SteadyMove Pro 1.0

Get automatic video stabilization with this third-party plug-in.

TimeWarp plug-ins for Adobe After Effects

TimeWarp plug-ins are designed to perform high-quality speed changes for TV and film images. They convert from any frame rate to another frame rate and use sophisticated object-based motion estimation processing algorithms to achieve ideal motion interpolation. TimeWarp plug-ins work in both the temporal and spatial domains to achieve high-quality, robust speed changes. They use a spline interface, enabling you to control ease-in and ease-out for your retiming work. Available for After Effects 6.0 and later on Windows® and Mac OS X. Visit the website for more information.

Format Conversion plug-ins for Adobe After Effects

Format Conversion plug-ins are designed to perform high-quality format conversion between SDTV, HDTV, and film images. They include Algolith Anti-Aliaser, Adaptive De-Interlacer, Content Adaptive Scaler, and Frame Rate Converter. Available for After Effects 6.0 and later on Windows and Mac OS X. Visit the website for more information.

Noise Reduction plug-ins bundle for Adobe After Effects

The bundle includes Algolith's Dynamic Noise Reducer (DNR) and MPEG Noise Reducer (MNR). The MNR 3D MPEG noise reducer is for cleaning up any DCT-based compressed image, such as MPEG-2 or DV. DNR 3D dynamic noise reducing can be used to remove excessive film grain or Gaussian type especially apparent when images are deinterlaced and upscaled. This algorithm is ideal for cleaning chroma key mattes and helping in the process of multiple compositing sequences. Available for After Effects 6.0 and later on Windows and Mac OS X. Visit the website for more information.

aeFlame

Create incredible animated images of flame with this plug-in. The results may be as simple as swirling smoke or as mind blowing as a star going supernova and giving birth to an alien civilization. Drew Davidson has provided a complete user interface to Scott Draves's original render engine, making it easy to apply the full power of After Effects motion control and audio synchronization tools. The source code is available so you can make your own improvements as needed.

Avidion Synchronize

Avidion Synchronize is an After Effects plug-in that allows you to quickly and easily synchronize your audio with any aspect of your After Effects project. It includes a built-in output smoother and customizable fade-in and fall-off controls. From keyframes to layer position, there isn't a quicker or more accurate plug-in around. Visit the website for more information.

Boris Continuum Complete

Boris Continuum Complete 5 AE extends the capabilities of Adobe Creative Suite® 3 software with over 180 filters for professional visual effects creation.

With intuitive onscreen controls and support for multiprocessor and OpenGL acceleration, users can quickly create multilayer composites with robust tools for Film Effects, Generators, keying, lighting, color, and even temporal effects. Powerful integration features include built-in motion tracking and unique PixelChooser technology that creates region or channel-based masks. Thousands of presets provide precise effects creation with a minimal learning curve. A single installation of Boris Continuum Complete 5 AE supports After Effects and Adobe Premiere® Pro software, streamlining your effects creation workflow. Visit the website to learn more.

Conoa 3D

Render 3D geometric primitives with video texture mapping, reflections, refractions, shadows, lights, and much more. Visit the website for a free demo.

Conoa EasyShapes

Render cubes, spheres, and cylinders quickly and easily. Full 3D rendering features video texture mapping, reflections, refractions, shadows, lights, and more. Visit the website for a free demo.

Conoa EasyFX

Discover unique 2D filters for adding new looks to your video. Make any layer into an alpha channel, create blobby transitions, add quick toon styles, apply tints, and smooth your video. Visit the website for a free demo.

Conoa SuperPak

Get all Conoa plug-ins in one convenient package. Visit the website for a free demo.

TVzeka

The TVzeka plug-in lets you preview your After Effects compositions on TV using an ordinary graphics card with a TV-out option (works with PAL, NTSC, and HDTV). Visit the website for a free demo.

Cycore FX HD 1.0

Cycore FX HD, the 16-bit version of the Cycore FX package for After Effects 6.5, brings a new dimension to the 61 professional effects currently included in Cycore FX. In addition, Cycore FX HD features some new and exciting effects, extending your toolbox even further to meet your production challenges. All plug-ins have been optimized for multiprocessing to deliver stunning effects, faster. Effects range from blurs and color adjustments to distortions and particle generators to lighting and transitions, making Cycore FX HD one of the most comprehensive plug-in packages available. For more information, visit the website.

