Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
After Effects doesn't tell you when your disk cache is about to blow up. You find out the hard way — choppy playback, frozen previews, failed renders, and 20 minutes of troubleshooting before you realize it's just the cache. Again.
Cache Monitor is a tiny, always-on panel that shows your cache status as a color-coded bar. Green? You're good. Red? Time to flush.
Hover for the exact size. Alt+click to purge. Back to work.
▸ Live color-coded cache bar, always visible in your workspace
▸ One-click purge — no dialogs, no menus
▸ Five display modes, from full bar to a single pixel dot
▸ Fully customizable colors, thresholds and refresh rate
▸ Tiny footprint — it stays out of your way
Works in After Effects 2022 and above, macOS & Windows.
aescripts.com/Cache-Monitor
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:10 Why Cache Monitor
0:45 Install & Setup
1:16 Using & Customizing
2:44 Warnings, Purge & Wrap-up
#AfterEffects #MotionDesign #VFX #AETutorial #aescripts
After Effects doesn't tell you when your disk cache is about to blow up. You find out the hard way — choppy playback, frozen previews, failed renders, and 20 minutes of troubleshooting before you realize it's just the cache. Again.
Cache Monitor is a tiny, always-on panel that shows your cache status as a color-coded bar. Green? You're good. Red? Time to flush.
Hover for the exact size. Alt+click to purge. Back to work.
▸ Live color-coded cache bar, always visible in your workspace
▸ One-click purge — no dialogs, no menus
▸ Five display modes, from full bar to a single pixel dot
▸ Fully customizable colors, thresholds and refresh rate
▸ Tiny footprint — it stays out of your way
Works in After Effects 2022 and above, macOS & Windows.
aescripts.com/Cache-Monitor
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:10 Why Cache Monitor
0:45 Install & Setup
1:16 Using & Customizing
2:44 Warnings, Purge & Wrap-up
#AfterEffects #MotionDesign #VFX #AETutorial #aescripts
