What It Does
Shortcakes takes selected clips on your timeline and arranges them into a split-screen grid. You pick how many clips to line up on each axis, press a button, and the extension handles all the resizing and positioning. It works in both After Effects and Premiere Pro, and adapts to different clip sizes, aspect ratios, and sequence formats including widescreen and vertical.
In After Effects, selected layers in a composition are stacked and arranged from top to bottom. The basic logic mirrors the Premiere Pro version closely.
Key Features
Grid-based layout. Input X and Y values to define how many clips appear across and down. Shortcakes positions and scales every selected clip to fit that grid automatically, no manual transform work needed.
Borders, numbering, and shapes. Customizable borders and numbers can be added to each cell. If you’re building a reference sheet or a numbered multi-cam layout, this saves a lot of repetitive work.
Save Option. The “Save Option” button exports your border, numbering, and shape settings as a PNG file. Checking the “importFile” option also pulls that PNG directly into your project, which is handy for archiving or reusing a specific look.
Broad format support. Works across varying clip sizes and sequence sizes, so it’s not limited to standard 16:9 timelines.
Who It’s For
Shortcakes is useful for editors and motion designers who regularly build comparison screens, multi-cam layouts, social content grids, or any deliverable that puts multiple video clips side by side. Tasks that would otherwise involve manually scaling and aligning four, six, or eight clips get reduced to a few clicks.
Pricing
Shortcakes is a one-time purchase at $24. A free trial is available via aescripts.com. Upgrade pricing may be available for previous purchasers when logged in.
