After Effects

mouzmic: every feature, listed

Updated 2026-10-31 · read from the panel's own code

Puts moving four-colour light on text, shape and footage layers using After Effects' own effects, driven by editable, keyframeable Expression Controls. 36 tools, presets, styles, effects and actions in 6 groups. mouzmic comes with mouzeclick: one plan with everything included, $25 a month.


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  • ApplyAction

    Puts the current look on the selected layers as an editable effect stack, updating in place if mouzmic is already there.

  • UpdateAction

    Rebuilds mouzmic on selected layers, restoring missing effects and order and relinking duplicates, while keeping each layer's own settings.

  • RemoveAction

    Takes the mouzmic controls and effects off the selected layers, including older painted field layers, in one undo step.

  • LiveTool

    When ticked, panel changes go straight to selected layers that already have mouzmic.

  • UndoAction

    Steps the panel's look settings back one change (Ctrl+Z).

  • RedoAction

    Steps the panel's look settings forward again after an undo (Ctrl+Shift+Z).

Looks 11

  • AuroraPreset

    Teal, violet, blue and mint lights with calm motion, medium flow and soft glow.

  • Neon EdgePreset

    Pink, blue, cyan and purple lights moving faster, with strong glow and pronounced edge depth.

  • Glass LightPreset

    Pale white, light blue and lilac lights, slow and large, with strong edge depth and subtle grain.

  • SunsetPreset

    Orange, pink, gold and purple lights with medium flow and glow.

  • OceanPreset

    Blue, cyan, navy and aqua lights with large blobs and stronger liquid flow.

  • Mono SilverPreset

    Grey and silver lights moving slowly, with strong edge depth and heavier grain.

  • Midnight InkPreset

    Dark navy, indigo and violet lights with a stronger glow.

  • Mint FizzPreset

    Mint, pale mint, cyan and lime lights moving a little faster with light grain.

  • EmberPreset

    Red-orange, amber and deep red lights with strong flow, glow and grain.

  • Lavender HazePreset

    Lilac, pink, periwinkle and pale lavender lights, slow with large soft blobs.

  • BrandPreset

    Applies a calm, clean light finish using your own colours set in the Colours section.

Colours 3

  • Colour 1–4Tool

    Sets the four light colours, placed top left, top right, bottom left and bottom right.

  • Use 2 colours / 3 / 4Tool

    Chooses how many picked colours drive the light; two run corner to corner through an even middle colour.

  • TurnAction

    Rotates the active colours round one position among the light points.

Motion 8

  • SpeedTool

    Sets how fast the colour moves, from 0 (still) to 300 percent; 100 is calm.

  • ScaleTool

    Sets the size of the colour blobs, fitted to the layer's content, from 20 to 300 percent.

  • DriftTool

    Sets how far the four colour lights travel around the layer.

  • FlowTool

    Sets organic liquid flow, bending and swirling the colour with Turbulent Displace.

  • LoopTool

    Makes the look repeat exactly every set number of seconds, up to 60; 0 never repeats.

  • Make it loopAction

    Sets Loop to the comp's work area length so a render of it repeats seamlessly.

  • SeedTool

    Picks another arrangement of the same look by number, 0 to 9999.

  • Randomise seedAction

    Gives each selected mouzmic layer its own new random seed so they don't move in step.

Finish 4

  • GlowTool

    Sets a gentle bloom of the colour around the layer.

  • DepthTool

    Sets edge light and inner shade with Bevel Alpha, as if lit from inside.

  • GrainTool

    Sets fine mono film grain over the colour.

  • MixTool

    Sets how much of the layer's own original colour stays; 0 is all mouzmic.

Share 4

  • One shared look for the selected layersTool

    On Apply, creates one "mouzmic look" null whose controls drive every layer sharing it.

  • Copy lookAction

    Copies the look from the selected mouzmic layer, or the panel's look if none (Ctrl+Shift+C).

  • Paste lookAction

    Loads the copied look into the panel and applies it straight away to the selected layers (Ctrl+Shift+V).

  • Clean mouzmic off the whole compAction

    After a confirming second click, removes mouzmic from every layer in the comp, including older field layers and unused shared nulls.

More in mouzmic

Applies a fixed stack of After Effects effects (Solid Composite, 4-Color Gradient, Turbulent Displace, Set Matte, Blend, Bevel Alpha, Glow, Noise) driven by mouzmic Expression Controls, all editable and keyframeable in Effect Controls. Picking a look keeps your Loop and Seed. Keyframed controls are left untouched. Works on text, shape, footage, solids and precomps; cameras, lights, nulls and adjustment layers are skipped. Shortcuts: Enter applies, Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Shift+Z panel undo/redo, Ctrl+Shift+C/V copy/paste look. Double-clicking a slider resets it to the matching look's value.

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