About Shortcakes

Shortcakes is an extension for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects that arranges selected clips or layers into a grid of split screens. Users specify how many items to place along the X and Y axes, then press the Cake Out button to generate the layout. The tool supports various clip and sequence dimensions, and allows adjustment of individual screen size, spacing, optional borders, and numbering. A Save Option button can export border, numbering, and shape settings as a PNG file, with an optional import to the project. In After Effects, layers are ordered from the top of the composition; in Premiere Pro, the extension uses the Crop effect for cropping and the Transform effect for repositioning and scaling. Supported versions include After Effects 2023‑2026 and Premiere Pro 2022‑2026.

Features

• Splits the screen of selected clips on the timeline by a specified number for each video track
• Set the number of clips to line up in X and Y, then press the Cake Out button to generate the split screen
• Adjustable size and spacing for the split screens
• Option to add borders and numbers
• Save Option button exports items set in Borders, Numbering, and Shapes as a PNG file, with an importFile checkbox to import that file into the project
• Supports various clip sizes and sequence sizes

Best for

Premiere Pro and After Effects editors who need a quick way to arrange selected clips or layers into configurable split‑screen grids with optional borders and numbering.