AFTER EFFECTS PLUGIN · TEXTURE

ASheng
Pop

One effect,
wall-to-wall pop art.

Halftone dots, checkerboard, sunburst, stripes, houndstooth, Memphis shapes… 20 pop-art patterns and 34 built-in presets ready to use. To tune it yourself there are gradients, self-running scroll and breathe, a handmade stop-motion jitter, and print textures like paper grain, uneven ink and misregistration; patterns can fill text directly too.

Apple Silicon · M seriesmacOS 14 or laterAfter Effects 2026GPU accelerated

10 USD · 365-day license · 1 Mac

Buy license ↗Download for Mac Already licensed? Activate

Output is watermarked until a license is activated. The license runs from the time of purchase and does not auto-renew; buy another to keep using it after it expires. The Golden Pass already includes Pop. Prices follow the live plan on the purchase page.

Frame from the Pop Art Red Dots preset — Click above to switch · every frame is rendered by the plugin with a built-in preset only, no extra tweaks

Patterns

20 patterns,
one dropdown.

From classic halftone dots, checkerboard and sunburst to houndstooth, plaid, zebra and Memphis shapes. Each pattern has its own controls — spacing, size, angle, curl, aspect ratio — and checkerboard and sunburst can be “uneven”, giving cells and beams varied widths. Every image below uses default values with only the palette changed.

Halftone dots pattern — 01 Halftone Dots

Halftone gradient pattern — 02 Halftone Gradient

Diagonal stripes pattern — 05 Diagonal Stripes

Big polka dots pattern — 07 Big Polka Dots

Small geometry pattern — 12 Small Geometry

Concentric ripples pattern — 14 Concentric Ripples

Triangle tiles pattern — 17 Triangle Tiles

⏩ Motion

No keyframes —
the background moves on its own.

“Motion” offers scroll, breathe or both; breathe can be set in beats per minute to follow the music. Concentric ripples and spirals expand outward instead. “Stop-Motion Jitter” changes every 2, 3 or 4 frames for a hand-drawn, stop-motion feel. Everything also has “Manual” for keyframing yourself.

Rotating sunburstBuilt-in preset “Variety Sunburst · Rotate”.

Scrolling stripesBuilt-in preset “Candy Stripes · Scroll”.

Beat breathe120 BPM; the dots shrink and swell.

Stop-motion jitterChanges every 2 frames, like it was drawn by hand.

Concentric rippleRings pushing outward one after another.

SpiralThe spiral turns as it grows outward.

Gradients and uneven division

Dots that grow from small to large,
cells wide and narrow.

“Gradient” grows dots, hexagons and triangles from one end to the other: direction, start, end, length and offset are adjustable, with one-click reverse. Checkerboard and sunburst have “Distribution”: even, alternating, random, then “Unevenness” and a seed to find the rhythm you want.

Blue dots growing from top left to bottom right — **Halftone gradient**Dots grow along one direction.

Navy dots growing outward from the center — **Radial dots**Growing outward from the center.

Pink hexagons shrinking from large to small — **Hexagon gradient**Tiles take gradients too.

Pink and black even checkerboard — **Checkerboard · Even**Every cell the same size.

Pink and black uneven checkerboard — **Checkerboard · Random uneven**Cells wide and narrow, still aligned in a grid.

Sunburst with uneven beams — **Sunburst · Random uneven**Each beam a different angle, still closing a full circle.

Print texture

Like it was really printed on paper.

Pop art came from print to begin with. “Paper Grain” adds fiber, “Uneven Ink” varies the density, “Misregistration” prints the colors slightly off. Tick “Advanced Print” for patchy ink, dropouts, ragged edges and bleed, each with its own amount; a new “Texture Seed” is a new sheet of paper.

Clean red halftone dots — **Clean**All texture off: a clean vector look.

Red dots with paper grain and uneven ink — **Paper grain + uneven ink**Paper fiber and ink that varies in density.