Darkling Interactive Noise (DIN)

DIN is a fast and flexible all-in-one noise plug-in for making everything from fire and force fields to spectacular transitions and particle-like animations. It features 13 noise basis patterns, including Rings, Boxes, Ripples, Caustic, and Fluff, as well as the ability to assign another layer as the noise basis. Other layers can also be used to control the placement, complexity, and motion of the noise. DIN takes advantage of OpenGL hardware acceleration. For Mac OS X and Windows. Visit the website for more information and to download the demo, manual, and sample movies and projects.

Diaquest DDR

The Diaquest DDR After Effects plug-in integrates digital disk recorders (DDRs) directly into the After Effects production environment. Video images and sequences on DDRs can be viewed or captured directly from within After Effects. Similarly, After Effects compositions can be rendered directly to DDRs.

Aurorix

Aurorix contains 26 special effects and tools. This plug-in provides some interesting texture and pattern generation filters such as Soap Film and Strange Nebulae. Unique distortion filters such as Infinity Warp and Turbulent Flow can use existing footage to make original patterns as well.

Berserk

A pack of 20 award-winning special effects plug-ins including StarField, FogBank, VanGoughist and Laser. Berserk is an awesome set of incredibly useful and creative After Effects tools.

Buena Depth Cue

Buena Depth Cue contains ten special effects and tools. This software package is a set of plug-ins that adds realistic depth effects to 3D layers. Each effect works on a 3D layer and changes based on the location of the layer, lights, and cameras in 3D pace.

Damage

Digieffects Damage is the first plugin package dedicated to simulating analog and digital errors and defects in your footage. Inside this package you'll find four versatile and power effects which harnesse the destructive power of lame rabbit ears, bad BNC cables, tree branch-obstructed satellite dishes, poorly tracking VHS machines, scratched DVDs, low fidelity security cameras, micro-datarate cel phones...the list goes on.

Delirium

Delirium contains over 39 special effects plug-ins. It also contains tools for creating particle-based fire, smoke and bubbles. These particle effects enhanced with built-in turbulence processing to create realistic imagery without resorting to complex 3D programs.

Natural Forces

This series of plugin packages includes Aqua and Vapor. Aqua simulate water in various forms including effects such as Rain, Snow, Dispersion, Puddle and Waterbeads. Vapor is a collection of effects which include Smoke, Smokescreen, Fog and Nimbus.

Simulate

The Simulate series of plugin packages include Illuma and Camera. Illuma is a package with light and filter options you didn't have in the field, including Halo, Lightracer, Radiance, Photogust and Luminus. Camera lets you change your mind after your production has been shot and includes Archive, Overexpose, Iris, Destabilize and Lens Flare.

3D Assistants Pro 1.0

3D Assistants Pro is a set of powerful keyframing tools that allow you to easily arrange, animate, and manage 3D-enabled layers in After Effects. Animate the layers' position and orientation, or use two Assistants to keyframe from 3D shape to 3D shape, with no added render time.

Psunami Water 1.0

Psunami Water is a photorealistic 3D water simulation tool for After Effects and Final Cut Pro. It generates precise 3D geometry of an ocean surface and then utilizes a powerful raytracing render engine to produce ultrarealistic output.

Text Anarchy

This set of eight plug-ins for After Effects lets you easily create cool text effects. By using a particle system specifically designed for text, you can create anything from the Matrix effect to flowing rivers of text to typing text on computer screens. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.

ColorTheory

ColorTheory is a digital color wheel that intelligently finds harmonious color combinations. It enables you to quickly analyze hundreds of color schemes while working with existing logos and artwork and to work in an RYB model on an RGB computer monitor. Visit the website for more information.

Geomancy

Geomancy is a set of After Effects plug-ins that create animated lines and geometric shapes. Create flowing lines that look like water or smoke — or electricity shooting across a grid — or create cool mattes for revealing other layers. By using a particle system to create and animate these shapes, you can simply and easily create elements that normally would require many layers and keyframes. Download the demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials from the website.

Gradient!

