Third-party plug-ins for Adobe After Effects
Add even more capability to your Adobe® After Effects® software. Find the latest and greatest plug-ins available from third-party developers.
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AndrewDavidson
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 Media
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 FX
Boris Continuum Complete
Boris Continuum Complete 5 AE extends the capabilities of Adobe Creative Suite® 4 software with more than 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
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.
Cyberzeka
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 Systems
CFX Path Tools
Path Tools is a package containing two powerful plug-ins, Rakka and Wiggle Stroke. These plug-ins are targeted at creating animations based on mask paths. Rakka is a tool for handling multiple repetitions of a layer that can be animated along a mask path; Wiggle Stroke wiggles and repeats a stroke based on a mask path. Both plug-ins offer controls that allows for almost endless combinations to create anything from very basic animations to highly unique effects and background elements, even from just an ellipse or straight line mask path. Path Tools supports 32bpc color (float) and are universal binaries for Mac OS X. For more information, visit the website.
CFX Sphere Utilities
CFX Sphere Utilities is a set of four plug-ins designed to deal with spherical maps (equirectangular maps) commonly used to texture 3D spheres or as 3D environments. Animating layers and drawing lines on spherical maps are a breeze when Sphere Utilities handles the spherical transformations required. Animations can then be used directly in After Effects with CC Sphere, or any other plug-in that support spherical mapping, or in any 3D application. Spherical maps are also used as environment maps and for panoramic viewers. Sphere Utilities supports 32bpc color (float) and are universal binaries for Mac OS X. For more information, visit the website.
CycoreFX HD
CycoreFX HD brings a new dimension to the bundled CycoreFX version. The HD package adds 16bpc support to all effects and features 10 additional plug-ins, extending the HD package to 71 plug-ins. The HD package also features 9 plug-ins that support 32bpc (float). All plug-ins are universal binaries for Mac OS X.
The 10 additional plug-ins are Environment, WarpoMatic, Plastic, Cross Blur, Color Neutralizer, Kernel, Threads, Block Load, Line Sweep, and Overbrights. The plug-ins that have 32bpc (float) support are Kernel, Toner, Power Pin, Threads, Environment, Threshold, Threshold RGB, Line Sweep, and Overbrights.
For more information and for a detailed comparison between CycoreFX HD and the bundled CycoreFX version, visit the website.
Darkling Simulations
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, Inc.
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.
Digieffects
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
This pack of 20 award-winning special effects plug-ins includes StarField, FogBank, VanGoughist, and Laser. Berserk is a 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 add 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 space.
Damage
Digieffects Damage is the first plug-in package dedicated to simulating analog and digital errors and defects in your footage. You'll find four versatile and powerful effects that harness the destructive power of lame rabbit ears, bad BNC cables, branch-obstructed satellite dishes, poorly tracking VHS machines, scratched DVDs, low-fidelity security cameras, and more.
Delirium
Delirium contains more than 39 special effects plug-ins. It also contains tools for creating particle-based fire, smoke, and bubbles. These particle effects are enhanced with built-in turbulence processing to create realistic imagery without resorting to complex 3D programs.
Natural Forces
This series of plug-in packages includes Aqua and Vapor. Aqua simulates water in various forms, including effects such as Rain, Snow, Dispersion, Puddle, and Waterbeads. Vapor is a collection of effects that include Smoke, Smokescreen, Fog, and Nimbus.
Simulate
The Simulate series of plug-in packages includes 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.
Digital Anarchy
Digital Anarchy products acquired by Red Giant Software
Digital Anarchy products are now owned and published by Red Giant Software. You can visit the Red Giant Software section on this page for product information or visit the Digital Anarchy acquisition FAQ section on the Red Giant Software site.
Digital Film Tools
Composite Suite
Composite Suite includes visual effects plug-ins that were, until recently, available only in-house at a Los Angeles film effects facility. The Composite Suite plug-ins include everything 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.
electricFX
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." No other technology that is available for After Effects 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.
Electrocolor
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.
Extensis
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.
