Home › After Effects Presets › Effects
Free — After Effects 2026After Effects Effects List With Previews
What does each After Effects effect actually do? Here are 123 built-in effects, each applied to the same picture, grouped the way the Effect menu groups them.
Blur & Sharpen 11 effects
Effect › Blur & Sharpen
Color Correction 16 effects
Effect › Color Correction
Distort 14 effects
Effect › Distort
Generate 22 effects
Effect › Generate
Noise & Grain 12 effects
Effect › Noise & Grain
Perspective 5 effects
Effect › Perspective
Simulation 15 effects
Effect › Simulation
Stylize 19 effects
Effect › Stylize
Transition 9 effects
Effect › Transition
How to use these effects
- Find the preset you like above and click it. Its name is copied.
- In After Effects open Window › Effects & Presets and paste the name in the search box.
- Select your layer, put the playhead where the animation should start, and double-click the preset.
Nothing to download: every preset here is already installed with After Effects. Also see the text animation presets, transition presets, background presets, shape presets, behavior presets, image effect presets.
How do I add an effect in After Effects?
Select a layer, then pick the effect from the Effect menu, or type its name in the Effects & Presets panel and double-click it. Its settings appear in the Effect Controls panel.
Why are some After Effects effects missing from this list?
An effect is shown only when it visibly changes the test image with simple settings. Effects that need a second layer, a camera, audio or footage with motion (keying, time and tracking effects, for example) are left out.
Are the CC effects part of After Effects?
Yes. The effects whose names start with CC (Cycore) are installed with After Effects and need no extra plugin.
How do I remove an effect?
Select the effect in the Effect Controls panel and press Delete. To remove every effect from a layer, press Ctrl+Shift+E (Cmd+Shift+E on Mac).