Gradient! allows you to create 16-bit, six-color gradients within After Effects, with unprecedented control over the look and animation of the gradients. It offers many features you would expect from a gradient tool: transparency for all colors, direction dial, built-in transfer modes, four gradient types, and the ability to repeat the gradient. You can animate virtually everything and use expressions to control and animate the gradient. Download the demo filter, sample movies, and tutorials from the website.

Composite Suite

Composite Suite includes visual effects plug-ins that were, until recently, available only in-house at a Los Angeles-based film effects facility. The Composite Suite plug-ins include all that is needed to combine multiple images: color correction, blur, grain, matte manipulation, and edge blending. The set features a well-rounded collection of compositing plug-ins such as Composite, Drop Shadow, Edge Composite, Holdout Composite, Light Wrap, Math Composite, Non-Additive Mix, and Optical Dissolve, as well as specialized tools for combining imagery such as fire, smoke, and explosions. There are also many indispensable and useful tools such as DVE, Matte Generator, Matte Repair, Film Masks, HDTV Masks, Grain, Noise, Fast Blur, Defocus, Selective Soft Focus, Deartifact, a variety of color correctors, and Light! for creating natural lighting effects. Visit the website for more information and a free demo.

Digital Film Lab

Digital Film Lab is a unique plug-in from Digital Film Tools meant to simulate a variety of color and black-and-white photographic looks, camera filters, lighting gels, film stocks, and optical lab processes — all in a controlled digital environment with either 8- or 16-bits-per-channel processing.

Digital Film Lab is made up of Color Correct, Diffusion, Color Grad, Gels, Lab, Grain, and Post Color Correct modules. When you load one of the many presets, parameters in the various modules are automatically set to achieve a variety of effects. Use the presets, modify them, or create your own. Visit the website for more information and a free demo.

55mm

55mm is a comprehensive set of digital optical filters meant to simulate popular glass camera filters, specialized lenses, optical lab processes, lighting gels, film grain, and exacting color correction as well as natural light and photographic effects — all in a controlled digital environment with either 8- or 16-bits-per-channel processing.

The most important parts of the photographic process are encapsulated into this one set of plug-ins. Visit the website for more information and a free demo.

zMatte

zMatte is a full-featured blue- and green-screen keyer. Using proprietary matte extraction techniques and 16-bit processing, zMatte quickly and simply creates mattes with minimal parameters even if you are dealing with fine hair detail, smoke, or reflections. It is easy to use, yet provides the needed tools when faced with good, bad, or ugly shots — tools such as multiple matte creation, automatic spill suppression, sophisticated matte and edge manipulation, and color correction. Visit the website for more information and a free demo.

eFX Pyro

eFX Pyro is a new 3D fire and smoke simulation plug-in for After Effects. Developed by electricFX in association with Arete Image Software, this plug-in is based on Arete's Digital Nature Tools technology, which has been used by many of the film industry's top visual effects companies to create authentic-looking water and atmospheric effects for films such as "Titanic," "The Truman Show," "The Devil's Advocate," and "The Fifth Element." There is no other technology available for After Effects that offers this level of realism and flexibility. Features include:

• Support for After Effects 4.1 and 5.0
• Full animation of flame, smoke, and air sources
• 3D dynamic simulation capabilities
• Volumetric rendering of flame and smoke effects using dynamic 3D simulation
• Conversion of 3D results to 2D layers for use in After Effects

Visit the website for more information.

Autocut

Autocut is an automatic shot boundary detection plug-in for After Effects. Split your preedited video into shots with just one click. Autocut uses sophisticated algorithms to analyze video and find shot boundaries, and it then splits the video layers accordingly.

Fluid Dynamics

This plug-in, which simulates fluid dynamics, enables you to easily create smoke, paint, transitions, and other wonderful effects. Its name and samples speak for themselves. Fluid Dynamics supports 16-bit color as well as multiple emitters and fields.

Mr. Displacy

This new set of displacement tools includes Path Displacer, Super Displacer, and Pixel Flow. Path Displacer displaces images along a path according to another layer representing time. Super Displacer — unlike the ordinary Displacement Map, which displaces along one direction — displaces images in all directions, simulating water, haze, and more. Check the anti-aliasing option to produce top-quality results. Pixel Flow runs pixels along a path. A minute playing with parameters and you can achieve startling video effects and transitions. All support 16-bit mode.