FAN
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.
The Foundry
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.
GenArts
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.
GrangerFX
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 ray-traced eye candy. With near-real-time rendering speed, you can add production value to your next video in just minutes with TrinityFX.
GridIron Software
GridIron Nucleo Pro 2
Note: Supports After Effects CS4 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.
Insider Software Inc.
Introducing TypeTrax Cumulus + FontAgent Pro Workflow Software for Adobe Creative Suite from Moksa and Insider Software. TypeTrax adds the missing link to your digital design projects. Just drag a document into Canto Cumulus and TypeTrax automatically detects and displays the project's fonts in WYSIWYG mode — so you always have the right fonts.
META/DMA
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.
Noise Industries
FxFactory Pro
FxFactory Pro is the most advanced visual effects package for After Effects, offering more than 130 hardware-accelerated plug-ins with unique professional features.
Presets: FxFactory Pro plug-ins come with presets, a time saving feature that lets you try new looks with minimal effort. Save your own parameter configurations to disc and recreate the same look later.
Hardware acceleration: FxFactory Pro plug-ins are accelerated using the graphics card for unbeatable previewing and rendering performance.
Unique features: FxFactory Pro is the only visual effects package that lets you customize and create your own plug-ins for Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Express, and After Effects without writing a single line of code.
Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
Yanobox Motype
Motype is a revolutionary text animation plug-in that works in After Effects. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
DVShade Easylooks
Make your image stand out with DVShade EasyLooks, a color grading plug-in that gives you complete control over the final look of your video. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx Design Tools
Design Tools plug-ins help you constrain your projects to specific layouts or color palettes (for example, to meet your client's brand guidelines). Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx Slate Tools
Slate Tools plug-ins will assist you in creating slates and copyright notices commonly used in the broadcast industry. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx Light Pack
Fun and useful filters in Light Pack include Marquee, Paparazzi, and Lens Flare. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx Cine Fest
Add a film festival look to your projects with these 12 theme elements with customizable colors, background media, and titles. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx Urban Studio
Composite your own media inside urban environments. The Studio version is highly customizable. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx Folding Cards
Folding Cards is an elegant, uncluttered 3D theme with eight elements and a customizable color palette. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx World Cup Studio
World Cup Studio is a stunning new version of the popular 3D World Cup theme, endlessly configurable and adaptable to your projects. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx Drop In Studio
Drop In Studio is a highly configurable 3D theme with multiple animating title and media elements. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx Portfolio
Portfolio lets you elegantly showcase your work, up to seven media tracks at once. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx Mondrianesque Complete
This powerful theme allows you to elegantly animate stills in After Effects. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx Video Wall
Video Wall comes with a filter and a generator so you can use it any way you want, in two flavors: Light and Pro. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
SUGARfx Perf Motif
Perf Motif features seven elegantly animated generators with a full set of parameters to quickly adapt the theme to your project. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
Futurismo Backgrounds
Futurismo Backgrounds is a stunning collection of eight animated generators, great as backgrounds for DVD projects and more. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
Futurismo Titles
Futurismo Titles features eight animatable title generators with particle explosions, letter trails, and much more. Visit the website to download demo filters, sample movies, and tutorials.
NVIDIA
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 LLC
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).
Pixelan Software
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.
Red Giant Software
Composite Wizard 1.4
The classic greenscreen touch-up toolA classic After Effects compositing tool that hundreds of pros have come to know and love, Composite Wizard includes more than 20 filters for fixing tattered edges, poor matte extractions, improper focal depth cues, or unbalanced color schemes. For higher quality and faster output, try Key Correct Pro.
Datamator 1.5 (formerly Digital Anarchy Data Animator)
A way to turn charts and graphs into compelling, animated masterpiecesDatamator is a set of eight plug-ins for After Effects that quickly generate animated charts and graphs. Work directly within After Effects instead of using PowerPoint or re-creating graphics from scratch. Your results are perfect for news programs, simulated displays, corporate communication projects, and any other presentations that require animated data visualization.
