UX motion design tool AEUX offers a system for grouping and ungrouping in Ae.

A point of contention for a lot of After Effects users are Ae’s lack of layer management tools. Decidedly a great way to organize layers is through grouping and ungrouping layer elements. While After Effects has a PreComp command, there is no counterpart to “un-PreComp.” A lot of third-party developers have taken it upon themselves to come up with a solution for group and ungroup. Now a feature in AEUX, a UX animation tool that is formerly known as Sketch2AE takes a kick at the can.

The latest version of AEUX adds a new PreComp and un-PreComp system that effectively is like grouping and ungrouping layers. “Adobe hasn’t yet integrated the often-requested layer grouping feature (Sander has a great vision for this), but until then, AEUX will get you pretty close. Check out the tutorial to see how it work.”