Portfolio Server 8.5

Portfolio Server 8.5 serves as the powerful hub of your creative asset management system, providing the core set of capabilities you need to keep your rich media on the move — for routing to other departments, for final delivery to clients and partners, or for more secure archiving. For more information, visit the website.

Portfolio 8.5 (Standalone version)

Want your digital assets at your fingertips, with thousands of graphics, photos, and other digital files efficiently organized? Whip your assets into shape with Portfolio 8.5, an intuitive, powerful, and expandable system. For more information, visit the website.

AFX2VPB

The AFX2VPB plug-in for After Effects allows you to import and export Quantel VPB files. You can render single file sequences and import them again. Or use any FTP program to upload sequences to any Quantel device.

AFX2QTL

The AFX2QTL plug-in for After Effects allows you to import and export single frames or sequences directly from a Quantel device via Ethernet. The plug-in looks directly at the shared disk when importing and writes to the shared disk when rendering. Visit the website for demo versions and more information.

Tinderbox is a collection of 2D visual effects plug-ins, delivering unlimited creative possibilities for artists involved in producing digital images for film and video. Designed to enhance the creative capabilities of After Effects, Tinderbox is a versatile collection featuring an array of fast, organic effects; lots of everyday tools; and a host of blurs, generators, and warpers. Opt for instant gratification with hundreds of presets, or add your unique touch with a multitude of adjustable parameters. If you are involved in creating stylish motion graphics and stunning visual effects, this suite of plug-ins is a valuable addition to your VFX arsenal. Visit the website to get a complete list of plug-ins, download the software, or obtain a free 15-day trial.

Tinderbox 1

The Foundry is a well-established developer of visual tools for film and high-end post-production. In Tinderbox 1, it has made available 20 of these plug-ins to allow After Effects professionals to deliver more, faster. Tinderbox 1 includes sky generators, light rays, hand-drawn etch effects, heat haze, water caustics, matte dilation tools, and the fastest software blurs available. Tinderbox is available for Macintosh and Windows and ships with a comprehensive user guide and tutorial. Visit the website to download a free demo. Tinderbox 1 (version 1.1v1), a free upgrade to existing customers, is now available for After Effects 5.0. This upgrade contains several new features including support for multiprocessing on the Macintosh and 16-bit rendering.

Tinderbox 2

Tinderbox 2 is another superb collection of effects plug-ins for Macintosh and Windows. Twenty new plug-ins in Tinderbox 2 extend the toolkit for After Effects artists. Aimed at the After Effects professional, it supports multiprocessing and rendering in 8- and 16-bit-per-channel color depth. Tinderbox 2 ships with the fastest software camera defocus for After Effects, lens flares, newsprint, glass distortions, a flexible paint effect, and much more.

Tinderbox 3

Tinderbox 3 adds another 20 special effects filters to this series of plug-ins from The Foundry. Tinderbox 3 includes BadTV, OldFilm, MeltTime, Lightning, Turner, Sparks, and Condensation, as well as various blurs and some handy compositing tools. All Tinderbox plug-ins are sophisticated but easy to use, have incredibly fast render times (even without an accelerator board), support 8-bit and 16-bit image formats, and are fully multiprocessing.

The Tinderbox collection can be bought as a bundle.

Furnace for After Effects

Furnace is based on motion estimation technology and has already been used on films including "The Matrix," "Harry Potter," and "The Lord of the Rings." Furnace is designed to tackle many complex day-to-day compositing problems. The After Effects tools in Furnace are Kronos, an optical-flow retimer, and Steadiness, which removes camera shake without the use of tracking points.

Sapphire Plug-ins

Sapphire Plug-ins is a collection of more than 175 image-processing and synthesis effects ranging from everyday tools to exotic effects. Each plug-in has many options and parameters that can be adjusted and animated for an unlimited range of results. They are resolution-independent, support 8-bit and 16-bit image formats, and include multiprocessor support for faster rendering. Onscreen widgets and online documentation make it easy to enhance any project.