Image Lounge 1.4
Instant style for your footageImage Lounge contains a set of more than 20 After Effects filters to give greater impact to your images. Replicate natural elements like fire, smoke, and water. Add realistic touches using shadows, displacement, or color mapping, or use accurate camera blur and focus effects to simulate out-of-focus images shot with a film camera.
Key Correct Pro 1.0
The ultimate greenscreen companionThis set of 15 plug-ins can be in used in combination with any keyer to soften alpha channels, match foreground and background colors, fix outlines, and clean up noise. Key Correct Pro ensures top-quality results from popular keyers such as Primatte Keyer, Keylight, and Ultimatte.
Knoll Light Factory Pro 2.5.2
The famous lens flare tool from Academy Award winner John KnollCreated by John Knoll, Photoshop co-creator and "Star Wars" effects guru, Knoll Light Factory is one of the industry's most popular motion graphics tools. It is most famous for its high-fidelity simulations of light effects called flares, which simulate reflections from a very bright light source as seen through a camera's lens. Knoll Light Factory is Hollywood's go-to tool for adding interest to text or logos or extra pop to FX explosions.
Magic Bullet Colorista 1.0
Simple, fast, industry-standard color correctionNow that you've locked your edit, it's time to load Magic Bullet Colorista to make your project shine. Under the hood is the next-generation Magic Bullet engine with real-time processing for fast review and rendering. Colorista is ready for action with industry-standard color wheels for precise color control. Plus, use the Power Mask tool to isolate areas — the easiest way to light up your talent. Magic Bullet Colorista and Magic Bullet Looks are the perfect tools for color finishing.
Magic Bullet Frames 1.0
Interlaced video with the look of 24p filmStart with ordinary interlaced video, apply the sophisticated algorithms of Magic Bullet Frames, and you'll get the smoother, professional deinterlaced look of 24p film. Choose between motion-adaptive and field-blended approaches, and you'll get high-quality footage at high speeds, right in your editor's timeline.
Magic Bullet Instant HD 1.1
Crystal-clear HD with one click — now including ResizerInstant HD converts DV video to a variety of high-definition video formats. Choose from a list of preset resolutions to easily integrate DV video into your next HD production. When you scale from standard definition to high definition, Instant HD's algorithms generate the missing pixels with integrated sharpening and anti-aliasing for sharp, clear results inside your favorite video application.
Magic Bullet Instant HD Advanced 1.0
Professional-quality conversion from SD to HD videoInstant HD Advanced delivers the highest possible quality conversion for SD to HD. Its advanced tool set offers sharp, motion-compensated deinterlacing and de-noising; advanced pan and scan; and a super-resolution algorithm for providing resolution enhancement in an editing application. All these features are combined into one plug-in with an easy-to-use preset menu for choosing the right HD and 2K output formats.
Magic Bullet Looks 1.1
For setting the mood on any timelineDesert sunrise, Arctic tundra, nighttime urban streets: The look of your footage defines the mood. Now you can define the style of your video or film, regardless of on-set conditions, with powerful imaging tools. Choose from more than 100 Looks presets to help set the mood for everything from a wedding to the next Sundance original. You also get the standalone Magic Bullet LooksBuilder for previsualizing looks on set or anywhere. Portable presets load into any editing hosts, so the same Looks you create on set are the ones you finish with in the editorial suite — no need for an expensive finishing system.
Magic Bullet Steady 1.0
Controls to remove distracting camera shake, jitter, and noiseUnwanted camera movement can be distracting and disturbing to viewers. Enlist the powerful algorithms of Magic Bullet Steady, which will analyze your video, detect motion, and apply one of three filtering modes. The result will be smooth, stabilized motion that preserves camera pans and other desired movements. Other customizable controls remove noise and other low-light artifacts.
Magic Bullet Suite 2008
Powerful finishing tools for every editor in one packageMagic Bullet Suite 2008 is a completely revamped product that now supports After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Avid. The full suite of tools includes Magic Bullet Looks (including Misfire), Magic Bullet Frames, Magic Bullet Colorista, Magic Bullet Steady, and Instant HD for high-quality conversion.
