AeScripts – MeshMorph
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Your adjustment layer is the mesh. Drag the points of a grid to reshape everything underneath, then move, scale, rotate or make the layer 3D and the warp stays attached. Two meshes, one slider: build the finished shape once and Amount blends to it. You can also skip the adjustment layer and apply it directly to a layer, with the same features – on text and shapes, the mesh fits the letters automatically. Works in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Description
Intuitive from the first click
Your adjustment layer is the mesh.
The adjustment layer’s rectangle becomes the working area. Move it like a layer; the warp stays attached. Or apply it directly to the layer you want to warp.
No precomp
- Move, scale, rotate and animate the layer.
- Make it 3D; the mesh follows camera perspective.
- Everything underneath warps.
- Feather the boundary. If the warp stops at the layer’s edge, blend it with Alpha, Displacement, or both.
- Mix and match. Each warp is its own adjustment layer; toggle them to combine warps.
- Or apply it directly. On a footage layer, MeshMorph switches to Custom mode and works inside that layer – the same tools, no extra layer.
The warp you want, on one slider
Two meshes. One slider.
Source says where the picture is. Destination says where it goes. Amount blends between them, so a warp that needed a keyframe on every point takes just two keyframes.
The slider runs 0-100. Type a value to go further: below 0 reverses the warp, above 100 exaggerates it (-100 to 300).
Like the built-in Mesh Warp, you can also keyframe the points of either mesh directly – you are not limited to Amount.
Miss a click. Lose nothing.
Edit without fighting the tool.
Turn on Editing Assist and MeshMorph catches missed clicks – the layer stays put and stays selected.
- Missed clicks are caught. No accidental layer moves, no lost selection.
- Select many points. Marquee select; Shift adds, Alt (Option) removes.
- Transform box. Scale, rotate or move the selection – Shift keeps proportions or snaps to 15°, Alt scales from the centre.
- Nudge. Arrow keys move 1 px, Shift+arrow 10 px.
- One-click shaping. Smooth, Contrast, Reset Mesh and Match to… on each mesh row.
- Edit Both. Reshape the source mesh without warping the picture underneath.
- See what moved. Point colour runs grey → red with distance.
Fits the letters, automatically
Apply it directly to a text or shape layer and the mesh fits itself to the letters or the shape, with a small margin around the bounds. It keeps following when you retype the text or move the layer.
- Move, scale or rotate.
- Parent it or make it 3D.
- Retype the text; the fitted mesh follows.
3D renderer note: with the comp set to the Advanced 3D or Cinema 4D renderer, After Effects does not render effects on 3D text or shape layers (this applies to every effect, not only MeshMorph). Use the Classic 3D renderer, or precompose the warped text and make the precomp layer 3D.
Same points, different curves
Three surfaces. One mesh.
Choose how the mesh bends between points. Switch at any time – the points stay where you put them.
- Smooth. Curves through the points with no handles.
- Linear. Straight lines between the points.
- Bezier. Gives every point four handles, like the built-in Mesh Warp.
Warp without leaving the edit
Premiere Pro, too.
Run the same plug-in file in Premiere Pro.
- Applied directly to the clip – not to an adjustment layer.
- The mesh area is set inside the effect. Drag the dashed frame in the Program Monitor to place it.
- Two meshes, Amount, Surface and the other controls are shared with the After Effects version.
- A license activated in After Effects also works in Premiere Pro.
System / v1.4.0
