About Handy Hands 2

Handy Hands 2 is an After Effects plugin from Alfie Dawes designed for rapid hand creation, styling, and posing. The interface groups tools into compact icon‑based tabs with detailed text descriptions. Style buttons provide preset looks such as Simple Fill, Separated, Tapered Stroke, and Advanced Stroke. Management buttons let you swap left and right hands, rotate a hand 180°, and add a linked hand. A 3‑fingered mode offers three fingers instead of four for certain styles. Version 1.2, released April 11 2024, runs on After Effects 2020 through 2026 and is listed as free in this catalog. For the latest licensing details and download links, refer to the developer’s page on aescripts.

Features

• Style buttons apply preset looks, including Simple Fill, Separated, Tapered Stroke and Advanced Stroke
• Manage buttons to swap left and right, rotate a hand 180 degrees, and add a linked hand
• 3-fingered mode for three fingers rather than four in some styles
• Panel with compact icon-based tabs and a detailed view carrying text descriptions for each button and feature
• Compatible with After Effects 2020 through 2026

Best for

After Effects artists who need to create, style and pose hands quickly.