Hello!I have done something similar at my job using only After Effects w/o plugins. I didn't need 2,000 objects, but a few hundred is probably feasable.u00a0I think 200 objects could prob look like 2022 with a good depth of field.Work flow: As you mentioned, rows are the way to go!Consider animating one or two rows of objects in unique compositions and then duplicating those compositions. Kind of like this:Row 1: [0101010101010]Row 2: [2323232323232]Row 3: [0101010101010]Row 4: [2323232323232]Hope this helps a little.Check out the flying books in this video at about 27 sec: And the people in this video at 33 sec:Having said all this...Echospace would probably cut down on your time significantlyPeace!Fred