About Joysticks n Sliders

Joysticks n Sliders provides a pose‑based rigging workflow for Adobe After Effects. The plugin lets artists create joystick and slider controls within a composition to drive poses. It supports binding and unbinding of individual properties, not just whole layers, and can rig shapes and path shapes with checks for inconsistent vertex counts. Joysticks with separated dimensions are also supported, allowing parent‑comp joysticks to affect child layers. Development dates back to at least 2019, and version 1.7.12 maintains compatibility with After Effects 2026 and earlier CC releases. Recent updates address online activation and licence‑framework fixes. A demo video demonstrates the core features.

Features

• Pose-based rigging system for After Effects
• Control through joysticks and sliders
• Binding and unbinding of individual properties, not just whole layers
• Rigging of shapes and path shapes, with checks for inconsistent vertex counts
• Support for joysticks with separated dimensions
• Compatibility across After Effects releases from CC through 2026

Best for

After Effects artists who need detailed pose‑based rigs and want to animate using joystick or slider controls.