Easy Clones

Cloning System for 2D Artwork

Shorts & Tails Easy Clones is a cloning system built for 2D artwork, including Bitmap Layers, Vector Layers, Shape Layers and Precomps.

A cloning system built for 2D artwork, including Bitmap Layers, Vector Layers, Shape Layers, and Precomps.

Easy Clones creates a flexible clone system that allows you to quickly and easily apply line and grid position spacing, add randomness to position, scale, rotation, and opacity properties, add random colors, loopable wiggles, maintain stroke widths and an inbuilt delay system to your animations. Although the tool is built for 2D artwork, 3D Layers are also supported.

How it works:

Easy Clones creates a Clone Control Layer that controls basic properties (position, scale, rotation, and opacity) that can be modified further using the controllers within the Easy Clones Effect. Artwork layers are transformed into Clones that reference the Control Layer whilst remaining completely controllable, allowing you to fine-tune and tailor your animations.

Notes:

Please make sure the anchor points are centered on your artwork layers before creating a clone system.

The trial version is limited, you’ll only be able to use Delay, X, and Y position. If you purchase a license, you will need to recreate any existing systems in order to unlock the full functionality of the script.

New features include

• Line and grid spacing
• Improved delay controls
• Delay applied to Clone Layer transformations
• Loopable wiggles
• Consistent stroke widths
• Ability to change the number of random colors

Quickly and easily add randomness to your animations with easy-to-use controllers

Easily create glitch effects by animating the seed controllers

Easily build flexible stagger animations without the need to adjust keyframes

Create Environmental Effects Easily build dust and smoke effects using Delay, Random and Wiggle controllers

Delay Expressions Easily add delay expressions to any property, expanding the limits of the tool. Path, stroke width, trim paths or any keyframeable property can be added to a clone system, all being controlled by one Control Layer – adding unlimited possibilities to the tool.

No More Echo Create trail effects using a small delay, giving you more control and quicker renders than the in-built Echo Effect.

Get Creative

Easy Clones creates a flexible system that encourages the user to get creative. Use parenting, expressions, effects and more in combination with Easy Clones to create truly unique animations.