TrinityFX

Do you want to add great-looking effects to your video but don't have time to fiddle with animation parameters? The solution is TrinityFX, a collection of more than 500 ready-to-use, broadcast-quality effects. All of these effects are applied with one simple plug-in; to create an effect, you just drag the plug-in onto your timeline, pick an effect from the list, and choose your video sources. The package includes graphic wipes, 3D transitions, page peels, and raytraced eye candy. With near-real-time rendering speed, you can add production value to your next video in just minutes with TrinityFX.

GridIron Nucleo Pro 2

Note: Supports After Effects CS3 Professional and After Effects 7.0.

With workflow enhancements like Spec Preview, Spec Render, Commit to Disk, and Background Render, Nucleo Pro allows you to harness the full power of your multiprocessor or multicore computer. Nucleo Pro 2 expands the workflow possibilities with cached precomposition proxies in addition to support for 3D rendering applications in the Background Render Queue. This provides a central place to manage renders for After Effects and 3D applications. To learn more, visit the website.

Scopo Gigio

Scopo Gigio is a full-featured video waveform monitor and vectorscope plug-in for After Effects. It emulates most of the features you'd find in a hardware-based waveform monitor/vectorscope combo, but at a fraction of the cost. Scopo Gigio supports all major color systems, RGB or D1 signal levels, and 0 or 7.5 IRE black levels, and also provides luminance, parade, overlay, and arrowhead displays in either line or field mode. Scopo Gigio is also available for Adobe Photoshop® software. For more information, visit the website.

Quadro FX SDI plug-in for After Effects

NVIDIA has developed a plug-in for use with After Effects 7.0 for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI, an integrated graphics-to-video solution used by broadcast, video, and film professionals. This plug-in offers real-time preview of content being created directly on standard or high-definition SDI broadcast monitors from within the After Effects application environment. For more information and to download the plug-in, visit the website.

Panopticum AnimaText 1.0

Panopticum AnimaText creates numerous text effects in After Effects. You can change the position of letters, animate text, outline letters, add drawing effects to fonts, and much more. AnimaText comes with automating tools for text animation and synchronization. Two types of fonts are supported: TrueType and Adobe Type 1.

Panopticum Lens Pro 1.1

Panopticum Lens Pro is a powerful tool for creating the visual effect of seeing images through various types of lenses, prisms, and crystals. The lens effects can be adjusted for shape, optical properties, lens position, and light intensity. With Panopticum Lens Pro, you can create a unique optical effect called chromatic aberration, which emphasizes the differences in refraction of the colored rays of the spectrum. Panopticum Lens Pro has built-in anti-aliasing, which gradually enlarges the image seen through the lens. You can see the effects as you create them, in real time. Lens Pro includes a tool for the creation of key animation (the parameters of the filter can be animated by using the key values of the parameters).

SpiceMASTER 2

SpiceMASTER 2 is a new, greatly expanded version of Pixelan's top-rated visual effects plug-in for Adobe Premiere and After Effects (Windows only). SpiceMASTER 2 gives you five unique capabilities not available in your nonlinear editor or via other plug-ins. It powerfully animates and customizes 500-plus award-winning soft/organic transitions, giving you a creative, subtle alternative to standard hard-edged transitions. In fact, SpiceMASTER 2 can organically animate any effect or key in Adobe Premiere or After Effects, leveraging the power of all your other effects (built in or third party). You can also create fresh soft/organic effects for titles, backgrounds, and alpha graphics and apply unique animated PIP effects. Best yet, all of the above preview in real time in Adobe Premiere 6.5 or Adobe Premiere Pro. SpiceMASTER 2 gives you complete creative control over all effect parameters, ultrasmooth Bezier keyframing, hundreds of useful presets, 100-plus undos/redos, and a comprehensive visual help/tutorial system. Visit the website for a free demo and more info.

Magic Bullet Suite 2.1

This set includes 18 After Effects plug-ins that deliver a complete production pipeline for processing digital video footage for output to DVD, TV, or film. Magic Bullet was developed at The Orphanage by former Industrial Light & Magic visual effects artist Stu Maschwitz to provide digital video professionals the tools to transform the harsh look of video to the softer, more organic look of film. All filters use The Orphanage's DeepColor technology, allowing them to adjust your images internally at greater than 16-bit quality. Version 2.1 is compatible with After Effects 6.0 and later.

Magic Bullet

The Magic Bullet filter produces unmatched results for film and video output by deinterlacing, deartifacting, and frame-rate converting DV to create a 24p (or 25/30p) master. The patent-pending process eliminates many of the nasty artifacts with a one-click operation.

