Colour
Gradients that move.
- 16 palettes, smooth blends with no banding
- Linear, radial, conic, diamond, reflected
- Spiral, aurora, liquid types
- Pull a palette from an image
Coming soon Plugin for After Effects
Make it shine.
Apply ShineIt to a text or shape layer and pick a look. It fills the letters with a gradient that moves, lights their edges, adds a glow that never clips and a touch of grain. Your font and your paths stay exactly as they are.
16palettes
8gradient types
12looks
1click to loop
How it works
Apply. Pick. Shine.
ShineIt goes on the layer you already have. Pick a look, then change colour, light, form and finish.
The tour is on its wayVideo placeholder · ShineIt in actionComing soon
Apply
Select a text, shape or logo layer. ShineIt uses its font and paths as they are.
Pick
Choose one of 12 looks, from Deep orbit to Chrome and Holo foil.
Shine
Tune colour, light, form and finish. Everything loops on its own, so it never jumps.
Everything inside
Five tabs. Every kind of shine.
Light
Edges that catch the light.
- Edge light, hottest at corners and tips
- A light that orbits once per loop
- Sheen sweeps and iridescence
- An inner rim in a second colour
Form
Depth without a bevel.
- Depth fields: dome, sphere, ridge, wave, lens
- Turbulence that loops
- Optional volume and glass refraction
- Per-letter offset on text
Finish
The cinematic part.
- Glow that never clips at the layer edge
- Focus blur you place in the viewer
- Grain, dither and chromatic fringe
- Copy settings between layers
The details
Made for real projects.
Your font, your paths
ShineIt works on the layer you already have, so the font, the kerning and the shape paths stay yours.
Loops on its own
Spin, colour flow, sheen and turbulence all move in whole turns per loop, so the end meets the start.
Light that reads
Edge light finds the edges facing the light and lights them hardest at the corners.
No banding
Palettes blend in a perceptual colour space and are dithered, so dark gradients stay smooth.
Drag in the viewer
Move the centre of the gradient, the light or the focus point straight in the comp.
Same family, same feel
ShineIt sits next to BlendIt, GlowIt and SplashIt, and opens inside the MotionLabs Hub.
Install
Three steps, one minute.
ShineIt is a signed extension, like the rest of MotionLabs. No Terminal, no developer tools. Same steps on macOS and Windows.
Get ShineIt
One signed .zxp file. Coming soon — join the MotionLabs Discord to hear first.
Install it with one drag
Get the free ZXP Installer from aescripts, open it and drag the .zxp onto the window.
Open it
Restart After Effects, then Window → Extensions → ShineIt.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is it out?
Not yet. This page shows a live preview of the looks and controls ShineIt will have.
Does it change my font?
No. It uses the font set on the text layer, and the paths of shape layers as they are.
How is it different from BlendIt?
BlendIt makes clean gradients for any layer. ShineIt is for hero text and logos: light, depth, glow and grain on top of the gradient.
Can I keyframe it?
Yes. Everything loops on its own, and you can still keyframe any setting.
Which versions of After Effects?
After Effects 2023 and later, on macOS and Windows.