AFTER EFFECTS EXTENSION

Design Once.Deliver Everywhere.

A variant toolbox that lives inside After Effects. One rig, every format, rendered on your machine. You didn't become a motion designer to resize text boxes.

Works with your AE stack

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Made by a motion designer, for motion designers.

variant sources

Pull copy from a live Google Sheet, or keep everything in a local JSON file. Same render pipeline either way.

tools in one panel

Build, Variants, Render, Import, Animate, Layout, Rename. Tabs sit inside After Effects. No external app.

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formats

Define any aspect ratio you like — 1:1, 9:16, 16:9, custom. GOBO builds a SmartComp for each, one master rig drives them all.

55+

animation presets

35+ easing curves and 20+ expression presets — wiggle, loop, bounce, physics. Apply with a click, tweak in the timeline.

$65

one-time

Single purchase through aescripts. Free updates for every v1.x.x release. No seat fees, no subscription, no renewal email.

HOW IT FEELS

From data to delivery in four beats.

Build GOBO

One click and your master rig is up — SmartComps, formats, overviews. The whole toolbox, ready to go.

THE PRICE TAG

One purchase. Lifetime access.

GOBO v1.0 — Launch price

$65one-time

All seven tools
Google Sheets + local variants
SmartComp-driven rigs
Free v1.x.x updates
Mac & Windows, AE 2022+

Get GOBO on aescripts →

Launch price. Free updates. Mac & Windows. AE 2022+.

THE PANEL

Click around. See what GOBO can do for you.

Click any tab — explore what each one does

WHO THIS IS FOR

A local variant tool, honestly scoped.

GOOD FIT

The freelancer

Ship a social rollout without losing your weekend to format swaps. Clients see variants faster. You get your Saturdays back.

The studio team

Tight deadlines, ten formats, three revisions. GOBO keeps the project panel sane while everyone moves fast.

The craftsperson

For the motion designer who hates fiddly work but loves clean timelines. GOBO handles the plumbing so you do the art.

NOT A FIT

You need 1000+ versions an hour

GOBO renders on your machine, not a cloud farm. Think 100+ versions at a human pace, not thousands per hour. If you need render-farm throughput, you need a render farm.

You want a subscription service

GOBO is a one-time purchase you own outright. No SaaS, no seat licenses, no monthly bills. If your workflow depends on a managed platform, GOBO isn't that.

You need live remote collaboration

GOBO is an AE extension, not a review tool. Client approvals still happen the old-fashioned way — export, share, iterate. No real-time multiplayer in After Effects.

You want fully automatic resizing

GOBO doesn't auto-shrink text, rescale shapes, or reflow layouts for you. You still tweak once per format inside After Effects — then every variant inherits that setup automatically. It amplifies your AE craft, it doesn't replace it.

TWO MODES · ONE RIG

Pick the source of truth that fits your workflow.

Flip between them with one click. Same render pipeline, different source of truth.

WHAT'S IN THE TOOLBOX

Seven tools. One panel. Zero fluff.

Each tab does one thing well. Together they make After Effects feel a little less like a minefield.

Build

SmartComps, format comps, overviews. Push layers across formats, repair rigs, quick-render inline.

Variants

Pull from Google Sheets or edit local JSON. Apply text, colors, and assets across every comp.

Render

Batch render variants × formats × times. Live ETA, cancel with Esc, dots mark what's done.

Import

Smart Import auto-sorts by type. File Watcher keeps assets synced. Client profiles remember brand kits.

Animate

35+ easing curves plus physics, wiggle, loop, and bounce expressions. Keyframe or runtime.

Layout

Position, scale, anchor across all format comps at once. Responsive text sizing included.

Rename

Find & replace with regex, live preview, any scope. One click to rename everything.

QUIET SUPERPOWERS

The details that save your afternoon.

PROJECT STRUCTURE

Opinionated folders, sorted from the jump.

Hit Build and GOBO lays out a clean project tree next to your .aep — Workfile, Assets, Images, Video, Final — so renders land where they belong without mkdir gymnastics. Client profiles live in ~/Documents/Gobo/ (auto-created on first run), so brand kits, logos, and variants travel with you across projects. Create clients manually or let GOBO import them. Every path is customizable from the admin panel.

01_Workfile— your .aep lives here
02_Assets— client assets, brand kits, logos
03_Images— image-sequence drafts & renders
04_Video— video drafts & renders
05_Final— final approved deliverables

One tweak per format

You still size text and reflow layouts once inside AE — the way only you can. From there, every variant inherits that format's setup automatically. Design once per format, scale to every variant.

Push Layer

Push any precomp layer to every format comp. GOBO checks if expressions would break before it touches anything.

Smart Import

Drop a folder in. GOBO routes logos, video, sound, and design files to the right place — and into the right SmartComps.

File Watcher

Save a new asset to the project folder. GOBO notices and imports it without you lifting a finger.

Full overview

See every format in one glance — 1:1, 9:16, 16:9, 4:5 — side by side. Spot the variant that's off without scrubbing through forty comps.

Responsive Text

Auto-size text to fit any format. Your 9:16 story and your 16:9 banner share one comp, different sizes, same readability.

Smart Color Cells

Type a hex in a Sheet cell — 'Heading / #FF0000' — and the color rides with the text. One row, zero extra clicks.

Batch ETA

Rendering a thousand files? GOBO shows you how long it'll take. Cancel mid-run with Esc.

Client Profiles

Save logos, brand colors, fonts, and variants per client. Switch kits when the next project hits.

Regex Rename

Find & replace with regex. See every match before you apply. Undo the whole thing in one click.

Repair Rig

Broken SmartComp? Missing overview? GOBO scans your rig and fixes what's off. Nothing to babysit.

Expression Easing

Every easing curve also ships as a live expression. Apply it to a property, no keyframes required.

A NOTE

Hey — I'm Skogmoo.

I'm a motion designer. I've spent more hours than I care to admit duplicating comps, renaming layers, and watching the render queue slowly crawl through another batch of formats.

I built GOBO because I wanted that time back. Now I have it... just kidding, I just have more time flickering those pixels in After Effects. And with the help of GOBO, i can now make cool shit in less time.

I'm hoping this tool gives you more time to shine! And less time to grind.

Crafted in Norway · Still shipping updates

STILL UNSURE?

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A minute of GOBO in motion. The variant toolbox that lives inside After Effects — built once, driven by data, rendered on your machine.