Free Download CenterLine. Built for After Effects, this plugin turns raster artwork into clean, single-pixel skeletal vector paths, giving bitmap sketches, logos, and calligraphy a practical route into native Shape Layers.
Using Zhang-Suen thinning, Schneider Bézier fitting, and Ramer-Douglas-Peucker optimization, it creates lightweight paths ready for smooth Trim Paths write-on animations in windows-based motion design workflows.
Compatibility
After Effects
2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022
What is CenterLine?
CenterLine is an After Effects plugin that turns raster artwork into clean, single-pixel skeletal vector paths for practical motion design work.
Using Zhang-Suen thinning, Schneider Bézier fitting, and Ramer-Douglas-Peucker optimization, it converts bitmap sketches, logos, or calligraphy into lightweight native Shape Layers, making them ready for smooth write-on animations with Trim Paths.
Overview of CenterLine
CenterLine by Aescripts is an After Effects plugin built to extract clean, single-pixel skeletal vector paths from raster artwork, including bitmap sketches, logos, and calligraphy.
It uses Zhang-Suen thinning, Schneider Bézier fitting, and Ramer-Douglas-Peucker optimization to convert artwork into lightweight, native After Effects Shape Layers.
For artists and motion designers working with drawn or scanned graphics, CenterLine makes those paths ready for smooth write-on animation with Trim Paths and other shape-layer workflows.
Features of CenterLine
- Works directly as an After Effects plugin, turning raster artwork into native Shape Layers for use inside your motion design workflow.
- Extracts clean, single-pixel skeletal vector paths from bitmap-based artwork.
- Supports common visual sources such as bitmap sketches, logos, and calligraphy.
- Uses Zhang-Suen thinning to reduce artwork into precise centerline path data.
- Applies Schneider Bézier fitting to create smooth vector curves from the extracted paths.
- Uses Ramer-Douglas-Peucker optimization to keep the resulting paths lightweight and efficient.
- Instantly converts raster input into editable After Effects Shape Layers.
- Prepares artwork for smooth write-on animations using Trim Paths.
- Creates clean vector paths that are ready for further After Effects shape animation work.
How to install CenterLine
- Close After Effects before installing CenterLine 1.0.0. This helps After Effects read the new Plugin files cleanly when it starts again.
- Locate the CenterLine folder from your provided files. Keep the folder structure as it is. Do not rename files unless your source instructions say so.
- On windows, copy the CenterLine extension folder to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\
- On Mac, copy the CenterLine extension folder to: system disk/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions. In Chinese systems, Library may be shown as resource library.
- Open After Effects after copying the folder. Check the extensions area in After Effects for CenterLine.
- If CenterLine does not appear, confirm the folder is placed directly inside the CEP extensions directory, then restart After Effects and check again.
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Technical Details and System Requirements
CenterLine is an After Effects plugin by Aescripts, version 1.0.0. It converts raster artwork into clean, single-pixel skeletal vector paths using Zhang-Suen thinning, Schneider Bézier fitting, and Ramer-Douglas-Peucker optimization. The plugin turns bitmap sketches, logos, and calligraphy into native After Effects Shape Layers, making them ready for smooth write-on animation with Trim Paths. Its main software requirement is After Effects compatibility, with no extra platform details provided in the source brief.
1.0.1 -Jun 8, 2026
– New Line Cap Feature Added – Under Output Style Group- New Merge By Shape Feature Added – Under Merge Operations Group- Technical Issues Fixed
CenterLine Demo and Download
To download CenterLine from vfxdownload.net, open the CenterLine page and scroll to the download section. Click the download button shown there and follow the page instructions. CenterLine is an After Effects plugin by Aescripts that turns raster artwork into single-pixel skeletal vector paths and creates native Shape Layers, useful for smooth write-on animations with Trim Paths.
Aescripts CenterLine v1.0.0 (WIN+MAC) | Size: 28.87 MB
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