Consolidate all of the solids, adjustment layers, and null objects in your After Effects project.

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Installation Instructions
Controls for Texture Looper, an Adobe After Effects script created by Jake Bartlett

How to Use Solid Sweeper

Basics

  1. Click the Solid Sweeper button
  2. Congratulations, your solids folder is clean.

What It Finds

Solid Sweeper identifies solids and nulls with identical:

  • Dimensions
  • Color

What It Does

  • Replaces all duplicates with a single source solid
  • Updates every layer reference in your project automatically
  • Deletes the unused duplicate footage items from your Solids Folder
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Installation

Copy the Solid Sweeper.jsx file into your After Effects ScriptUI Panels folder, then restart After Effects.

  • OSX: /Applications/After Effects #version#/Scripts/ScriptUI Panels/
  • Windows: /Program Files/Adobe/Adobe After Effects #version#/Support Files/Scripts/ScriptUI Panels/

Changelog


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1.0.0

Released: 2025-12-20

  • Initial Release