PlaneSpace 1.3 (formerly Digital Anarchy 3D Assistants Pro)
The easy way to arrange and animate 3D layersPlaneSpace eliminates the tedious task of managing the individual layers in multilayer effects. The Creator tools automatically create layers that form cubic, cylindrical, and spheroid shapes or complex matrixes, while the six Distribute tools arrange 3D layers throughout 3D space into the shape of your choice without requiring keyframes or complicated math. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Primatte Keyer Pro 4.0
A perfect key with a single clickPrimatte Keyer is a professional greenscreen tool that extracts keys from any color background quickly and easily. Version 4.0 brings new levels of power and speed to After Effects and Avid, and for the first time, Final Cut Pro. New features include easy-to-use Auto setup, which creates an almost-perfect key with one click. Powerful features allow Primatte Keyer to overcome keying challenges such as uneven lighting, compression artifacts, subtle shadows, and edge light contamination. Best of all, Primatte Keyer 4.0 works right on the timeline.
Pro Keying Suite 2008
Everything you need to pull the perfect key in After EffectsFrizzy hair? Semitransparent glass? This bundle of Primatte Keyer Pro 4.0 and Key Correct Pro lets you tackle the toughest keying challenges with confidence and in record time. Begin by using the pre-key tools in Key Correct Pro to prep your footage for keying in the powerful Primatte Keyer, and then touch up your mattes in Key Correct Pro for pixel-perfect results within After Effects.
Psunami 1.3 (formerly Digital Anarchy Psunami Water)
The photorealistic water simulation plug-in used in feature filmsUsed in Miramax's movie "The Aviator," Psunami generates precise 3D geometry of an ocean surface, and then produces ultra-realistic ray-traced output that looks like real water, from flat pools to raging high seas. Choose from hundreds of editable controls, and even place your camera underwater for the ultimate immersive effect. Psunami has been used in many feature films, television productions, and commercials. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Radium Glow 1.0
Pinpoint control to add sophisticated glimmer to your projectsUnlike most glow filters that just blur your source video, Radium Glow gives you pinpoint control over the glow, with editable shapes that can generate precise outlines or create glimmering points. Take advantage of advanced edge controls, built-in masking, and output controls that mimic real light behavior. Choose one of three separate glow plug-ins to add nice neon-shaped glows to text, or combine Radium Glow with Trapcode Particular or other plug-ins to create dazzling highlight effects.
Text Anarchy 2.3 (formerly Digital Anarchy Text Anarchy)
Cool effects to give you a stunning array of unique text animationsWhether you're adding visual background noise, using text as a texture, or flashing words to reinforce a theme, text is an important element of your composition. Choose from Bezier paths, particle arrays, and "Matrix"-style patterns: Text Anarchy will generate the coolest effects while giving you fine typographic control. The Geomancy Shapes plug-ins are also included. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
ToonIt 1.1 (formerly Digital Anarchy ToonIt!)
