You got your cel in my motion design. Or vice versa.

The lines between animation types blur when it's possible to push sequences to After Effects.

Test compositing as you tie down a shot and know that you have everything layered for final color in Ae –so you can use Photoshop and Animate for what they do best.

A standard tool palette in an inconsistent world

Photoshop and Animate each have their own way of working and moving between them can be a challenging context switch. Timelord's frame tools create a consistent workflow that may be customized to fit your pipeline.

Did you say Ps → Ae?

Yes, you heard that right. It is like Overlord for Photoshop.

note: MP4 rendering has been moved to Anubis

Frame-omancy

Whether you call it cel, frame-by-frame, or drawn animation, it takes a lot of work. Spend more time drawing and worry less about how to manage frames.

Take control of groups of frames across multiple layers with matching toolbars in Photoshop and Animate.

Gonna go back in time

Drawn animation is about timing, and timing is all about the length of frames. Increase and decrease frame duration or roll the edit point between frames while maintaining layer length –like video editing.

Become the master of time, or some sort of time-lord. 🤔

Consistency upgraded

Create timelines to match Ae comps –or the other way around. Add new layers ready to draw, and duplicate blank layers with timing for cleanup. Add, remove, duplicate, split and clear frames with the same behaviors in Ps and An.

Working between apps has never been more intuitive.

Tools that grow

New to drawn animation? The default layout has everything you need to get started.

Are you a pro with a well established pipeline? Toolbars are customizable with additional functionality for more niche workflows.

Enjoy the journey.

Getting started

Use Timelord without ever consulting the manual, or deep-dive all the buttons and actions that are available.

TLDR

What is it?
  • A simple way to render frame-sequence layers and import them into After Effects

  • A quick way to send an image layer from Ps to Ae

  • A frame editing toolbar that is unified for working in both Animate and Photoshop  

What it's not?
  • An effect to make your layers look like they were drawn

  • A vector exporter from Photoshop - Ps can only export PNGs

  • MP4 rendering from - this was moved to Anubis

Common questions

Creative

Where is MP4 rendering?

Is my art secure?

Can it send Photoshop vectors

License

Is this a subscription?

Technical

Is an internet connection required?

Friends of the Timelord

Animating the hard way doesn't have to be lonely

Anubis

Share reference MP4s between apps and make it easy to draw over an Ae comp or Premiere sequence before transferring your sequence layers.

Rubberhose

Not every frame needs to be drawn by hand. Rig your art from Photoshop and bring it to life with a powerful animation system that feels like a cheatcode for characters.

Overlord

Just like Timelord transfers layers from Photoshop and Animate, Overlord becomes a mystical portal between Illustrator to After Effects.

Rubberhose

Friends of the Timelord

Animating the hard way doesn't have to be lonely

Anubis

Share reference MP4s between apps and make it easy to draw over an Ae comp or Premiere sequence before transferring your sequence layers.

Rubberhose

Not every frame needs to be drawn by hand. Rig your art from Photoshop and bring it to life with a powerful animation system that feels like a cheatcode for characters.

Overlord

Just like Timelord transfers layers from Photoshop and Animate, Overlord becomes a mystical portal between Illustrator to After Effects.

Rubberhose

Friends of the Timelord

Animating the hard way doesn't have to be lonely

Anubis

Share reference MP4s between apps and make it easy to draw over an Ae comp or Premiere sequence before transferring your sequence layers.

Rubberhose

Not every frame needs to be drawn by hand. Rig your art from Photoshop and bring it to life with a powerful animation system that feels like a cheatcode for characters.

Overlord

Just like Timelord transfers layers from Photoshop and Animate, Overlord becomes a mystical portal between Illustrator to After Effects.

Specs

Price

$45.00 USD

plus taxes if required

Compatible host app

Adobe After Effects, Animate, Photoshop –requires Rosetta on MacOS
CC 2019 and newer (including the latest)

Install type

ZXP extension (how to install)

OS support

  • Windows 7 SP1 and newer

  • Mac 10.8.5 and newer

Licensing

Each license allows for 2 machines used by a single user

Languages

English, Español, Português, 日本語, Italiano, Français, Deutsch, Русский, 简体中文
Languages are detected by the Adobe app language

Network connection

An internet connection is not required to use, but is needed to authenticate. Contact us for details in unlocking on an offline machine.

Support

  • Contact us directly for license support

  • Connect with the community on Discord for tech and creative support

Specs

Price

$45.00 USD

plus taxes if required

Compatible host app

Adobe After Effects, Animate, Photoshop –requires Rosetta on MacOS
CC 2019 and newer (including the latest)

Install type

ZXP extension (how to install)

OS support

  • Windows 7 SP1 and newer

  • Mac 10.8.5 and newer

Licensing

Each license allows for 2 machines used by a single user

Languages

English, Español, Português, 日本語, Italiano, Français, Deutsch, Русский, 简体中文
Languages are detected by the Adobe app language

Network connection

An internet connection is not required to use, but is needed to authenticate. Contact us for details in unlocking on an offline machine.

Support

  • Contact us directly for license support

  • Connect with the community on Discord for tech and creative support

Specs

Price

$45.00 USD

plus taxes if required

Compatible host app

Adobe After Effects, Animate, Photoshop –requires Rosetta on MacOS
CC 2019 and newer (including the latest)

Install type

ZXP extension (how to install)

OS support

  • Windows 7 SP1 and newer

  • Mac 10.8.5 and newer

Licensing

Each license allows for 2 machines used by a single user

Languages

English, Español, Português, 日本語, Italiano, Français, Deutsch, Русский, 简体中文
Languages are detected by the Adobe app language

Network connection

An internet connection is not required to use, but is needed to authenticate. Contact us for details in unlocking on an offline machine.

Support

  • Contact us directly for license support

  • Connect with the community on Discord for tech and creative support

Design and animation and alchemy.

Stare into the void.

2024 Battle Axe inc.

Design and animation and alchemy.

Stare into the void.

2024 Battle Axe inc.

Design and animation and alchemy.

Stare into the void.

2024 Battle Axe inc.