About Snapshot FX

Snapshot FX lets you capture snapshots of effect stacks in After Effects and move between different states quickly. You can apply an entire snapshot or update only user‑selected components, allowing rapid iteration without rebuilding effect setups. Management tools include search, list filtering, tagging, and a directory jump‑list for building libraries or project‑specific settings. Layers are linked to effects via invisible markers placed at the layer in‑point or CTI, and renaming layers no longer breaks those links. The FX list can be sorted by alphabet, effect name, timestamp, layer name, or composition name. Recent updates added Boolean NOT search, scoped searches across data, tags, effects, layers, or comps, custom delimiters, and display preferences for snapshot naming. Compatible with After Effects 2024, 2025, and 2026.

Features

• Create snapshots of effect stacks to navigate between different states
• Apply an entire snapshot or update only user-selected components
• Search, list filtering, and tagging for snapshot management
• Directory jump-list to build a library or project-specific settings
• Sort the FX list by alpha, effect name, timestamp, layer name, or comp name
• Layers linked to effects via markers, with renaming that no longer breaks links
• Boolean search with NOT and scoped searches across data, tags, effects, layers, or comps

Best for

After Effects artists who need to save, tag, and switch between multiple effect stack states during iterative work.