REACH

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Author: PENCIL Park

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Quick Overview

Are you ready for this?  Reach is an all-encompassing, adaptable, and ever-evolving toolset.
It infuses the After Effects toolkit with a medley of uniquely innovative utilities. From elementary to intricate, Reach takes the expected and elevates it into the realm of the extraordinary. Simplify the cumbersome and catalyze your creativity with Reach, the best companion for every After Effects Pro. New toolUniversal Effector


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Your workflow is UNIQUE. And Reach is: Give it a try and be amazed.

User Interface

Get ready to raise After Effects with the Reach AEssential kit:
Reach gives you easy access to a wide range of functions within AE, including commands, effects, presets, extensions, plugins, and all your scripts. There are also pre-written expressions, an expressions editor, a Script helper, and a storage feature for expressions.
Reach has exclusive features like tools for managing layers, keyframes, colors, audio sync, compositions, optimizations, crop, bounce, puppet pins, cameras, and more. The responsive interface also includes built-in features, for example, an anchor manager, align tools, easing sliders and shortcuts, and more.

Reach is regularly updated based on user feedback, so you can be sure you're always getting the latest and greatest.
The natural cherry on top is your bookmark manager and thematic toolbars with additional helpful and straightforward tools.
With a dynamic and responsive user interface, complete with a search bar for easy access to all features, Reach is a breeze.
Reach offers a free trial version with access to all side toolbars, so you can try it out and see for yourself just how mighty it is.




Learn Reach:


[AE Natives Commands] + ALL Adobe Expression Language Reference, Embedded in the Expressions Editor

100+ Built-in features,here are a few of them:

Interface & Workflow Tools

  • Universal search bar accessing 150+ AE commands + effects, presets, plugins, scripts, and Reach built-in utilities
  • Favorites & Bookmarks: Save your go‑to tools, scripts, presets, expressions, and commands
  • Smart Double‑Click Actions: One click to apply; click again to remove actions and effects
  • Built‑in Screen Capture: Instantly take and save screenshots of your comp panel
  • Script Helper & Expression Reference: Auto‑insert syntax snippets and quickly apply expressions from the embedded language reference
  • Sliders for Easing Curves (Curve Manager): Two intuitive sliders allow fast custom easing without graph editor
  • Easing library
  • Add/Save Your logo / Watermark
  • Stroke: Toggle Round Join And Cap and more

Project & Composition Control

  • Project Organizer: Auto-sort compositions, footage, audio, vector, and image assets into structured folders
  • Global Find & Replace Text: Replace text across text layers, expressions, layer names, comp names, and project items
  • Global Toggles for Layer Switches: Toggle options like Continuously Rasterize or Collapse Transformations across the entire project
  • Purge Cache from the Reach panel
  • Collect/Assemble End-to-end Footage
  • Create Guides on the Fly or a Golden Ratio Map
  • Open Project Folder: Quickly open the current AE project folder in your file system
  • Create .aep from Comps: Export selected comps into standalone AE project files

Intelligent Layer Management

  • Auto‑Rename Shape Layers by content or color
  • Instantly add an adjustment layer above selected layers
  • Add Trimmed Solid Beneath Layers: Quickly insert a trimmed solid under selected layers
  • Explode or Implode Shape Layers: Break a shape layer into individual layers or merge layers into a single one
  • Advanced Pre‑Compose Tools: Un‑precompose (even locked nested), Auto‑Crop & Pre‑compose, Pre‑compose Each layer separately
  • Shift Layers, ascending, descending, Even per label
  • Stick Layers (as per PrPro)
  • Master Null Creation: One-click centered null to control selected layers
  • One‑Click Layer Reset: Remove all effects, keyframes, expressions, styles, or transforms from a layer
  • Alignment & Guides From Layer: Snap anchor points to corners, edges, center; generate guides around layers including rule-of-thirds
  • Color Label Layers by Type and sort via type, name, color, position, or inPoint
  • Selection by Layer Type or Property
  • Layer Trimming Tools: Trim layers to match another layer or trim to end of work area
  • Layer Rename Source Name (match)

Layout, Animation & Keyframe Control

  • Arrange Layers in Grid / Circle / Triangle (Grid / Distribute Layers): Auto‑layout complex layer arrangements
  • One‑Click bounce with Controllers: Apply bounce presets
  • Audio Sync & BPM Manager: Sync layer properties to audio amplitude or tempo; auto‑generate comp markers based on BPM measures
  • Set Markers to Keyframed Properties
  • Set Markers on Layers With Expressions
  • Set Layer Markers as Comp Markers
  • Swap Text without losing formatting
  • Loop Controls (One buttons, all possibilities)
  • Copy/Paste and Mirror Keyframes
  • Remove Selected or Redundant Keyframes; keep randomized keyframes with filtering tools
  • Use Comp as Tile Pattern Tool: Repeat a comp as a tiled pattern within a layer
  • Soap Opera Effect Tool: Apply a cinematic smooth effect to footage
  • Puppet Pins to Nulls: Link puppet pins to nulls for direct manipulation
  • Swap color Between Fill and Stroke
  • Easy  Camera Rig with Controllers + Grid

Expressions & Performance

  • Expression Saver
  • Pre‑built Expression Library: Wiggle, Blink, Elastic, and other behavioral expressions with quick application
  • Bake & Un‑Bake Expressions: Convert expression-driven animations into keyframes and revert them as needed
  • Clear or Disable All Expressions Globally for debugging or manual override
  • Switch Expression Engine Globally with one click
  • Load external text into a text layer automatically
  • Join (Cancel) Separate Dimensions
  • Separate Joined Dimensions [Pos.Anch.Point]

A tool with so many features might initially seem intimidating, but don't worry! We've designed Reach to be customizable to fit your individual needs. In the settings, you can deactivate any toolkit except for the tool's core – the powerful search bar.

 

  • If you click on the info button at the top right, you can completely fine-tune your interface :)
  • If you click to launch a dockable script, click when you want it to disappear.
  • If you apply an effect, double-click on the effect in Reach to remove it
  • The tools' eraser thoroughly cleans your Layer of its effects and expressions.


In addition to effects, presets, extensions, and customizable features, you can access and bookmark EVERYTHING



User Interface
User Interface
User Interface

UI: Bookmarks |Feedback | Screen Capture Tool & Search Bar
Buttons: Refresh, Bookmarks, Commands, FX, Presets, Your scripts, Utilities, Expressions, Editor, Infos.
The UI has evolved

Edit, Fetch, Inject, and Create Expressions and Select the property(ies) to apply them. Save or Delete any Expression. All your Expressions are immediately accessible in Reach*.(more information is below)

Paste Expressions Language References directly in your code with a double click—bonus: Scripting Helper when you select a property from your Timeline.

Modular tool User Interface


Examples:


Easing with markers

easingList

Universal Effector

effector

Add Guides

addguides


Users love it:


Modular
Seyfi Cem Baskin
Just wanted to chime in and say Reach has a permanent place in my UI. Thanks for the quick updates.
Mark Horton
Keep up the good work. It's nice that you are continuously updating and adding new features. It has already saved me a lot of editing time!
Asadrun Media:
I can't imagine working without REACH anymore after my purchase. Thank you for that!!
El Cucuy Koundé
I bought it a few days back and highly recommend it.

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