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Guides for After Effects and Premiere Pro
Short, tested guides for editors who work in After Effects and Premiere Pro: what each tool does, how to set it up, and where mouzeclick helps and where it doesn't. Every count and price on these pages comes from the shipped app or the maker's own page, with the date we checked it. Start with What Reddit says for editors' own verdicts on plugins, scripts and hardware.
What Reddit says
We read real Reddit threads from 2024 to 2026, counted which tools editors name and link every thread we used. We make mouzeclick and are not affiliated with Reddit.
Auto captions in Premiere Pro: what 14 Reddit threads say worksAuto captions in Premiere Pro, per Reddit: 14 threads, 394 comments. Premiere's Speech to Text is in all 14; CapCut, Brevidy and Captioneer lead the add-ons.Is AEJuice worth it? What Reddit says, thread by threadWhat Reddit says about AEJuice: 24 threads and 163 comments from 2024 to 2026 on asset quality, the Pack Manager, the $149 bundle and trial billing.Motion Bro problems on Reddit, and the fixes that workedMotion Bro on Reddit: 17 threads from 2024 to 2026, nearly all help requests. Premiere freezes, import errors, missing footage and the 2 fixes that worked.Removing silence in Premiere Pro: what 14 Reddit threads recommendPremiere Pro silence remover advice from Reddit: 14 threads, 175 comments. Premiere's own pause removal leads, AutoCut is second. The complaints and fixes.Stream Deck for video editing: Reddit's verdict, thread by threadIs a Stream Deck worth it for video editing? Reddit's answer from 20 threads and 147 comments, 2024 to 2026: great for macros, doubted by keyboard pros.The After Effects plugins Reddit actually recommends, from 566 commentsThe After Effects plugins Reddit recommends most, from 15 threads and 566 comments (2024-2026): Deep Glow, FX Console, Overlord and the usual complaints.The After Effects scripts Reddit recommends, and the ones it argues aboutThe best After Effects scripts according to Reddit: 13 threads, 409 comments. True Comp Duplicator and EaseCopy lead. What people praise and avoid.The Premiere Pro plugins Reddit recommends, counted thread by threadThe best Premiere Pro plugins according to Reddit: 14 threads, 493 comments, 2024-2026. Excalibur leads with 60 mentions. What editors praise and avoid.The best mouse for video editing, according to 57 Reddit threadsThe best mouse for video editing, per Reddit: 57 threads and 943 comments, 2024 to 2026. The MX Master leads; vertical mice and trackballs come next.The free After Effects plugins Reddit recommends, and which aren't freeThe best free After Effects plugins according to Reddit: 13 threads, 349 comments. FX Console leads. Which picks are truly free and which aren't.TourBox reviews on Reddit, read thread by threadTourBox on Reddit: 19 threads and 172 comments, 2024 to 2026. The Speed Editor comes up in 10 of them. What editors praise and why some send it back.
After Effects guides
159 After Effects text animation presets, previewed before you apply themAfter Effects text animation presets: 159 in one panel, including 28 text animators, 54 staggers and 24 kinetic word templates, each previewed on hover.A radial menu (tool wheel) for After Effects, opened from your mouseAfter Effects radial menu: hold F10 or the right mouse button and flick to one of 114 tools in 13 groups. Four layouts, any mouse, Windows and Mac.After Effects camera shake presets, and the wiggle way by handAfter Effects camera shake presets: 14 shakes and flickers you preview with a click and apply with a double-click, plus the wiggle way to build one by hand.After Effects easing presets, from Easy Ease to 44 ready curvesAfter Effects easing presets: Easing lab adds 44 ready curves (21 Def, 23 Base) and six curve types to After Effects' three Easy Eases.After Effects plugins, scripts and extensions: what each one isAfter Effects plugin vs script vs extension: what .aex, .jsx and .zxp files are, where each one installs, and why a panel goes missing from the menu.An After Effects expressions library you apply with a clickAfter Effects expressions library: 25 recommended expressions, 42 text and motion expressions and 24 in mouzeexpr, plus wiggle and loopOut in plain words.Color palettes in After Effects: swatches, gradients and contrast checks in one panelAfter Effects color palettes in one panel: 31 SaaS palettes, 39 trending, 66 gradients, 99 solids, animated gradient backgrounds and an AA/AAA contrast check.How to batch rename layers in After EffectsAfter Effects renames one layer at a time. The native way, label colours by type, and a Rename tab with find