subscription covers a single user, and automatic downloading tools aren't allowed.
• Nearly all assets are cleared for commercial use. A small number are marked Editorial use only.

If you want presets you keep using after you stop paying, look at AEJuice or Motion Bro packs instead. Our Motion Array alternative page compares tools with assets.

Best for: editors or small teams who want presets, footage, music and LUTs under one subscription and expect to keep paying.

Where mouzeclick fits (we make it)

mouzeclick fits if you work on Windows and want presets that sit next to everyday tools in one panel. It is not a pack store. The presets live in the mouzeclick workspace for After Effects, which mouzeclick installs. You open it from Window › Extensions › mouzeclick workspace. The workspaces are part of mouzeclick on Windows; the Mac app does not include them.

• Type studio: 159 text presets. That is Text Animator 28, SaaS 11, Stagger 54, Multi 24, Text 20 and Motion 22. The 48 one-shot stagger presets each take 5 orders × 8 eases. Hover a preset to play it, then double-click to apply. See the full list of After Effects text animation presets.
• Easing lab: six curve types (Bezier, Spline, Elastic, Bounce, Wave and Steps) and 44 ready curves, 21 Def and 23 Base, plus your own under Mine. Read, Apply and Auto. You can copy a curve as an expression or export curves as .mzgraph. See all 44 After Effects easing presets.
• Motion lab: 14 camera shakes and flickers. Click to preview, double-click to apply, then set Speed, Strength and a flash. See all 14 camera shake presets.
• Library: Comp Saver, FFX presets and 25 recommended expressions.

The whole workspace holds 800+ tools, presets and templates on Windows. The workspace atlas shows every section.

On a Mac you don't get Type studio, the Easing lab or the shakes. You do get the After Effects extensions, which run on Windows and Mac:

• mouzetype: 17 kinetic type styles, applied as real text animators you can retime
• mouzeflow: 15 transitions between layers
• mouzeaccent: 12 accents
• mouzeexpr: 24 ready expressions

Installing on a Mac takes four steps. There is no published minimum After Effects version, so try it in your version.

Where the others are the better pick:

• On a Mac: for a large preset library, Animation Composer has Mac downloads, and AEJuice's Pack Manager runs on macOS 10.14+.
• VHS, film and light-leak packs: Animation Composer's June 2026 update added VHS tape, film and light-leak transitions and CRT, VHS, Betacam and Digital glitches. AEJuice sells separate VHS and Light Leaks packs.
• Fill-in templates: Envato Elements is built for whole projects.
• Free: Animation Composer is a free plug-in, and Motion Bro's free set costs nothing for personal use.

mouzeclick is one plan with everything, shown on the pricing section. There is a 3-day trial with no card, and every After Effects tool works fully during it.

Best for: Windows After Effects users who want text presets, eases and shakes inside the same panel as their tools.

How do I choose an After Effects preset pack?

Start with your After Effects version and your computer, then decide whether you want to own the files or rent them. In order:

1. Check your version.
   • Animation Composer needs After Effects 2025 or newer.
   • Motion Bro's Ultimate Transitions Bundle needs After Effects 2022 or higher.
   • AEJuice supports CC 2015 through current.
   • Envato templates vary one by one.
2. Check your system.
   • AEJuice's Pack Manager needs Windows 10/11 or macOS 10.14+.
   • Animation Composer has Mac and Windows downloads.
   • mouzeclick's workspace presets are Windows only.
3. Own or rent.
   • Motion Bro and AEJuice packs are bought once.
   • Envato covers what you downloaded under a valid subscription with a lifetime commercial licence.
   • Motion Array stops you using downloads in new projects after you cancel.
4. Check commercial rights. Motion Bro's free presets need the $17 option for commercial use.
5. Count disk space and fonts. AEJuice's average install is 8 to 20 GB, and it adds template fonts to your system.
6. Try before paying.
   • Save your own presets in After Effects.
   • Install Animation Composer or Motion Bro's free set.
   • Use AEJuice's free tier.
   • Run mouzeclick's 3-day trial on Windows.

If transitions are the main job, our roundup of After Effects transitions compares those packs on their own.

Questions people ask

Sources

Checked on 2026-11-03. Prices and features change: each link goes to the maker's own page.

1. Mister Horse: Animation Composer
2. Mister Horse: Animation Composer for After Effects
3. Mister Horse: Animation Composer for Premiere
4. Mister Horse: Premiere Composer renamed to Animation Composer (10 Jun 2026)
5. Motion Bro: plug-in and licence FAQ
6. Motion Bro: products for After Effects (free presets pricing)
7. Motion Bro: Ultimate Transitions Bundle requirements
8. Motion Bro: Help Center video tutorials
9. AEJuice: homepage (Pack Manager fonts)
10. AEJuice: I Want It All bundle (lifetime)
11. AEJuice: free plugins and Pack Manager
12. Envato Elements: homepage and pricing
13. Envato Elements: After Effects templates
14. Motion Array: pricing and licence
15. Adobe: Effects and animation presets overview
16. Adobe: After Effects product page and pricing
17. Adobe: After Effects free trial and membership FAQ
18. Adobe: Creative Cloud plans (India pricing)

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