About Fast HSB Color

Fast HSB Color is an After Effects extension for sampling and adjusting layer color properties. It adds an open color picker and a color coordinate system directly to the After Effects interface, allowing adjustments in HSB, HSL, and RGB. An auto‑detected ColorList gathers most color properties (excluding Layer Styles), graying out empty slots and highlighting active ones. Color sampling can be performed with an eyedropper toggled by the 1 key or left‑click, and a Screen Color Picker can sample any pixel on the screen, even outside After Effects. The workflow involves selecting a layer, choosing a property from the ColorList, and adjusting it in the ColorPicker, with keyboard shortcuts for hue, saturation, and brightness adjustments. The Color Chessboard System, inspired by PCCS tone classification, offers eight hue‑contrast schemes at 30° intervals and grid divisions of 2×2, 3×3, or 4×4. Multiple cursors, elastic hue zones, and both triangular and quadrilateral picker modes are also provided. Compatibility spans After Effects 2022‑2026 on Windows and macOS.

Features

• Eyedropper toggled with the 1 key or a left mouse click, plus a Screen Color Picker that samples pixels from anywhere on screen, including outside After Effects
• Auto-detected ColorList that collects most color properties in After Effects (except Layer Styles), graying out empty properties and highlighting those with color
• HSB, HSL and RGB color adjustment directly in the After Effects interface
• Color Chessboard System inspired by PCCS tone classification, with 8 hue contrast schemes at fixed 30° intervals and 2×2, 3×3 or 4×4 tone grid divisions
• Multiple color cursors for simultaneous tone region comparison, plus elastic hue zones with adjustable range
• Triangular and quadrilateral picker modes
• Keyboard shortcuts for saturation, brightness and hue, with Shift for larger adjustments, and 3D object color support in After Effects 2026

Best for

Artists and motion designers who need precise layer color sampling and adjustment inside After Effects, with support for 3D layers, keyboard‑driven controls, and a PCCS‑inspired tone system.