Misregistered dots with yellow and magenta at the edges — **Misregistration**Colors printed slightly off, other hues peeking out at the edges.

Dots on rough paper with missing ink — **Advanced print**Rough paper, dropouts, ragged edges, bleed.

On text and logos

Patterns fill the letters,
and move with them.

Add Pop to a text or shape layer and “Output” offers three modes: Pattern Fill (the pattern fills the letters), Over Source (keeps the text color with the pattern on top, six blend modes), Alpha Matte (the pattern cuts the text’s transparency only). Tick “Follow Transform” and the pattern travels with the text as it scales, rotates and moves, instead of sitting behind it like wallpaper.

White “POP” on black — **Original text**An ordinary white text layer.

Red halftone dots filling the letters POP — **Pattern fill**Dots and background fill the letters directly.

Red dots over the white letters POP — **Over source**The white text stays, red dots on top.

The letters POP cut into dots — **Alpha matte**The pattern becomes the text’s transparency; the color stays white.

Transparent background, over any footage

Semi-transparent dots over blue footage — **Transparent dots**Background opacity 0, dots only.

Crosshatch over purple footage — **Transparent crosshatch**Lines only, over video.

Preset library

Once it’s tuned,
save it as your own preset.

The 34 built-in presets go into the library at install; “Open Preset Library” shows thumbnails and applies with one click; “Save Current Settings” stores what you tuned for later projects. Palettes include Pink Pop, Blue Comic, Pop Art, Silkscreen, Candy and Night Pop, and you can set your own background and ink colors.

What’s different

Making a pop-art background —
Pop wants to cost you less time.

What you want	The usual way	ASheng Pop
Dots, checkerboard, sunburst backgrounds	Find stock images, and find again when the resolution is too low	20 patterns computed directly, sharp at any size
Dots growing from small to large	Stack a gradient and a halftone effect, then trial-and-error the settings	One gradient control group: direction, length, reverse
A moving background	Keyframe position and rotation or write expressions	⏩ Scroll, breathe, ripple — moves once selected, even to the beat
A printed feel	Stack paper textures and noise separately	Paper grain, uneven ink, misregistration, dropouts and ragged edges built in
Patterns in text	Make the background, then a track matte	Add it to the text and choose “Pattern Fill”; the pattern moves with the text

Getting started

Three steps to get going.

Requires an Apple Silicon (M-series) Mac, macOS 14 or later and After Effects 2026. No Intel Mac or Windows version yet.

Download the installer
Click “Download for Mac” on this page and unzip. The installer is notarized by Apple.
Quit AE, then install
Save your project, quit After Effects completely with Cmd+Q, then open the installer.
Add it to a layer
Reopen AE, find ASheng_T_Pop under “ASheng - Texture”, add it to a solid, text or shape layer, then open the “Preset Library” and pick one.

Good to know

Where is it in AE?

Under “ASheng - Texture” in the Effect menu; the name is ASheng_T_Pop.

Does the Golden Pass cover it?

Yes. The Golden Pass covers every ASheng AE plugin, including future releases, so Pop activates directly.

Which kind of layer should it go on?

As a background, a solid layer is simplest; to fill text, add it to a text or shape layer and choose “Pattern Fill” or “Alpha Matte”.

Does it blur when scaled up?

No. The pattern is computed live by the plugin, not a bitmap, so 4K and larger comps are just as sharp.

Which bit depths are supported?

8-, 16- and 32-bit are all supported.

Does it use the GPU?

Yes. Patterns render on the Apple Silicon GPU (Metal); when the GPU is unavailable it falls back to the CPU with the same result, only slower.

Can I use it without a license?

Yes, you can try it with a watermark on the output. With a valid Pop license NFT or Golden Pass, click “Activate / Manage License” in the “License” group of the effect panel to activate.

See the Golden Pass All plugins

ASheng Pop

20 patterns,one dropdown.

No keyframes —the background moves on its own.

Dots that grow from small to large,cells wide and narrow.