A chat panel for After Effects
Describe what you want — a lower third sliding in, a logo that pops with overshoot, forty layers that stagger — and Cue builds it in your open comp with real keyframes, effects and expressions you can keep editing.
300 free creditsEarly access is invite-only while we polish Cue. · macOS & Windows · After Effects 2024+
No templates, no presets. Every layer, keyframe and effect lands in your timeline where you can grab it and change it, exactly as if you’d made it yourself.
Run the installer for Mac or Windows and restart After Effects. No scripts, no settings to change.
Open Window ▸ Extensions ▸ Cue and continue with Google or an emailed code. 300 credits are yours to try it, no card.
Open Window ▸ Extensions ▸ Cue and sign in with the invite details we email you.
Brief it like you’d brief a colleague. It works in your open comp, checks frames as it goes, and tells you what it changed.
Learn from any tutorial
Drop in a YouTube, TikTok or Instagram Reels link and say “do this”. Cue watches the video, writes down every step with the settings it reads off the screen, and rebuilds it in your comp with your layers, your text and your colours.
You
youtube.com/watch?v=k1netic-type
Do this on my “SPRING SALE” title, but in our brand yellow.
Works with YouTube links directly. TikTok, Reels and video files are downloaded small on your computer first.
What it saw
5 steps · 2:24 video
Rebuilt on “SPRING SALE” in Comp 1, with a restore point saved first.
Only use videos you have the right to use. Tutorials are analysed by Google Gemini; see how tutorial links work.
Position, scale, rotation, opacity or any property. Easy eases, overshoot, bounce, holds.
Text layers, animators, per-character reveals, kinetic type, titles that fit your brand colours.
Shape layers, trim paths, wipes, reveals, track mattes.
The built-in ones you already use: Glow, Fill, Drop Shadow, blurs, Turbulent Displace, colour correction.
wiggle, loopOut, links to sliders. Written for you, explained in plain words if you ask.
Stagger 40 layers, rename, relabel, precompose, trim to markers, line things up.
Each change Cue makes is a normal, named step in Edit ▸ History. Cmd+Z or Ctrl+Z steps back through them, one at a time.
Before a large change, like following a tutorial, it can save a copy of the comp in your project and put it back exactly as it was when you ask.
Every layer and property it changes is listed in the chat, in plain words.
Your project and footage stay on your computer. It sends only what a request needs: your message, the layer details it reads, and the frames it checks.
Plans include a monthly allowance of credits. Run out mid-project? Add a top-up. No seat fees, no lock-in.
$0no card
300 credits, once
about 10 builds, or a couple of tutorials
Every feature, including tutorial links. Enough to find out if it fits how you work.
Download freeInvite
Early access is invite-only while we polish Cue. Join the list and we’ll email you when your spot opens.
Get early access$19/ month
2,000 credits every month
about 60 builds a month
For editors who animate a few times a week.
Choose Pro$49/ month
6,000 credits every month
about 180 builds a month
For motion designers who live in the timeline.
Choose StudioEarly access is invite-only while we polish Cue. Leave your email at the top of this page and we’ll email you when your spot opens.
No. You get 300 free credits when you sign up, with no card. You only pay if you choose a plan or a top-up later.
After Effects 2024 (24.0) or newer, on macOS 14 Sonoma or newer (Apple silicon or Intel) or Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).
It only changes what you ask for, in the comp you have open, and every change it makes is a normal step in Edit ▸ History, so Cmd+Z (Ctrl+Z on Windows) steps back through them. Before big changes it can save a restore point of the comp and put it back when you ask.
A credit is about one cent of AI usage. A small change takes about 5–10 credits, a build about 20–40, and following a tutorial about 60–120. The trial is about 10 builds or a couple of tutorials, and the panel shows what each request used.
No. Your project and footage stay on your computer. While it works, the panel sends your message, the layer details it reads and the frames it checks, so the AI can answer. Tutorial videos you link are analysed by Google Gemini.
Yes. Cancel from your account page in two clicks. Your plan runs to the end of the period you paid for, and top-up credits stay on your account.
300 free credits when you sign up. No card, nothing to configure.
Start free — no cardEarly access is invite-only while we polish Cue.