Answers.Body: <p>To sort layers by name, you either have to name them using a numerical prefix of some sort or use a script to do it.</p>
  <p>Ordering by name using numbers: <a href="https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/131728/in-after-effects-sort-project-layers-by-name-numerical-order">https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/131728/in-after-effects-sort-project-layers-by-name-numerical-order</a></p>
  <p>Here is a script: <a href="https://github.com/ff6347/after-effects-script-snippets/blob/master/automagically-sort-layers-by-name.jsx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/ff6347/after-effects-script-snippets/blob/master/automagically-sort-layers-by-name.jsx</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The excellent and free Kinda Sorta script can do this:</p>
  <p><a href="http://aescripts.com/rd-kinda-sorta/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://aescripts.com/rd-kinda-sorta/</a></p>
  <p>It is part of a really useful set of free scripts:</p>
  <p><a href="http://www.redefinery.com/ae/rd_scripts/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.redefinery.com/ae/rd_scripts/</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a lot of layers(100 layers) And I want to arrange them according to the name.</p>
  
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Title: how to Order layers by name in after effects
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ThreadText: # how to Order layers by name in after effects
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-11)
  
  I have a lot of layers(100 layers) And I want to arrange them according to the name.
  
  **Tags:** after-effects
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-12-11. Score: 1
  
  To sort layers by name, you either have to name them using a numerical prefix of some sort or use a script to do it.
  
  Ordering by name using numbers: <https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/131728/in-after-effects-sort-project-layers-by-name-numerical-order>
  
  Here is a script: <https://github.com/ff6347/after-effects-script-snippets/blob/master/automagically-sort-layers-by-name.jsx>
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-12-11. Score: 0
  
  The excellent and free Kinda Sorta script can do this:
  
  <http://aescripts.com/rd-kinda-sorta/>
  
  It is part of a really useful set of free scripts:
  
  <http://www.redefinery.com/ae/rd_scripts/>
  
  
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