What is a .AEP file?
AEP is an Adobe After Effects project file. Created and opened by Adobe After Effects.
- Did you know
- After Effects began in 1993 and is the standard tool for motion graphics and VFX compositing.
- After Effects was first built by the Company of Science and Art in Providence, Rhode Island, before Aldus and then Adobe acquired it.
- An AEP file does not store video itself - it records the layers, effects and keyframes that reference your source clips.
- As video editing
- Identify and read video-editing project files: Adobe After Effects (AEP, AET, AEPX) - walks the RIFX chunk tree for compositions, layers, effect match-names and asset paths; Adobe Premiere Pro / Elements (PRPROJ, PREL) - sequence, media-item and clip counts plus media paths; Sony / MAGIX VEGAS Pro (VEG, VF); DaVinci Resolve from Blackmagic Design (DRP, DRT); Wondershare Filmora (WFP, WSP); and CapCut drafts (draft_content.json) - canvas resolution, duration, tracks and material counts.
- As adobe
- Identify Adobe project files and read their metadata: Photoshop (PSD, PSB), Illustrator (AI), InDesign (INDD), After Effects (AEP, AEPX, AET) with composition / layer / effect and asset extraction, Premiere Pro and Elements (PRPROJ, PREL) with sequence and media counts, XD, Animate (FLA), and Lightroom.
- Depth of analysis
- .AEP is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .AEP file
- Drag a .AEP file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.