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After Effects Shape Layer Presets Preview Gallery

The shape-layer presets that ship with After Effects: ready-made elements such as graphs, map pins, arrows and frames, plus animated and still sprites.

1. Watch the preset 2. Click it — the name is copied 3. Paste in Effects & Presets in After Effects

Elements 19 presets

Animation Presets › Shapes › Elements

Open a page for one Elements preset

2D Text Box (Shape) · Bar Graph · Bouncing Map Icons · Bounding Box · Burst Pop · Chasing Line - Boxes · Crinkle Cut Sticker · DNA Helix · Grid of Crosses · Line Graph · Marquee Chasers · Postage Stamp · Radial Graph · Repeating Lines · Ring Chart · Scalloped Frame · Simple Map Marker · Switchable Cursor Element · Wireframe Worm

Sprites - Animated 8 presets

Animation Presets › Shapes › Sprites - Animated

Open a page for one Sprites - Animated preset

Alien Face - animated · Circular - cellular division · Dancing Knot · Mandala - animated · Phase Scope · SpiroMandala · TwinkleStar · Vintage Star

Sprites - Still 22 presets

Animation Presets › Shapes › Sprites - Still

Open a page for one Sprites - Still preset

Alien Calligraphy · Alien Face · Box - dashed lines · Bullseye · Circular - half round · Circular - tri dash · Crosshair - brackets · Crosshair - round · Crosshair - square · Fan Blades · Flower Power · Gear 1 · Gear 2 · Holy Light · Indian Sun · Mandala · RayStar-4 · RayStar-8 · Rounded Bracket - beveled · Rounded Bracket - double · Seaside Daisy · Tri Cog

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How to use these shape presets

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, behavior presets, image effect presets, legacy and sound effect presets, effects.

How do I add a shape preset in After Effects?

Click an empty area of the timeline so no layer is selected, then double-click the preset in Effects & Presets (Animation Presets › Shapes). After Effects makes a new shape layer with the preset on it.

Can I edit the colour and size of these shapes?

Yes. Open the shape layer's Contents in the timeline. Fill, stroke, size and the other settings are normal shape-layer properties.

What is the difference between Elements and Sprites?

Elements are finished pieces such as charts, map markers and frames. Sprites are small graphic marks (stars, gears, crosshairs); the Animated ones move, the Still ones do not.