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Limber 2
The most-loved rigging tool for After Effects.Check out the new features in version 2
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Simple…
Draw a bendy path, click a button and 💥 - it’s a limb.
Or take three circles and two art layers, click the same button and again - it's a limb, with perfectly rotating joints. For raster layers you can use either method - no need to move anchor points or parent anything.
Limber 2 does it all: Vector art, raster art, bendy paths, puppet-pins, faux-3D tapers and over 100 presets in the Limb Library.
Art by Gaspart and Troy Browne.
“Limber is the most intuitive rigging system I’ve used, which was a big help in making the character animation process less daunting to me.” - Ben Marriott
…yet powerful
Our three animation modes make everything a joy to animate, whether you’re a rigging rookie or a crack character animator.
IK - All limbs can be stretchy (or not). Anti-pop will smooth out tricky walk cycles. Easy foreshortening with separate lengths.
FK - For overlapping action, breaking joints, cross-body moves and perfect arcs.
FreeK - For front walk or run cycles and otherwise-impossible dimensional moves.
Animated by Philip Nordström using IK, FK and FreeK.
Limber is a one-off purchase that lasts forever, not a subscription.
Made by animators…
Limber is passionately designed and maintained by two experienced character animators.
We are Steve and Mike. We were character animators for almost a decade before we figured we could use everything we’d learned to build a tool that works the way an artist needs. Something both simple and powerful.
See what some of our users have said about Limber on just one of our YouTube videos:
Click here to instantly download a feature-limited* 10-day trial.
…for animators
We love animation, and we love supporting animators to make their best work.
Our series of YouTube videos will teach you the fundamentals in your coffee breaks. The rich, online User Guide is the definitive reference manual for when you need it (which probably won't be often).
Something you want to ask? Join our dedicated Discord community or you can simply email me - I always enjoy helping folks to get the most out of our tools.
“I pretty much use Limber for all purposes unless necessary now.” - Fraser Davidson, Cub Studio
What's New ?
Version 2 adds a ton of new features and improvements. Here are just a few of them:
If you purchased Limber v1 after May 1st 2024, you can upgrade for just $16. If you purchased it before then, you can upgrade for $49. Log in to aescripts and the discounted price will be shown at checkout. If you need help, open a support ticket.
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Version History
2.1.2 -
Nov 24, 2025
• Fixed expression causing Path limbs to glitch in certain rare circumstances
2.1.1 -
Nov 17, 2025
• Updated licensing framework to v4.4.2
• Fix upversion file cleaning
2.1 -
Nov 10, 2025
• Support for 3-Bone Limbs
Changed
• Updated license framework to v4.4.1
• Various minor bug fixes and improvements
2.0.6 -
Feb 26, 2025
Changed
• Locator auto-rotation algorithm now uses shortest route.
• Limb Library intro text is now dynamically sourced from the online repo.
• The Limb Library thumbnail image cache is now automatically purged when the online repo is updated.
2.0.5 -
Feb 3, 2025
Added
• Offline Limb Library - Ability to use a locally installed copy of the Limb Library repo.
2.0.4 -
Dec 9, 2024
Added
• UI panel customization - the main UI panel button groups can now be disabled and re-enabled in Settings (changes take effect on re-launch)
• Name swapping - the Rename button will now swap the layer names between two limbs you have selected
Changed
• Improved compatibility with Bodymovin for web (default limbs no longer need expressions converting to keyframes)
• Settings panel layout improved for small screens
Fixed
• Indicator layers cannot also be Art layers in the New Limb panel dropdowns
2.0.3 -
Oct 22, 2024
Changed
• Updated license framework to v4.3.1
2.0.2 -
Oct 15, 2024
Changed
• Limber will now use AE 2025's new Spectrum 2 UI components in AE2025 and up
• Limber's main UI Panel icons no longer change color on button mouseover in AE 2024 and below
• Changed the Limb Library panel layout to work better on smaller screen sizes
• Updated license framework to v4.3.0
Fixed
• Fixed an issue that caused AE to slow down or crash when Microsoft Windows display scale was set to 125%
• Fixed a bug when rigging a Puppet limb from a source layer with separated dimesions
2.0.1 -
Sep 10, 2024
Changed
Updated license framework to v4.2.0
Fixed
Fixed limb library filepath configs for some Window users
Fix for -38 license deactivation error
2.0.0 -
Sep 4, 2024
Added
• Support for rigging any type of layer into new Precomp Limbs
• Support for rigging Puppet Pinned layers into new Puppet limbs
• Integrated Rig & Pose and Path to Bone into Indicators which can be used to rig any type of limb (except the new Puppet limbs)
• Free Kinematics (FreeK) animation mode
• Fully integrated, expanded and centralized Limb Library
• Locator layers to track any point on a limb
• New Auto-scale property to scale limbs automatically
• Artwork can now be added to a limb with a single click
• All-new dynamic UI
• New Auto-flop system to automatically control bend direction
• New Flip Art property to flip asymmetrical limbs left-to-right
Changed
• Renamed Bones to Path limbs
• Moved styling properties to pseudo effect on the limb layer
• Removed FK and Joint Controllers (replaced by Locators)
• Swapped Paste and ALT-Paste behaviours
• Improved IK-FK blending algorithm to use shortest route
• Improved Clockwise interpolation to appear more linear
• Swapped Paste and ALT-Paste behaviours
Compatibility
After Effects
2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018