Look Suite

Select from more than 30 preset "looks" meticulously matched to the chemical processes used in Hollywood blockbusters like "The Matrix," "Saving Private Ryan," "Three Kings," and more, or design and save your own.

Broadcast Spec

Precisely fix out-of-range colors so all your material conforms to broadcast specifications. This plug-in uses the DeepColor technology to fix problem areas without adversely affecting your image quality.

Opticals and Letterboxer complete the pipeline, allowing you to create film-like dissolves and crop your video to the right aspect ratio, from 16:9 to Panavision widescreen.

Knoll Light Factory 2.0

The gold standard in lighting effects, this 25-filter set makes everything from twinkling stars to photon torpedoes. Straight from the mind of effects luminary John Knoll, this package is essential to thousands of visual effects artists. By combining multiple Lens Primitives, you can match nearly any lens flare from source footage or create completely original light effects. Lasers, suns, flares, explosions, bursts, and photon torpedoes are just a few of the included preset flares created by Knoll to meet his production challenges. Version 2 offers 16-bit rendering quality in After Effects 5.0 and later (5.5 or later for Mac OS X).

Primatte Keyer 3.0

This is a green-screen tool that enables you to extract keys from any color background by simply sampling the background color and clicking. Primatte Keyer overcomes matte extraction challenges including DV and HDV material, uneven lighting, subtle shadows, and edge light contamination (spill) even before compositing. Say goodbye to imprecise edges, incorrect transparency levels, and blue spill on your composites. Version 3.0 supports 16-bit processing in After Effects 5.0 and later.

Key Correct Pro 1.0

Key Correct Pro 1.0 includes 15 utilities to help you generate better composites by softening edges, matching color, cleaning up noise, and blurring edges. The plug-ins can be in used in combination with any keyer, such as Primatte Keyer, Keylight, Ultimatte, and Ultra, to enhance the final result..

Composite Wizard 1.2v

These 20 filters will make your compositions blend in or stand out. Miracle Alpha Cleaner banishes matte holes, while Light Wrap and Composite Color Matcher make blue-screen work shine. The secret weapons of Composite Wizard allow you to automate color-correction effects, blur or feather edge borders, and clean up unwanted artifacts.

Image Lounge 1.2

Twenty-two fabulous filters will fuel your creativity, with hip generators like Fractal Fire, distortion effects like Mirage and Grunge, the popular Text Typewriter for animating text, and many more. Use these filters to add fresh style to your animations, graphic designs, music videos, corporate communications, and visual effects work.

FieldsKit

FieldsKit provides smarter deinterlacing and more workflow options for interlacing and pulldown. At the heart of FieldsKit is FieldsKit Deinterlacer, which deinterlaces video imagery with superior results. Using proprietary field reconstruction and adaptive motion techniques, FieldsKit Deinterlacer can build full frames from fields that are of much higher quality than the standard approaches available in most effects and video-editing applications.

FieldsKit is a plug-in that works in both After Effects and Adobe Premiere.

ReelSmart Motion Blur

Automatically add more natural-looking motion blur to a sequence using ReelSmart Motion Blur. RE:Vision's tracking technology is at the heart of ReelSmart Motion Blur, so no handwork is involved. Of course, you can add as little or as much blurring as you need, and even remove motion blur. Finally, you can create interesting effects by blurring one sequence by using the motion from another. ReelSmart MotionBlur is useful for the following:

• Reduce strobing in sequences — particularly useful when frame rates of video are changed after digitizing. ReelSmart Motion Blur has fewer artifacts than other methods such as frame blending.
• Automatically smooth the jerkiness of hand-drawn and scanned animations.
• Motion-blur complex 3D animations when your 3D system takes too much time; in many cases, ReelSmart Motion Blur will be much faster and just as effective.
• Motion-blur one sequence using another sequence's motion for unique effects.
• Sharpen image sequences by removing motion blur.

