After Effects

This plugin integrates Prism into Adobe After Effects.

This plugin has been tested with After Effects 2024-2025. Other versions might work as well.

Setup

The plugin can be installed from the Prism Hub.

After the plugin is installed, the Prism integration needs to be added to the After Effects preferences folder.

This can be done in the popup after the plugin installation or in the Prism User Settings -> “DCCs apps”.

This is the path, which should be selected for the integration:

%APPDATA%\Adobe\CEP\extensions

Accessing Prism in After Effects

Prism is available inside After Effects from the top menu bar: “Window” -> “Extensions” -> “Prism”. The floating Prism menu window can be docked anywhere in After Effects.

The Prism menu window contains options to:

• save and version up your scene

• save, version up your scene and add a description/thumbnail

• open the Project Browser

• import media from your Prism project

• check if updated media versions are available

• open the Prism Settings

• open the Render Setup

Saving Scenefiles

You can save new scenefile versions using the options in the Prism menu or by opening the Project Browser and selecting “Create new version from current” in the context menu in the “Scenefiles” tab.

Importing Media

To import objects from your Prism project into After Effects you can navigate to a media version in your Project Browser. You can then rightclick the image and select “Import images…” or simply drag&drop it into After Effects.

Rendering Media

To render your After Effects composition and save it to disk you can open the Render Setup from the Prism menu.

In the Render Setup you can change the “Indentifer”, “Comment” and choose which “Composition” should be used.

A render settings template can be selected from the dropdown. Templates can be modified or added in the After Effects Render Queue panel.

To render the composition, click the “Render” button. Alternatively, compositions can be added to the queue by clicking the “Add to Render Queue” button.

The render output can be found in the “Media” tab in the Prism Project Browser: