What It Does
Prism 2 automates label color assignment in After Effects, turning your timeline and project panel from a visual mess into an organized system. Select layers or project items, click a button, and watch labels change based on hierarchy, type, or naming patterns. Helpful when wrangling complex comps or importing messy projects.
Key Features
Colour Each. Assigns the same label color to all selected layers or items. Click again to cycle through colors. Hold Alt to assign each layer a different color, repeating the palette when you run out.
Colour by Hierarchy. Colors all layers in the same parent chain with one label, or colors project items by nested depth. Useful for tracking rigged character parts or understanding precomp structure at a glance.
Colour by Type. Groups all layers of the same type (solids, shapes, text, etc.) under one label color. Makes it easy to spot all your adjustment layers or null objects.
Colour by Name. Assigns labels based on shared prefixes using delimiters like “Left” and “Right”, “L”/“R”, or custom separators. Designed for character rigs where naming conventions already exist.
Colour Masks. Works like Colour Each but targets masks instead of layers. Hold Alt to cycle different colors per mask.
Headless Mode. Includes individual script files for each button, letting you trigger functions through kbar, Quick Menu, or other launchers without opening the panel.
Who It’s For
Motion designers working on character rigs, riggers organizing deep layer hierarchies, or anyone inheriting projects from other artists. If you color-code layers manually, this script does it in seconds.
Pricing
Prism 2 uses pay-what-you-want pricing. Download and try it, then name your own price to support the developers. Upgrade pricing available for owners of version 1 (login to check eligibility). Bundles with Labels script automatically apply a 20% discount at checkout.
Developed by Andrew Embury and Zack Lovatt.