ReelSmart Shade/Shape

Give your imagery volume and depth without the hassle of 3D modeling. ReelSmart Shade/Shape generates 3D models from your 2D graphical and picture elements using RE:Vision's powerful and proprietary shading-from-shape technology. The models are then lit and rendered in true 3D. Add further detailing to your 3D models by applying reflection and bump maps. As 2D elements merge and split in a sequence, ReelSmart Shade/Shape automatically merges and splits the geometry in an intuitive fashion. Features include automatic 3D model creation, 3D lighting and rendering, bump mapping, environment mapping, and stable and smooth-over-time shading produced for moving imagery.

ReelSmart Twixtor

ReelSmart Twixtor enables you to speed up, slow down, or use frame-rate conversion on image sequences with visually stunning results. To achieve its unparalleled image quality, Twixtor synthesizes unique new frames by warping and interpolating frames of the original. Features include:

• Calculation of motion vectors at each pixel
• Warping and interpolation of frames to "time warp" input footage
• Smart processing of fields in the input and output as appropriate
• Stretching of a sequence using a single scaling parameter
• Keyframable retiming for complete control on a frame-by-frame basis
• Frame-rate conversions made easy (supported only in After Effects)

RE:Fill

RE:Fill mends holes in images by intelligently filling user-specified regions. RE:Fill can replace missing pixels in numerous ways, for example, by selecting the nearest "good" pixel, mirroring pixels around a hole's edge, or cloning from another "good" region. And the good region can even come from another point in time or from another sequence altogether.

RE:Fill is a plug-in that works in both After Effects and Adobe Premiere.

RE:Flex

RE:Flex brings intuitive morphing and warping directly to After Effects 5.0 or later. Achieve superior results using proprietary and sophisticated technology. RE:Flex is especially easy to learn because it uses the host program's own drawing and masking tools to direct the warping and morphing, so there's no need to learn a whole new user interface.

RE:Flex, which uses RE:Vision's proprietary tracking software, is the first morphing program to combine hand feature matching with automatic image registration.

SmoothKit

SmoothKit provides the ultimate filter set to smooth your imagery by combining user-directed controls and feature-sensitive methods.

This set of filters complements the basic blurs provided by host applications. SmoothKit's emphasis is precise control of the filtering process with no compromise on image quality. For example, SmoothKit has a "real" compound blur that exhibits no blocky artifacts. In addition to effects, the SmoothKit toolset can be used to reduce image defects in a much more intelligent manner.

SmoothKit is a plug-in that works in both After Effects and Adobe Premiere.

Video Gogh

The Video Gogh plug-in transforms images and video into painted works of art. Video Gogh is different from other paint filters because it can actually track objects in movies for an unparalleled smooth result. Features include three styles of brush strokes, variably sized strokes, variable distance between strokes (so there can be empty space between strokes), and various translucent brushes. All of the brush stroke effects can be animated, with the ability to leave masked layers unaffected by special effects. Visit the website for more information.

IrisFilter5.6/8.0 PREMIUM

IrisFilter is a virtual camera plug-in meant to reproduce the depth of field and bokeh (defocused) texture. Faithful emulation of lens and film/CCD realizes the truly natural depth of field and bokeh texture without any adjustments. IrisFilter5.6 enables you to composite photographed images and computer graphics as well as follow-focus through the depth of field in 3D CG using depth maps. Features also include controls of exposure time and film hardness (affects the hardness of bokeh). Download and try the free personal version.

FinalFocus2.0

FinalFocus infuses life into CG composites. This plug-in vitalizes the depth of the sequences made up of a number of composite images that tend to be thin and planar. FinalFocus enables you to reproduce the truly natural depth of field and bokeh texture with no need for adjustments to preserve the composite layers and their opacity, thanks to its faithful emulation of lens and film/CCD. In addition, the operability of the multiplane camera used in animation studios is truly emulated. Along with its sister product IrisFilter, FinalFocus has been widely used in various productions from commercial and video-game films to animation movies. Download and try the free personal version.

CinemaFocus1.0

CinemaFocus is designed to reproduce exquisite natural bokeh texture in much the same way as FinalFocus. The major difference is that CinemaFocus also supports masks and alpha channels for easier depth of field reproduction. Now, you can enjoy the high-quality bokeh texture of FinalFocus as easily as the default "blur (lens)" effect of After Effects. The advantages of CinemaFocus will reveal themselves to any production up against a time limit. Download and try the free personal version.

Silhouette Roto

Rotoscoping (or "Roto" for short) has become a generic term for manually extracting, isolating, or affecting a portion of an image. It is tedious work, but it's one of the most important parts of the visual effects process. Silhouette Roto allows you to quickly create sophisticated animated mattes using Rational B-spline, NURB, or Bezier shapes. Intelligent design and easy-to-use tools, such as variable edge softness on a point-by-point basis and realistic motion blur, assist you in creating shape animations. Integrated motion tracking makes the normally tedious task of rotoscoping a breeze. Visit the website for more information and a free demo.

Silhouette Paint

As an add-on module to Silhouette Roto, Silhouette Paint is a high dynamic range 2D paint system designed from the ground up to handle the demands of feature film and television production. Paint and shape features are tightly integrated to form an extremely powerful shape-based paint tool. Not only can paint effects be animated, but they can also be combined with animated rotoshapes to take the drudgery out of everyday jobs. Whether it's image restoration, dustbusting, wire and rig removal, or just plain paint, Silhouette Paint provides simple and sensible tools to get the job done. For more information, visit the website.

MovingPicture

MovingPicture is a tool for producers and editors to pan and zoom on high-resolution still images. It takes scanned images up to 8,000 pixels and allows for perfectly repeatable pans and zooms directly from a Windows or Macintosh computer or as a plug-in to most nonlinear editors.

MovingPicture is widely used by broadcasters, documentary film producers, schools, and corporate and event videographers. Clients include ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, BBC, PBS, Discovery, Lifetime, A&E, and the legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.

MovingChart

MovingChart is a tool for editors to add high-quality 3D charts and graphs directly from Adobe Premiere or After Effects timelines. You can easily animate the data, as well as the chart itself, in 3D. The resulting chart is high quality and fully anti-aliased. MovingChart makes bar, area, line, marker, and pie-style charts and the parts that compose them completely adjustable. Data can be easily imported from any spreadsheet or text file. The resulting chart can be drawn over a moving video background. You can preview the motion in real time without rendering, so the design process is very quick. All motion paths are smooth, splined, and tapered, and motion is field rendered to subpixel accuracies.

Shine

Shine is a flexible and fast-rendering light ray plug-in for After Effects. It features tweakable coloring presets with up to five colors and has functions for making shimmering lights. When used with the Production bundle, Shine offers 16-bit-per-channel calculations.

3D Stroke

3D Stroke is a plug-in for After Effects that uses paths from masks to make strokes in 3D that can be rotated and moved freely in space. There is a repeater section that allows easy repetition of the shapes so it becomes simple to build complex shapes. When used with After Effects 5.0 or later, it can use the composition camera.

Sound Keys

Sound Keys is a keyframe generating plug-in for After Effects 5.0 and later. It allows you to visually select a range in the audio spectrum and convert the audio energy in the selected frequencies to a stream of keyframes. It is handy for making extremely audio-driven animations.

Ultimatte

Now you can combine multiple-frame images in just minutes. Fine hair detail, water, shadows, smoke, glass, and reflections, even blurred edges — all can be composited flawlessly and automatically with Ultimatte's plug-ins. With Ultimatte, you can achieve realistic-looking composited scenes that would otherwise be too dangerous, impractical, or impossible.

ViviClip Video Filters

ViviClip Video Filters add quick selective color-correction and other enhancement tools to reduce noise and legalize for broadcast. Delivering an output waveform meter, a vectorscope, split color bars, templates, and many other useful tools in a single, professional interface, the software is designed for productivity. Built in are five processing layers based on a dynamic region and a color range, including three easy default settings for shadows, midtones, and highlights.

Other important features are the film look and progressive tint lens effects. With the straightforward color wheel and layers, the plug-in gives you the latitude to create original and precise ambiences. A demo is available on the company website.

VVfx Bump Mapper

Bump Mapper can turn your image or video layer into bas relief lit by a point of light. Varying plug-in parameters let you achieve incredible visual effects. Glass or metal, plastic or stone, water or sand — you can simulate different textures and effects using Bump Mapper controls. Make a bronze coin or liquid gel or something unprecedented.

3D Invigorator Classic

Create stunning 3D animations with this third-party plug-in.

3D Invigorator Pro

Import models from other 3D programs in After Effects with this third-party plug-in.