u/MichalToczek

EDIT:

This tool intended use case is for messy VOs that clients send where you have 3 different takes, sometimes AI generated, sometimes when the person repeat something the same word 3 times over

Just cut it and move it back together however you want

You select the audio layer, click once, and it automatically cuts out the silent sections while keeping the actual dialogue intact. It's nothing super awesome, but removes yet one more tedious task in AE that should have in-built solution but doesn't.

You can check it out here: AE Optimizer

Since I released the beta version, AE Optimizer has gotten 500+ users and 60 Discord members. I've collected your feedback and made it even better!

Anyway, here are some examples of what you get in the toolbox:

• Audio Silence Remover – Automatically cuts silent parts from voiceovers while keeping small handles around each cut. No more manually slicing hours of narration.
• Deep Precomp Duplicator – Creates completely independent copies of precomps, including nested compositions. Perfect for language versions and alternate animation versions.
• Organize Files – Sorts your entire project into folders by file type with one click.
• Split Text into Characters, Words & Lines – Instantly separates text while preserving layout, including paragraph box wrapping.
• Copy & Paste Ease – Copy easing from one animation and paste it onto another in seconds.
• Layer Cleanup – Removes expressions, effects, masks, keyframes, and layer styles from selected layers with one click.
• Project Statistics – Generates a detailed report showing layers, keyframes, expressions, effects, footage, and potential project issues.
• Responsive Text Backgrounds – Creates automatically resizing text boxes that update as your text changes.
• Maintain Stroke Width – Keeps shape layer strokes visually consistent, even when scaling objects.
• Rectangular, Circular & Spherical Grid Rigs – Arranges existing layers into editable 2D and 3D layouts with a single click.
• Convert Masks to Shape Layers – Turns masks into linked shape layers while preserving their position and animation.
• Isometric Camera Rig – Generates a fully adjustable isometric camera setup instantly, without manually dialing in camera values.
• Duplicate with Links – Duplicates a layer while selectively linking transforms, effects, or other properties back to the original.
• Batch Rename – Renames dozens or hundreds of layers and project items at once using find and replace or numbering.
• and more! And all of that only for $19.99.

Link to AE Optimizer: AE Optimizer

Discord for feedback/troubleshooting: Discord Server

Yep, looking to expand my portfolio in this section, that's why I'll do it for half of the usual price a marketing studio/agency would charge you.

1 minute of SaaS video with storyboarding (app screenshots & content of the app provided by the client) only for $1500. In that price you get full storyboard, frame design, animation, video edit, sound effects & music and 2 rounds of revisions.

My usual day rate is $300 for other stuff.

Normally it'd be around $3000 for UK/US based agency/freelancer

➡️One more website promo: https://michaltoczek.com/project/sadowski-studio-website-promo

📩E-mail: hello@michaltoczek.com

🌐My portfolio: https://michaltoczek.com/

If only it was possible to have animated cards irl bruh...

Edit: proof I didn't use any AI because apparently it needs to be done :(

https://www.reddit.com/r/customhearthstone/s/4KcuipHweq

Huge update of the AE Optimizer btw! Closer and closer to v1.0. Still collecting feedback on our Discord: https://discord.gg/qvtP5cyGnF

Download Link: https://michaltoczek.com/ae-optimizer

Hey everyone! Here's my Motion Reel made out of animated book covers for Wraithmarked Creative. I'm sure you've seen a lot of stuff like this in gaming, most notable example are League of Legends splash arts.

I'm a motion designer from Poland and last month has been pretty slow so I'm currently looking for more work.

I can make more than what this showreel shows though. Video game trailers, animations for your website, animation for your logo & brand and actually anything related to motion graphics. My day rate is $300. Cheers!

My website: https://michaltoczek.com/

My email: hello@michaltoczek.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaltoczek/

Hey everyone! Here's my Motion Reel for this year.

I'm a motion designer from Poland and last month has been pretty slow so I'm currently looking for more work.

If you have more than your team or you as a freelancer can handle now or in the future, I'd be happy to help with motion design, animation, video production, illustration or even those tedious projects nobody on the team wants to touch.

My email: hello@michaltoczek.com

My website: https://michaltoczek.com/

The signature spell + champion unit is kinda broken but when you think about it, it would be only 9 might for 4 mana 2 power but it dies next turn. Stuff like rengar with a single buff already outclasses it and is permanent. I think this game style would be very fun though

The legend effect could cost maybe 1 power or 1 energy, though if you roll temporary at a wrong moment you can just instantly lose the game. Or win it if you roll it on an opponent's unit

AE Workflow Optimizer was created with the goal of providing a free alternative to other paid vibe-coded plugins. It is intended to remain free forever and will continue to receive regular updates. There are over 70 different scripts meant for saving you hundreds of hours of mundane work.

So what are the most notable features?

• Copy & Paste ease
• Split Text into Lines, words and characters - while keeping all their parameters and position the same
• Deep Precomp Duplicate - duplicate precomps while keeping them as separate instances
• Stylize panel - change the visual look of your project with a simple click
• Organize Files - with a press of a button organize all of your project files inside of After Effects - automatically puts things into folders based on their file type and removes empty folders.
• Project Statistics - gives you a list of all the info about your comp - number of layers, compositions, audio files, framerates etc.
• Ready to use Rigs - whether you need a simple numerical value rig, 3D box rig or SaaS glass panel rig, it will be all there
• Expressions - tired of copying and pasting expressions from your notepad or a website? In the panel you can find most popular expressions, including loopable wiggle, inertia, overshoot, looping and other
• Audio tools - You got a huge .wav file with a lot of empty breaks? With two clicks you can cut the audio layer while removing empty spaces and removing pops between cuts...
• ...and more! Over 70 different scripts in total.

More will be added based on community needs.

I've tested the plugin out on my machine and it works well, but I need feedback from other setups. Just in case, please backup your project. If you find any bugs or glitches, please share it on our Discord server. Thanks!

Download Link: https://michaltoczek.com/plugins/ae-optimizer

Discord server for feedback & ideas: https://discord.com/invite/G7b9vTFFwv