A mapping extension for the compositing application that pulls real map data onto the timeline as editable layers, in the full configuration with every style provider and data module enabled.
Overview
Building a map animation by hand is a miserable job. You export a screenshot from somewhere, trace the roads, discover the client wants a different city, and start over. This extension removes all of it by pulling live map data directly into a composition as layers you can style, animate, and re render at any zoom without losing quality.
Everything arrives editable. Roads, water, buildings, borders, labels, and terrain come in as separate layers, so the styling is a set of colour and stroke choices rather than a texture you are stuck with. Change the palette and the entire map follows, change the city and the styling carries across to the new location without rebuilding anything.
The animation side is where it earns the licence. Camera moves between locations are keyframed by dropping in coordinates, zoom transitions hold detail because the data is re rendered rather than scaled, and animated routes can be drawn along real streets rather than a hand traced line. Data layers can be driven from a spreadsheet, so a set of points, values, or a heat distribution can be plotted automatically.
This build enables the full style provider list and the data modules, so custom map styles and imported geographic data both work. The extension installs into the host application panel set and behaves like any other panel once it is in place.
Feature set
Roads, water, buildings, borders, and labels arrive as separate layers rather than a flat image.
Change the palette or the location and the whole map follows without rebuilding the composition.
Animate between locations by entering coordinates, with zoom transitions that re render rather than scale.
Draw an animated path along real streets instead of hand tracing a line over a screenshot.
Drive point sets, values, and distributions from a spreadsheet so a dataset maps itself.
Every style provider and data module enabled, including custom style support and geographic data import.
Changes in this build
Installation
Hardware
| Processor | Intel or AMD, 64-bit, six cores recommended |
|---|---|
| Memory | 16 GB minimum for large area compositions |
| Graphics | 4 GB VRAM recommended for smooth panel previews |
| Storage | 2 GB install plus map tile cache |
| Display | 1920 x 1080 or higher |
| System | Windows 10 version 22H2 or Windows 11 |
Package
| Title | AEScripts GEOlayers 3 for After Effects |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.18.0 |
| Developer | AEScripts |
| Category | Video Editing |
| Platform | Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) |
| Package size | 184 MB |
| Interface languages | English |
| Release identifier | BS-11800941 |
| Listed | 2 years ago |
| Last rebuilt | 2 weeks ago |
| Total downloads | 94,909 |
Questions
Yes. It is a panel extension and will not run on its own.
Yes, for fetching tiles and data. Once a composition is cached locally it can be worked on offline.
Yes. The style provider list is fully enabled in this build, including custom style definitions.
Usually the unsigned extension setting in the host preferences. Enable it and restart the application.
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