About Layer Displayer

Layer Displayer is a script for After Effects that shows only the layers you need at a given moment. You control visibility through short typed commands, such as hiding masks (msk), nulls (n), locked layers (lo), enabled layers (en), or both locked and enabled together (le). Reveal commands include work area (wa), grey‑label layers (vn), guide layers (gl), and matching selected layer labels (l#) or parent labels (pa). The script can toggle the Shy parameter for all layers (is) and provides keyframe selection commands: ‘kfs’ selects keys under the time slider and ‘ksfs’ selects keys within the work area for selected layers. Layers can be grouped without relying on labels; groups are displayed by name and can be cleared from a layer. Version 1.08, released May 6 2021, is compatible with After Effects 2020, CC 2019 and CC 2018.

Features

• Filter layer visibility with short commands: hide masks (msk), nulls (n), locked layers (lo), enabled layers (en), or locked and enabled together (le)
• Reveal layers within the work area (wa) or those with a grey label only (vn)
• Show layers by matching the labels of selected layers (l#) or shared with a selected layer’s parent (pa)
• Toggle the Shy parameter of all layers to the opposite (is) and show guide layers (gl)
• Select keyframes under the time slider (kfs) or within the work area (ksfs) for selected layers
• Group layers without binding to labels, display them by group name, or remove all groups from a selected layer

Best for

After Effects artists working with complex compositions who need quick, command‑based control over layer visibility and keyframe selection.