Simple controls to turn video footage into a cartoonGive video footage that sought-after cartoon look easily and quickly. Red Giant ToonIt uses unique algorithms to transform your image into beautiful cartoon shading and lines. Its four plug-ins free you from time-consuming techniques like rotoscoping and hand painting and give precise control over styles, shading, and outlines. Quickly convert video into a stylized animation with great default settings. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Trapcode 3D Stroke 2.5
Making paths, logos, and lines come to lifeWith 3D Stroke, paths, logos, or lines can take on lives of their own: glowing, tapering, and moving in complex ways through 3D space, while a built-in camera lets you capture the action from any angle. It's broadcast TV's secret weapon for animated logos and sophisticated write-on effects. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Trapcode Echospace 1.0
Painless control of 3D layer instancesEchospace takes the tedium out of working with multiple layer instances in After Effects. Begin with an image, text, footage, or even compositions, and Echospace will create multiple versions of that layer that can be controlled as a group or individually. Movement and effects can ripple through the stack — with offset and delay controls and much more. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Trapcode Form 1.0
Smoke and mirrors, fire and brimstone — all in a single 3D surface generatorWords dissolve into sand, logos catch fire, and water droplets ripple to bass guitar. All of this is possible with a single powerful plug-in that generates animated 3D shapes to mesmerize and entice viewers. Choose from 61 customizable presets, or tweak your own to get just the look you want. Full integration with the 3D environment of After Effects allows you to fly cameras through and around your animated forms. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Trapcode Horizon 1.0
A camera-aware image mapping toolGive your compositions what they've been missing with this unique mapping tool. The Trapcode Horizon plug-in is a camera-aware image mapping tool that ties your After Effects camera to a 3D world. By applying images or gradients to the inside of a giant sphere, Horizon creates an infinite background. No matter where your camera is directed, the simple controls make photorealistic backgrounds or sky gradients a snap. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Trapcode Lux 1.0
A way to see the light in After EffectsThe 3D lighting feature in After Effects creates pools of light generated from light sources in 3D space — but you can't see the light itself or the cone it produces. Enter Trapcode Lux: a speedy plug-in that adds volumetric lighting effects to projects that require realistic spotlights, point lights, or stage lighting of all kinds. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Trapcode Particular 1.5
Quick-rendering 3D particles with full camera integration and natural behaviorMany editing programs offer basic particle-generation features. But Trapcode Particular goes way beyond the basics, with real-time interactive previews, bouncing particles, 3D camera integration, particles that emit particles, custom shapes, air resistance, gravity and turbulence controls, depth of field, and more. Get the effects seen in "Spider-Man 3." (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Trapcode Shine
Ultra-fast light ray effectsCreate compelling light effects without leaving your editing timeline, and without the tedious render times of specialized 3D applications. Sunshine through clouds, headlights through fog, or horror movie titles — Shine does it all. Choose from 22 powerful presets, or make your own light ray effects from scratch. With 16-bit and 32-bit support , Trapcode Shine guarantees high-quality light effects for any project. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Trapcode Sound Keys
Easy audio-to-video synchronizationAudio-intensive animations no longer require time-consuming hand tweaking of keyframes. Trapcode Sound Keys makes it easy to synchronize motion and sound in After Effects using either amplitude or frequency ranges. Unlike palette-based audio-sync products, Sound Keys is applied as a regular effect, making it possible to save settings with your project, generate keyframes into output parameters, and link keyframes to expressions. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Trapcode Starglow
Dazzling effects to transform ordinary highlightsStarglow is a fast-rendering multidirectional glow effect. It can be used to create multicolored star-shaped glints like those created by a camera filter. Each customizable glow consists of up to eight directions, and each direction can be assigned an individual color map and streak length offering endless possibilities. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Trapcode Suite 2008.5
All the Trapcode plug-ins at one affordable priceWith Trapcode Suite 2008, the right effects plug-in will always be at your fingertips. Bundle pricing offers enormous savings over purchasing plug-ins individually. The set includes Shine, Starglow, 3D Stroke, Lux, Particular, Echospace, Sound Keys, and the new Trapcode Form plug-in. (Now published by Red Giant Software.)
Warp 1.0
Tools to make challenging effects like reflection, shadows, and corner-pin distortion a breezeThe three powerful plug-ins in the Warp toolset give you ultimate control over shadows, reflections, and corner point warps. The Shadow tool renders realistic shadows for text or subjects shot on greenscreen, while the Reflection tool creates perfect mirror-like reflections. The Advanced Corner Pin tool includes features for working with warped images, importing tracking data from Mocha for After Effects, and adding secondary transforms and motion blur to heighten realism in any scene.
RE:Vision Effects, Inc.
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 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.
Sakurai Optical Lab
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.
SilhouetteFX, LLC
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.
StageTools
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.
Trapcode
Trapcode products now published by Red Giant Software
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Ultimatte Corporation
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
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.
Vivid Visual Effects Co.
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.
Zaxwerks, Inc.
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.
