As I showed last week (i.e. ~3 million years ago in AI time!), it’s now possible to use AI to choreograph the creation of complex animations using After Effects:

Seriously…GPT 6 can do this now?

Here are the prompts i used: https://t.co/UVeZrYttn2

Try out Higgsfield: https://t.co/TqemDrxPBJ

GPT-6 can now control After Effects directly, designing any motion graphic you want from a simple style reference and building it out layer… pic.twitter.com/dzSfYtLzDw

— Rourke Heath (@rourke_heath) September 10, 2026

Here’s a solid 8-minute tutorial on how to get up and running:

Summary courtesy of Gemini:

The three-step workflow:

1. Storyboarding (1:50 – 4:05): Before building, use Astra to generate a storyboard. This ensures visual alignment and prevents inefficient prompting loops. You can also provide reference videos for Astra to analyze and use as stylistic inspiration.
2. Prompting & Building (4:05 – 6:23): Provide a detailed prompt to Codex describing your desired scenes (beats) and effects. You can use provided templates from the creator’s GitHub repository. The AI will then generate scripts, perform the animation in After Effects, and automatically check its own work before presenting the final project.
3. Editing (6:23 – 7:52): Finalize your project using follow-up prompts to refine specific graphics, transitions, or audio. The creator emphasizes the importance of human oversight, especially for managing transition speeds between scenes.