Step 01 / 03
Run the Flowy for Adobe installer
Flowy for Adobe is one installer for After Effects, Premiere Pro and Photoshop. Download it for your system and run it.
Flowy for Adobe installer
Flowy for
After Effects
In the plugin
- Generate
- Agent chat
- Draw to Edit
- Sync with Flowy
- Library
Generate into your comp. Never leave After Effects.
A panel built around generation: an agent that builds and animates compositions, Draw to Edit on any frame, and live sync with Flowy.
Plugins
Works inside the tools you use
01Get started
Three steps and you are working
- Step 02 / 03
Restart After Effects
Restart After Effects so it picks up the new panel.
After Effects → Restart
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Open the panel and sign in
Open Window › Extensions › Flowy and sign in.
Window → Extensions → Flowy
02What it does
What you can make without leaving After Effects
01
A home built around generation
Open the panel to a hero Generate card, your last generations, category tabs and a grid of tools you can save. Update and announcement notices show up in the header, next to an Agent status pill.
02
Chat with an agent that builds your comp
Describe what you want and the Flowy agent builds and animates compositions in your project. Every change is a single undo step, and anything that spends credits waits for your approval.
03
Sync with Flowy
Pull a Flowy composition into After Effects, edit on the timeline, and push your changes back. Syncing is live and conflict-safe, so you choose what wins when both sides moved.
04
Draw to Edit
Grab a frame, paint over what you want to remove, add or replace, describe the change, and Flowy edits the image or the video.
05
Drag results to the timeline
Drag any generation from the panel straight onto your timeline, or import it at the playhead in one click. No downloads folder in between.
06
Generate straight into the timeline
Generate images and video from a prompt, a comp frame or a selected layer. Results land in your project panel and drop into the active comp.
05Credits
Runs on your Flowy credits
The plugin uses the credits in your workspace, shared with the web app and every other plugin. Results also save to your Flowy library.
06Questions
Before you install
The short answers about running Flowy inside After Effects. Still stuck? See what shipped.
Which versions of After Effects work?
After Effects 2024 (version 24.0) or newer, on macOS 11 or later (Apple silicon and Intel) or Windows 10 or later (64-bit).
Which tools are included?
Generation from a prompt, a comp frame or a layer, an agent chat that builds and animates compositions, Draw to Edit, Sync with Flowy, your workspace Library and a grid of one-click quick tools. The Flowy for Adobe installer also installs Flowy for Photoshop through Creative Cloud, so Creative Cloud needs to be on the machine for that part.
How does sign-in work?
Open the panel and choose Sign in. It takes you through your normal Flowy sign-in in the browser and brings you back to After Effects with your workspace connected.
Do I need an account, and what does it cost?
You need a Flowy account. The After Effects plugin runs on the credits in your Flowy workspace, the same credits the web app uses, so there is nothing separate to buy. Plans and credit packs are on the pricing page. See pricing
Where do my results go?
Results come back into After Effects, and they are also saved to your Flowy library, so you can find them again on the web, on the canvas or in any other plugin.
Does it need an internet connection?
Yes. Generation and the one-click tools run on Flowy, so After Effects needs to be online to sign in, spend credits and bring results back.
Are my files used to train models?
What After Effects sends to Flowy is handled under the same terms as the rest of Flowy. The privacy policy is the source of truth for how content is stored and used. Read the privacy policy
Can I use the results commercially?
Commercial use follows your Flowy plan, exactly as it does on the web. Check the plan you are on and the terms for the details. Read the terms
I already have the Flowy panel. What happens when I install this?
The installer updates it in place. Your sign-in, workspace and agent permission carry over on first launch, and your docked panel layout keeps working.
The panel does not appear. What should I do?
On macOS, Control-click the installer and choose Open, then Open again. On Windows, choose More info and Run anyway. If the panel does not appear after restarting After Effects, reinstall and look under Window › Extensions › Flowy.
07Use it anywhere
