CRIT Bridge
Let the design travel. Keep the decisions intact.
Move supported Figma shapes and text into editable After Effects layers. Bring a palette back as Figma paint styles.
- Figma plugin
- Free
- Stable since Jul 2026
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The handoff is part of the design.
Names, positions, colours and typography are decisions, not incidental details. Rebuilding them in another application introduces a second round of work and a new opportunity for drift. CRIT Bridge carries supported design elements into After Effects and makes missing fonts visible at import.
Send real layers
Rectangles, ellipses, text and filled frames arrive in After Effects as editable layers.
Carry the details
Layer names, positions, colours and fonts travel with the supported elements.
Make missing fonts visible
Fonts that are not installed are reported instead of silently substituted.
Bring the palette back
Paste palette JSON from Crit Panel to create Figma paint styles for the return journey.
One workflow, two tools.
CRIT Bridge handles the Figma side. Crit Panel handles the After Effects side. Send the frame in one direction, bring the palette back in the other.
- Scope
- A selected frame or the whole page
- To After Effects
- Supported shapes, text and filled frames
- To Figma
- Palette JSON becomes paint styles
Crit Panel, inside After Effects.
Build a colour harmony and apply it across selected layers, then send the palette back to Figma.
Good to know.
The return journey uses pasted JSON. It is not a live connection: edits made after an import do not update existing After Effects layers automatically. Send the frame again when the design changes.
The return journey uses pasted JSON.
It is not a live connection: edits made after an import do not update existing After Effects layers automatically.
Send the frame again when the design changes.