After Effects Script

Dynamic Trail Tool
for After Effects

Create smooth, tapered motion trails in seconds. Attach animated trails to any layer — perfect for motion graphics, logo animations, and UI walkthroughs.

Everything included

Trails in one click. Full control when you need it.

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1-Click Attach & Animate

Add trails instantly to any layer without building anything from scratch.

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Tapered Trails

Characterful, tapered strokes with full cap style control.

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Path Presets

Wave, curve, and circle paths ready to go — plus save your own.

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Icon Presets

Circle, arrowhead, and star icons built in for instant trail tips.

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Dashes & Gaps

Enable dashed trails with simple value sliders in seconds.

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Export & Import Presets

Save and share your trail setups between sessions and machines.

Feature 01

1-Click Attach & Animate

Select any layer, hit Attach & Animate, and MotionTrails does the rest. No manual trim paths, no expression wiring, no cleanup. A fully animated trail appears in seconds, ready to customise.

Works on any layer type
Trail created and animated automatically
No manual comp setup needed
Ideal for logos, text, and shapes

Feature 02

Full Trail Styling Control

Every aspect of the trail is customisable from the panel. Taper the stroke for a natural feel, switch between butt, round, and square caps, and enable dashes and gaps — all without touching the timeline.

Tapered trails for characterised lines
Stroke cap styles: butt, round, square
Dashes and gaps with value sliders
Stroke weight and length controls

Feature 03

Path & Icon Presets

Jump-start your animation with built-in path presets — waves, curves, and circles are ready instantly. Icon presets give your trail tips personality, and you can save your own presets to reuse across sessions and share between machines.

Wave, curve, and circle path presets
Circle, arrowhead, and star icon presets
Save custom presets for reuse
Export and import between machines

Built for motion designers. Whether you're building a flowing brand reveal, animating icons, or adding energy to type — MotionTrails gives you full control over strokes, caps, dashes, gaps, and tapering, all from a clean, compact panel. No more fiddling. Just motion.

Bonus included

PathSplitter — also included in your download

PathSplitter is a lightweight After Effects utility for breaking shapes into their individual edges. Convert parametric shapes into editable Bezier paths, then split them into segments — each edge becomes its own shape layer for full animation control.

Convert rectangles, ellipses, polygons, and stars to Bezier paths
Split paths into segments — each edge its own layer
One-click workflow, no manual duplication
Perfect for geometric animation and abstract motion
Pairs beautifully with MotionTrails

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Get MotionTrails today

Includes PathSplitter. Lifetime updates. Email support.

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Dynamic Trail Toolfor After Effects

Trails in one click. Full control when you need it.

1-Click Attach & Animate

Tapered Trails

Path Presets

Icon Presets

Dashes & Gaps

Export & Import Presets

1-Click Attach & Animate

Full Trail Styling Control

Path & Icon Presets

PathSplitter — also included in your download

Get MotionTrails today

Dynamic Trail Tool
for After Effects