Wes Plate is a freelance editor and After Effects user. He is also the President and cofounder of Automatic Duck, Inc., a company that for many years specialized in the translation of timelines between different NLE and compositing systems.Wes Plate is a freelance editor and After Effects user. He is also the President and cofounder of Automatic Duck, Inc., a company that for many years specialized in the translation of timelines between different NLE and compositing systems.