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Type the interval.
Don't drag for it.
After Effects staggers by dragging, which is fine for an even cascade. You cannot type an exact interval, use seconds or percent, shuffle the order, reverse it, or start from the out-point. Here you can.
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After installing, open Window → Extensions → LayerGuru in After Effects. Grabbed the .zxp above instead? Open it with ZXP Installer (free) first.
Requires After Effects 2023 (23.0) or newer · Windows or macOS.
Twelve layers.
Twelve drags.
You've animated the perfect entrance. Now you need 12 copies of it, each starting 4 frames later than the last. So you select the second layer, drag it. Select the third, drag 4 more. By the seventh layer, you've lost count, made a mistake, and you're recounting from the beginning.
That's a full minute of nothing creative, repeated every time you build a cascade. For 50 layers, it's a whole coffee break wasted on something a computer should do instantly.
Set it once.
Cascade everything.
- Frame / Time / % Offsets
- Work in whatever unit makes sense. Frames for tight control, seconds for loose timing, percentage for relative cascades that scale with any layer duration.
- Cascade Order
- Forward, reverse, or randomized. Control which layer leads and which follows. Reverse for countdowns, random for particle-style effects.
- Anchor Mode
- Offset from the in-point, the out-point, or any keyframe. Build your cascade from exactly where it matters.
- Any Scale
- Two layers or two hundred, the same three steps, the same perfect result. LayerGuru doesn't notice the difference.
Anywhere a cascade makes
motion feel alive.
Title Reveals
Eight words. They cascade in, not dump in. Set 3f offset, apply, done in two seconds instead of two minutes.
Countdown Sequences
Numbers enter in reverse order, each a beat ahead of the last. Reverse cascade, one setting, no manual dragging.
Kinetic Typography
Stagger letters, words, or paragraphs. Dial the offset until the rhythm feels musical. Change your mind: just re-run it.
Social Templates
Bullet points that tick in one by one. Stat blocks that pop on beat. The stagger is what makes it feel produced.
Logo Builds
Fourteen logo elements entering on a cascade. Animate one, duplicate thirteen, set the offset. Done before lunch.
Music Video Sync
Offset layers by exact frame intervals that match your tempo. Snap the cascade to the beat without touching a single layer manually.
Stop dragging. Start cascading.
Included in Wizard. Select your layers, set the interval, apply.
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