Nulls From Shapes
A free After Effects script: generate nulls that follow parametric Rectangles, Ellipses, Polygons and Stars.
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Installation
Nulls From Shapes is installed the same way as most scripts. Instructions are here,
Usage
Select one or more shapes (or groups or layers that contain shapes) and the script will generate nulls that follow all the points. As you change the shape properties, or transform it's containing groups, the nulls will stay stuck to the points.
Settings
If you install the script in your ScriptUI Panels folder, you'll see a button with a ⚙️ icon to access the settings. If not, you can hold the Alt key when you invoke it from the File > Scripts menu, or pass the argument settings to KBar.
Account for Skew
Enable this checkbox to get more advanced expressions that allow you to Skew your shapes. If you never use Skew, leave it disabled.
Use Label Color
Enable this checkbox to use the source layer's label color for the generated null layers.
Use Nulls
Disable this checkbox and the script will generate dummy Shape Layers instead of Nulls.
Layer Size
Set the size in pixels of your new layers
Version History
1.0 - March 2nd 2026
Initial release