M Expression

Features

With m.expression, keep all your expressions well organized in one place and apply whenever you want it. Add, Edit or Grab expressions from the timeline with a click. Not only that, you can share your expressions with your friends.

M.Expression comes with a number of useful options. With m.expression you can easily add, edit, grab After Effects expressions. You can also share your After Effects expressions with your friends.

Double Click

With M.Expression, you can apply expression with just a double click. Just select a property or multiple properties and double click on the desired expression in the list. Boom, you are done.

SHIFT + DOUBLE CLICK

You can also use Shift + Double click to apply the expression to any properties. It works the same as Double Click but Shift + Double click will ignore any expression that is applied to the layer.

SEARCH BY NAME OR KEYWORD

With advanced search option, search expression by name or by keyword. Just type few letters of the name and related expression will come up or click on the search icon to do a deep search.

EXPRESSION INFO

Get expression details with a click. Select an expression from the list and click on info icon. This will bring up detail information of the expression that you saved with expression.

ADD NEW EXPRESSION

It is just one click job to save expression in m.expression. To add new expression, just click on add button. Fill the name, expression and note filed and click on tick icon. That’s it. Now you can find your expression in the list.

GRAB EXPRESSION

With m.expression, you can easily grab any expression from the timeline. Just select any property with expression and click on grab icon. This will bring up “add expression” panel to save expression in the list.

EDIT EXISTING EXPRESSION

Do you want to edit or update any expression? Just a click away. Select the expression you want to edit and click edit icon to edit.

DELETE EXPRESSION

If you want to delete any expression from the list, just select the expression and click delete icon. But careful, you can not undo this action.

RESTORE TO DEFAULT

At any point in time, if you feel to restore to the default setting, click the restore button in the settings panel. But careful, this action will delete all expressions from the list and restore it to the default list. You can not undo this action.

BACKUP YOUR EXPRESSION LIST

You can always backup your expression list. Just click the backup icon in the settings panel and choose a folder to save your backup list. This option is very useful if you want to switch your machine.

RESTORE BACKUP

Once you backup your expression list, you can restore your backup by clicking the restore backup icon. Being said that, you can backup your list from one machine and restore the backup on another machine. Make sure you do not rename or edit the backup xml file.

APPEND EXPRESSION

Append works just like restore but it does not delete any existing expressions from the list. It just adds expression in the same list. This option is very useful if you want to share your expression list with your friend. Just backup your list and send it to your friend. Your friend can append your list to use it.

INSTALLATION

Unzip the downloaded zip file. You will find two folders for windows and Mac os. Copy the “Expressions.jsxbin” file from the folder that to the Script UI folder of After Effects installation folder. Make sure “Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network” option is checked in the After Effects preference menu.