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What is ArrowHead?
ArrowHead is a Time-Saving add-on that creates, edits and animate Arrows in After Effects.
Comprised of ArrowHead Script Panel and ArrowHead Effect, you can create and handle multiple arrows simultaneously, so you can have any Arrow in the most Easy and Professional way.
Abilities:
⋅ Shape Layer based.
⋅ Native ArrowHeads Shapes.
⋅ Simple and Robust UI panel and Effect.
⋅ Attach Custom Layers as ArrowHeads.
⋅ Full Control of the Arrow’s Head and Tail.
⋅ Duplicate Arrow Set command for Attached Custom ArrowHeads.
⋅ Create and Update multiple Arrow layers.
⋅ CC – CC 2023 Compatible, Mac and PC (and CS6 see Below).
⋅ Supports all Languages.
WATCH THE PROMO
WATCH THE TUTORIAL
Create/Edit Multiple Arrows at-once!
and so much more... with the ArrowHead Script UI
Animate Arrows with the Built-in Effect!
“Man! If I had ArrowHead I Could finish the job in Infinity War in one part! (… and 12 minutes long…)”
Hawkeye, May 2018
Compatibility
- CC-CC2023 compatible
- Windows and Mac OSX
- CS6 minor UI incompatibility -> does not affect functionality.
License
- Internet Connection is required for activation.
- License is valid for one computer, for all After Effects versions installed.
- 20% discount for 5 or more Licenses, applies automatically at checkout
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Best arrow plugin on the internet by far! For years I was waiting for a plugin like this, as animating a growing line with an arrowhead going through twists and turns was such a complex, tedious, and time-consuming process. This plugin makes it super easy and fast. All the rotating is done for you automatically and the plugin is extremely customizable. A lot of thought clearly went into this plugin, and the designer has thought of everything! Very happy customer! I also purchased the Counter preset which likewise covers everything I could wish to do with counters easily and fast and takes all the guess work out of it.
does exist something similar for premier cc?
Not that I’m aware of, although you can create it in After Effects and control it from premiere through the essential graphics panel
Does this work OK with AE 2018?
Hi David, yes. ArrowHead fully supports all CC versions of After Effects including CC 2018 version
Do You have arrows with nummbers?
Hi Pawel, if you mean to change the ArrowHeads to numbers, then yes. You can attach any layer to be the ArrowHead. If you mean something else please contact us through the contact page
is it free for lifetime, once i purchase it.
Yep! ArrowHead License is forever
THANKS
THANKS
I am a total noob to AE here but I cant seem to get my arrows to animate. Please help!
Hi Hien
Please go through the ArrowHead tutorial to learn how to use it:
https://www.vdodna.com/tutorials/arrowhead-script-walktrough/
If you have a specific issue, you can contact us through the support site.
Hi, if I purchase this can I use it to AE cc 2017, mac os high sierra?
Hi Pinsala, Arrowhead works on all CC versions of after effects (2012-2020), and on any operating system.
I have used arrowhead for a little while now and suddenly the script wont load anymore, I get Script alert error that there are invalid base64 characters in the input text, and Error at line #3 Error: JSON.parse. I need this to work for a project with a large amount of animated arrows.
I’ve tried to remove the scripts and put them back in again but then it just dont show at all.
Hi Gustav
Updating after effects to version 17.0.5 is causing this issue.
We launched an update resolving this issue last week (v1.3.4), license key is needed for this update.
Please download it from your account page.
Let us know if this solves your issue
Hi, If I generate a pathway with an expression so that I can animate its trajectory ( not just trim, real shape change ), can I then apply this plugin to turn it into an arrow ?
Thanks !
Hi! This version of Arrowhead works on paths with no animation to their shape. The next release of ArrowHead will include the ability to work also with animated paths, and more… but no release date yet…
Is it done ? Sorry to harass you … 🙂
It’s gonna take some time…
Ok ! I’ll be back ( in 2025 ) 😛 Thanks !
😂 it will happen sooner, hopefully 🙂
Hi Recard
We replied to your contact email, please reply to the email so we can quickly solve your issue
Hello – this looks great. Is it possible to set a custom arrow head as default, so you don’t have to manually re-apply your custom arrow head to every new arrow that you create?
Hi Tom
Custom arrow head requires additional layers, so it is not possible to save as a default.
Hello, i am not able to find the “Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network” one imac 11.1
On Mac you can find it in the menu: After Effects-> preferences->scripting & Expressions
Hi there. How do you install ArrowHeads Trial plugin? I have no idea which folders to drop it into? Thank you for clarifying.
You are right!
We added the Trial installation instructions to the zip file, please download it again.
Hey there. Purchased several months ago and I have been enjoying the script. My problem with it is that there’s no preset system. I basically have to create every single arrow from scratch every time I open a new project. I work with basically the same arrow because of brand guidelines and yeah it’s a pain to have to build the same exact arrow from scratch every single time.
create – open tail – dont show – open layer properties – contents – line – stroke – butt cap < head – stroke – milter join < head – reduce size.
Over and over and over 🙁
Any chance you can include a save preset system? I think it would elevate the script to god tier! Thanks!
Hi Brian!
It is very easy to create ArrowHead Presets, please follow these instructions:
https://support.vdodna.com/faq/arrowhead/#2157
Any way to scale-animate the arrow from the center (symmetrically)?
cheers
Yes! Set Start and End to 50% place first keyframe on both to begin the animation, go to the time of the desired animation ending, and set Start to 0% and End to 100%.
This will create your desired animation.
Cheers!
AE101… thanks
😂 anytime 🙂