AVENUE V PRODUCT
Helios
Production automation for Adobe After Effects.
Helios brings versioning, composition standards, naming, and render preparation into one focused panel built around real broadcast and creative-production workflows.
THE PROBLEM
Version-heavy production work adds up quickly.
Duplicating compositions, changing naming, updating formats and frame rates, managing qualifiers, and preparing outputs are necessary production tasks—but they can consume hours when repeated across large version sets.
THE SOLUTION
Centralize the repetitive work without changing the artist’s workflow.
Helios keeps those operations inside After Effects, giving artists focused controls for building versions, standardizing compositions, and preparing render outputs while preserving the project structure they already use.
CORE WORKFLOW
Build versions. Standardize comps. Prepare outputs.
01
Version Builder
Load active compositions or matching groups, preview the result, and generate version sets from a shared template structure. Optional qualifier, destination-folder, and comp-label controls keep the generated work organized.
- Active or matching-group composition selection
- Multi-version generation from existing templates
- Qualifier and folder options
- Preview before generation
02
Composition + Naming
Apply show and season naming, find and replace composition names, standardize dimensions, change frame rate and duration, and keep FPS naming aligned with the composition settings.
- Show + season naming controls
- Find and replace comp names
- HD, 4×5, vertical, square, widescreen, and UHD presets
- Frame-rate, duration, and FPS naming controls
03
Render Queue
Select the finished compositions, retain the production output presets already in use, and prepare movie and still deliverables from the same panel that created the versions.
- Movie and still output controls
- Output preset refresh and selection
- Current-time or custom-frame stills
- Queue-ready output preparation
WORKFLOW IMPACT
Manual production versioning workflow
With a purpose-built Helios workflow
A specific production example reported during Helios use; results vary with project complexity, template design, and version count.
DESIGNED FOR THE ARTIST
Automation should remove steps—not add another system to manage.
Helios is designed to stay close to the existing After Effects workflow, using direct controls and minimal interruption so the production task gets out of the way of the creative work.