After Effects Wiggle Panel: Add 12 Effect Buttons Using Cursor AI
April 17, 2025 · Mike Murphy
In this tutorial, we re-open the Wiggle Panel Project Folder in Cursor Ai and add 12 of my favorite effects for stop-motion & hand-drawn style animations in Adobe After Effects
Description
✨ In this tutorial, we re-open the Wiggle Panel Project Folder in Cursor Ai and add 12 of my favorite effects for stop-motion & hand-drawn style animations in Adobe After Effects
Watch On YouTube:
- Part 1: Getting Started Using Cursor AI
- Part 2: Build Basic ScriptUI Panel in After Effects
- Part 3: Add Wiggle Expression To After Effects Panel with Cursor AI
- Part 4: Add Sliders, Input Fields & Debug the Panel
- Playlist: Build a Wiggle Panel with Cursor AI
📦 What You’ll Learn
- Use Cursor AI to add effects as buttons to Wiggle Panel
- Update the existing .jsx file in ScriptUI panel
- Use Cursor AI to debug & fix errors
- How to make your Wiggle Panel even more awesome!
🧭 Effects Added To Wiggle Button:
- CC Vignette
- Fast Box Blur
- Fractal Noise
- Gaussian Blur
- Grain (Add Grain)
- Grid
- Offset
- Posterize Time
- Roughen Edges
- Turbulent Displace
- Turbulent Noise
- Venetian Blinds
🛠 Tools & Effects Used
- Adobe After Effects CC 2025: https://mikemurphy.co/adobe
- Download Cursor: https://cursor.com
⌨️Keyboard Shortcuts:
Cmd/Ctrl + i: Jump to Chat Panel
💾 ScriptUI Install Path (Mac):
- Applications…Adobe After Effects [version]…Scripts…ScriptUI Panels
📦 RESOURCES & DOWNLOADS
- 📰 AI Unplugged Newsletter: https://aiunplug.io
- 🎓 After Effects User Guide Course: https://aeuserguide.com
- 🎨 Terrapin Textures: https://terrapintextures.com
- 🔧 My Gear & AI Tools: https://mikemurphy.co/resources
🛠️ How To Modify Code & Add Fractal Noise Button Using Cursor AI
- Open Cursor
- Open Project Folder
- Press Cmd/Ctrl + i to jump cursor to Chat Panel
- Type in Text Prompt asking Cursor to add a button with Fractal Noise effect
- Drag & Drop screenshot of layout mockup
- Press Send
- Accept File generated by Cursor
🛠️ How To Add Code (.jsx) to After Effects Script UI Panel
- Open Project Folder
- Open ‘dev’ folder
- Copy .jsx file (Cmd/Ctrl + D)
- Click on Applications
- Click on Adobe After Effects [latest version]
- Click on ‘Scripts’
- Click on ‘ScriptsUI Panel’ and drag to Sidebar for shortcut
- Paste copied .jsx file in ScriptsUI Panel
- Press ‘Replace’
- Enter Mac Password
🛠️ How To Test Fractal Noise & Debug in After Effects
- Open After Effects
- Go to Window Menu
- Select ‘myaetools.jsx’ to open
- Create New Adjustment Layer
- Click the ‘Fractal Noise’ button
- You should see Fractal Noise Effect!
🛠️ How To Add Additional 11 Effect Buttons
- Open Cursor
- Open Project Folder
- Press Cmd/Ctrl + i to jump cursor to Chat Panel
- Type in Text Prompt asking Cursor to add 11 additional effects
- Drag & Drop screenshot of layout mockup
- Press Send
- Accept File generated by Cursor
- Replace JSX File
- Open After Effects
- Test Panel
🛠️ How To Debug & Fix Errors
- Take a screenshot of error
- Return To Cursor
- Ask Cursor to fix error
- Accept File
- Replace JSX file in After Effects
- Open After Effects
- Test Panel in all of its glory
- Celebrate & smile and enjoy your panel!
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction To Part 4
00:13 Current State of Wiggle Panel
00:47 Wiggle Panel Recap
01:53 Current Build Overview
02:42 Open Project Folder in Cursor
03:08 Prompt 1: Add Fractal Noise
03:49 Add Prompt To Cursor
04:04 Drag & Drop Screenshot
04:27 Highlighted Code (Green vs Red)
04:53 Replace JSX file in ScriptUI Panels Folder
05:44 Open After Effects & Test
06:40 Quit AE & Return To Cursor
06:54 Prompt 2: Add 11 Buttons
07:51 Add Prompt + Mockup Screenshot
08:22 Accepting & Rejecting Code Changes
08:56 Replace JSX file in After Effects
09:27 Error Message!
09:40 Debug & Troubleshoot
09:48 Prompt 3: Fix Error Message
10:19 Add Fix Prompt + Screenshot
11:23 Replace JSX File
11:41 Wiggle Button Success!
11:49 Redock Panels
12:21 Test CC Vignette
12:37 Tilde Key (~) Full Screen Panel
13:20 Test Alert For No Selected Property
13:40 CC Vignette Animation Tip
14:04 Add Wiggle To CC Vignette
14:25 Edit Expression
15:08 End of Project Build
16:12 Links in Description–cheers
💾 Resources & Downloads
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**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2025 (Click To Try or Buy)