Installing Templater via the aescripts + aeplugins manager app
If you purchased Templater from aescripts + aeplugins, you have the option of installing Templater via their aescripts + aeplugins manager standalone desktop app. To learn more about using and troubleshooting the manager app, please reference their manager app FAQ.
By default, the aescripts + aeplugins manager app installs the standard node-locked license version of Templater for use in modern versions of After Effects. If you need to install Templater's floating licensing version, or need to use Tempalater with After Effects 2021 or earlier, the steps to install and activate Templater differ from the default installation flow.
Need instructions on installing the floating license version of Templater? Here's how to install via the manager app.
NOTE Templater initially installs in trial mode. When in trial mode, the Templater Settings effect superimposes a graphical watermark on all rendered layers. Also, you can only replicate target compositions when the "Send Replicates to the Adobe Media Encoder" preference is enabled.
- Ensure that your user account for your operating system has administrator privileges.
- Quit After Effects.
- Launch the aescripts + aeplugins manager app. If you aren't logged in, you will need to sign in with your aescripts + aeplugins account.
- From the All Products view, select the Templater product from the list and click the Install button in the product's right sidebar to download and begin installation.
- Follow the Templater installation wizard prompts.
- To verify the installation is complete:
- Launch an Adobe After Effects version that received the Templater installation.
- In After Effects, open Preferences > Scripting & Expressions. Ensure that "Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network" is enabled.
- From the main menu, select Effect > Dataclay. If you find the Templater Settings effect, the native After Effects plugin is installed correctly.
- From the main menu, select Window. If you see a Templater #.jsxbin menu item, the Templater Panel is installed correctly.
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Back in the manager app's sidebar for the product, click the Licenses button to reveal your Templater license key and copy the key to your clipboard.
NOTE The aescripts + aplugins mangager app cannot automatically activate a Templater license key. This requires manually copying the key and pasting it into Templater licensing configuration.
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Return to the After Effects window. With the Templater panel open, launch the Preferences.
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In Templater's Preferences dialog navigate to the Licensing tab. Click Activation and enter the Templater license key you copied from the manager app. You can also activate offline.
- Ensure that your user account for your operating system has administrator privileges.
- Quit After Effects.
- Launch the aescripts + aeplugins manager app. If you aren't logged in, you will need to sign in with your aescripts + aeplugins account.
- From the All Products view, select the Templater product from the list. In the right sidebar for the selected product, under the Downloads section, click the Download button for "Templater for AE 2021 and earlier" to initiate downloading Templater's alternative installers.
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Once the download completes click the Templater for AE 2021 and earlier title or the adjacent folder icon to open the installer's download location. Navigate into the temporary Installer folder, where you will find the Legacy versions of Templater. The installers will have LEGACY_MFG_AES at the end of the filename. Run the appropriate installer depending upon which operating system you are using.
- Follow the installation wizard prompts.
- To verify the installation is complete:
- Launch an Adobe After Effects version that received the Templater installation.
- In After Effects Creative Cloud (CC) 2018 or earlier, open the After Effects Preferences > General page. For CC 2019 and newer, open Preferences > Scripting & Expressions. Ensure that "Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network" is enabled.
- From the main menu, select Effect > Dataclay. If you find the Templater Settings effect, the native After Effects plugin is installed correctly.
- From the main menu, select Window. If you see a Templater #.jsxbin menu item, the file is installed correctly.
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Back in the manager app's sidebar for the product, click the Licenses button to reveal your Templater license key and copy the key to your clipboard.
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Return to the After Effects window. With the Templater panel open, launch the Preferences.
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In Templater's Preferences dialog navigate to the Licensing tab. Click Activation and enter the Templater license key you copied from the manager app. You can also activate offline.
In addition to downloading via the manager app, there are two other places to find the latest Templater installers on the aescripts website.
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If you are logged into your aescripts account, you can navigate to My Account > My Downloads & Licenses and find Templater in the list of your purchased products. There will be a Download link in the rightmost column of the list, which will launch a modal with links to download Templater for After Effects 2022 and newer as well as a legacy version for After Effects 2021 and earlier.
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You can also find a TRY download link on the individual product pages for each edition of Templater that we have for sale on the aescripts marketplace. This "trial" link is a link to the full installer. You can find all of those variations on our authors page.
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