Do the work. Skip the busywork.
Altar is an infinitely customizable After Effects toolbox. Start with Selection Tools, arrange the Canvas around your work, and add your own trusted actions. This manual is written for motion designers who already know their way around a comp.
It documents the current release only. Anything still on the roadmap lives in the changelog, not in here.
Start with the job
Install Altar, open the toolbox, and get past the first launch without a support ticket.
Finish one focused selection task in a few clicks, then keep shaping the Canvas around your workflow.
Learn how Altar combines built-in Tools with the scripts, presets, effects, and commands you already trust.
Start with the toolbox
Browse the manual
What Altar is, how to install it, and the fastest route to a first useful result with a Selection Tool.
The customizable toolbox. Learn the Canvas, arrange your own workspace, add your scripts and presets, and look up any built-in Tool.
Compatibility, troubleshooting, modifiers, privacy, and the answers people ask for most.