Install & update¶
Install into After Effects¶
- Select an item from your library and open the detail panel.
- Choose the install target (After Effects version). Installed After Effects versions are detected automatically.
- Press Install — the item is placed in the correct folder for its type.
| Type | Install target |
|---|---|
| Script | Scripts |
| ScriptUI panel | Scripts › ScriptUI Panels |
| Effect plugin | Plug-ins |
| CEP extension | CEP Extensions |
| Installer | Run (individually) |
Custom folders
Add a custom install folder in Settings to place items somewhere other than After Effects.
Batch install¶
Select items in multi-select mode and install them all in one action. Even when admin privileges are required, you are prompted only once.
Installers run individually
Installers such as .pkg / .exe / .msi are run individually,
not in a batch.
Administrator privileges & passwords¶
When installing (or uninstalling) to a location that requires administrator privileges to write — such as After Effects' system folders — you'll be asked to confirm. No confirmation is needed for locations you can write to (your home folder or custom folders).
You're prompted for your administrator password.
- The password is kept in memory only while the app is running and is never written to disk.
- Enter it once per launch; the rest of the session installs without prompting.
- You can lock the auth session manually from Administrator auth in Settings.
A User Account Control (UAC) confirmation dialog appears.
- UAC can't be cached like a password, so it appears for each operation that needs elevation.
- For a batch install, a single confirmation covers the whole batch.
Updating¶
After swapping files, press Update to reinstall the latest files into the recorded install location.
How "installed" is determined¶
Pluxel records install locations. Once you press the install button, the item is treated as installed and the history appears in the detail panel.
Checking the install location¶
For installed items, the absolute path where the files were placed is shown in the detail panel.
- Copy — Copy the path to the clipboard
- Open — Open the folder in Finder (macOS) / Explorer (Windows) with the file selected
The same actions are available for each entry under "Other install locations".
Uninstalling¶
From the install history in the detail panel, uninstall per location. The placed files are removed and the record is cleared.