and replace, 7 name tokens and a preview.How to make auto captions in After Effects without uploading your audioAfter Effects auto captions, transcribed on your own PC: 100 languages plus Auto Detect, 1 to 15 words per line and 13 word animations. Windows.How to move the anchor point in After Effects without moving the layerMove the anchor point in After Effects without moving the layer: Pan Behind (Y), Ctrl+Alt+Home, a nine-spot anchor grid, and why animated layers jump.How to precompose each layer separately in After EffectsPre-compose (Ctrl+Shift+C) puts every selected layer in one comp. How to make one precomp per layer, by hand or in one press, and copy a precomp unlinked.How to split text into separate letters in After EffectsAfter Effects can't split text into letters on its own. The mask method, when a text animator is better, and a Text exploder for letters, words or lines.How to unprecompose in After EffectsAfter Effects has no unprecompose command. The copy-and-paste method, the 8 things it drops, and a button that empties up to 12 precomps at once.Map animation in After Effects: places, routes and pins, built as layersAfter Effects map animation with Map rigs: search a place, draw great-circle routes, pin cities, nine camera moves, labels in 15 languages and GPX import.The all-in-one After Effects extension, section by sectionAll-in-one After Effects extension: one Windows panel with 159 text presets, 81 UI templates, 44 easing curves and on-device captions. 3-day trial, no card.The best After Effects extensions for 2026, sorted by jobThe best After Effects extensions for 2026: 11 workflow tools compared on price, Mac and Windows, trial and licence, checked 31 Oct 2026. We make one.UI animation templates for After Effects, edited before they reach your compAfter Effects UI animation templates you edit before they build: 81 animated templates in nine categories, dark and light looks, and SaaS effects for promos.
Premiere Pro guides
A Premiere Pro silence remover that cuts every pause and keeps the musicA Premiere Pro silence remover that reads audio level on your computer: pauses under −40 dB from 0.40 s are cut, 0.12 s kept around speech, music left alone.Auto zoom in Premiere Pro: punch-ins you can see and editPremiere Pro auto zoom as plain keyframes: AutoZoom keys zoom-in, hold and zoom-out on each selected clip, by default a 115% punch-in every 4 s.How to add beat markers in Premiere ProPremiere Pro has no beat detection. Add beat markers by tapping M, space them from the BPM, or let mouzebeat find the beat, cut to it and duck the music.How to make Hinglish captions in Premiere ProHinglish captions in Premiere Pro: Speech to Text lists Hindi but not Hinglish. Whisper on your PC writes Roman-letter Hinglish, one spelling per word.How to make YouTube chapters from Premiere Pro markersMake YouTube chapters from Premiere Pro markers: YouTube's rules (00:00 first, three or more, 10 seconds each), the marker export, and a paste-ready list.How to make a split screen in Premiere ProSplit screen in Premiere Pro with Crop and Motion: exact crop and position numbers for 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 and 4:5, plus mouzsplit's seven ready layouts.How to make auto captions in Premiere ProAuto captions in Premiere Pro two ways: Adobe's Speech to Text, or Whisper on your PC with 47 languages, Hinglish and 289 styled looks (Windows).How to set up Premiere Pro mouse shortcuts on any mousePremiere Pro mouse shortcuts: Premiere can't map mouse buttons itself. Put cuts, trims, gestures and a 112-tool wheel on any mouse, Windows or Mac.How to unnest a sequence in Premiere ProPremiere Pro has no Unnest command. How to unnest a nested sequence by hand, what goes wrong, and how mouzeclick does it in one press, multicam included.Premiere Pro retake remover: cut false starts and filler wordsPremiere Pro retake remover that reads a transcript made on your computer, strikes through every restart and keeps the last take. Um and uh optional.Safe zone guides in Premiere Pro for Reels, Shorts and TikTokSafe zone guides in Premiere Pro for Reels, Shorts and TikTok: 65 platform presets show each app's buttons over your video. Hidden guides never export.The all-in-one Premiere Pro extension, panel by panelAn all-in-one Premiere Pro extension: silence, retakes, captions, safe guides, timeline tools and 8 panels in one plan, plus a workspace on Windows.The best Premiere Pro plugins in 2026, sorted by the job they doThe best Premiere Pro plugins for 2026, sorted by job: silence, captions, templates, speed and controllers. Prices checked 31 Oct 2026. We make one of them.
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