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Hide every null in your comp with one click (free AE script)
Your timeline is full of nulls: camera controllers, position rigs, expression helpers. You need them, but you don't need to stare at them while you animate.
NULL VIS is a tiny After Effects panel with one eye button:
- Click it, and every null in the active comp is hidden.
- Click again, and they're back exactly as they were. Nulls you had switched off yourself stay off.
- Tick Shy, and the nulls also disappear from the timeline list.
- Optional: include nested precomps (in the "…" menu).
The state is stored inside the comp, so it survives saving and reopening the project. Undo and Redo work.
📦 INSTALL (Windows and Mac)
- Download the zip below and unzip it somewhere permanent.
- Quick try: File → Scripts → Run Script File… → src/NULL VIS.jsx
- Dockable panel: copy NULL VIS.jsx into the ScriptUI Panels folder (Windows: Program Files/Adobe/Adobe After Effects <version>/Support Files/Scripts/ScriptUI Panels · Mac: Applications/Adobe After Effects <version>/Scripts/ScriptUI Panels), restart AE and open Window → NULL VIS.
💡 GOOD TO KNOW
- Restore before you duplicate a comp that's currently hidden.
- With Shy on, AE also hides other layers you had already marked Shy.
- Tested on After Effects 2026 (Windows). Should work on AE 2022 and newer. On a Mac? Tell me if it works for you.
Free for personal and client projects. Please don't re-upload or resell it. Share the link to the Lab instead.
What would you add to it? Tell me in the comments 👇
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Hide every null in your comp with one click (free AE script)
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