After Effects

List of After Effects plugins

Contents  [hide] 1 2D3 2 3DMation 3 Algolith Software 4 AIST Software 5 AlienSkin Software 6 Allegorithmic 7 Automatic Duck 8 Avidion Media 9 Boinx Software 10 Boomer Labs 11 BorisFX 12 Buena 13 Conoa 14 CycoreFX 15 Darkling Simulations 16 DigiEffects 17 Digimation 18 Digital Anarchy 19 Digital Element 20 Digital Film Tools 21 Digital Trove 22 DV Shade 23 EffectsWiz 24 FAN 25 The Foundry 26 Forge Technology 27 Frischluft 28 GenArts 29 GridIron Software 30 MetaDMA 31 Noise Industries 32 ObviousFX 33 Panopticum 34 Pixelan Software 35 Profound Effects 36 Red Giant Software 37 Reflecmedia 38 Re:Vision Effects 39 RealViz 40 Silhouette FX 41 Stagetools 42 SUGARfx 43 Synthetic Aperture 44 Toolfarm 45 Topaz Labs 46 Trapcode 47 Ultimatte 48 ViviClip 49 Walker Effects 50 Yanobox 51 Zaxwerks

2D3

SteadyMove: (Mac & PC)
2d3's fully automatic video stabilization plug-in for Adobe After Effects, Premier Pro, Premier Elements and Discreet Combustion. Ideal for DV users, this low-cost solution is the perfect way to give your handheld shot a production quality finish.

Incorporating 2d3's unique tracking technology, SteadyMove calibrates and rerenders your video footage with no further intervention necessary.http://www.2d3.com/html/products/steadymove_overview.html

3DMation

MoCon V3.5: (Mac & PC)
This collection of scripts is used to transfer 3D motion to and from After Effects, Electric Image, and Maya. http://www.3dmation.com/

Stereo V1.00: (Mac & PC)
This collection of scripts is used for those of us that are stereo photo buffs. They create a variety of comps for vertical, horizontal, scale, rotational rectification. http://www.3dmation.com/

Algolith Software

AlgoSuite Format Converter: (Mac & PC)
The AlgoSuite Format Converter plug-ins are designed to perform high-quality format conversion between SDTV, HDTV and film images.http://toolfarm.stores.yahoo.net/alalfoco.html

AlgoSuite Plug-ins Bundle: (Mac & PC)
The AlgoSuite Format Converter plug-ins are designed to perform high-quality format conversion between SDTV, HDTV and film images.http://toolfarm.stores.yahoo.net/alalplbu.html

AIST Software

AIST ProFX: (Mac & PC)
More than 30 unique effect plugins and objects http://toolfarm.stores.yahoo.net/aistprofx.html

AlienSkin Software

Eye Candy: (Mac & PC)
Eye Candy for After Effects is a set of 20 time-saving special effects that will enhance any film, video, animation or multimedia project.

Sophisticated texture, production and distortion effects have never been easier-you'll be creating dazzling organic effects in a fraction of the time they used to require. http://www.alienskin.com/ecae/index.html

Allegorithmic

MaP|Time 1.5: (Mac & PC)
The industry first fully-editable heterogeneous video filter designer that allows artists to easily create and manipulate highly complex animated patterns, effects and transitions. http://www.allegorithmic.com/v2/time_desc.htm

Automatic Duck

Pro Import AE 3.0: (Mac & PC)
Translating a sequence from an Avid® or Final Cut Pro editing system, or a project from Apple's Motion takes just seconds, importing all your media and clips in one step. Effects are translated and recreated for you and your timeline becomes a composition in After Effects, ready for you to take your vision to the next level. http://www.automaticduck.com/products/piae/

Avidion Media

Synchronize: (PC)
vidion Synchronize from Avidion Media is an Adobe After Effects Software Plug-in which allows you to quickly and easily synchronize your audio with any aspect of your Adobe After Effects project. http://www.avidionmedia.com/

Boinx Software

A collection of 3D filters and transitions based on FxFactory for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects.

http://www.boinx.com/fxtiles/

Boomer Labs

MAX2AE: (PC) full featured plugin for MAX v4+ that bridges the gap between MAX and After Effects. Finally an easy, accurate and highly efficient way to integrate After Effects elements into your MAX renders, matching all aspects and parameters of Max cameras, lights and objects.

This is a plugin for 3D Studio Max v4+, not Adobe After Effects http://www.boomerlabs.com/cart/home.php?cat=3

BorisFX

Buena

• Depth Cue
• Effects Pack
• Swatch Buckler

Conoa

Conoa EasyShapes - Add video-mapped 3D spheres, cubes and cylinders to your motion graphics. Wrap and unwrap spheres, bend and flex cylinders and explode cubes. All shapes are rendered with an advanced renderer featuring texture mapping, shadowing, and transparency. All Conoa EasyShapes plugins integrate with After Effects' lights and camera, in addition to their own lights and camera.

Conoa EasyFX - 5 unique plugins for adding great new video effects. Apply any layer as an alpha channel, create a toon look, make a glob, and smooth and tint your video.

Conoa 3D - 12 3D geometric primitives rendered with a true raytracing renderer, featuring tranparency, texture mapping, shadows and environment mapping.

Conoa SuperPak - All Conoa plugins in one package.

All Conoa plugins are available for PC and Mac, and work with After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro.

CycoreFX

Darkling Simulations

DigiEffects

Aurorix, Berserk, Cinelook, Delirium, Euphoria, Fantazm

Digimation

Digital Anarchy

3D Assistants: (Mac & PC)
Keyframe Assistants for arranging 3D layers. http://www.digitalanarchy.com/3Dassist/3Dassist_main.html

3DLayer: (Mac & PC)
Uniform grid 3D displacement for flags, mountains and other effects. http://www.digitalanarchy.com/3Dlayer/3Dlayer_main.html

Anarchy Toolbox: (Mac & PC)
Collection of tools. http://www.digitalanarchy.com/toolbox/toolbox_main.html

Color Theory: (Mac & PC)
Tool for generating coherent and esthetically color palettes based on a set of rules and color models as defined by color theory in classical painting.http://www.digitalanarchy.com/theory/theory_main.html

Data Animator: (Mac & PC)
Import, visualize and animate data from Excel and other office apps. http://www.digitalanarchy.com/data/data_main.html

Geomancy: (Mac & PC)
Various Pattern generators for backdrops. http://www.digitalanarchy.com/geomancy/geomancy_main.html

Gradient: (Mac & PC)(discontinued)
Gradient tool.

Psunami Water: (Mac & PC)
Water surface simulation. http://www.digitalanarchy.com/psunami/psunami_main.html

Resizer 2: (Mac & PC)
Advanced image scaling. http://www.digitalanarchy.com/resizer/resizer_main.html

Text Anarchy: (Mac & PC)
Mass text effects. http://www.digitalanarchy.com/text/text_main.html

Digital Element

Aurora Sky: (Mac & PC)
Physical sky simulation. Add clouds, sun, moon, stars and more. Supports all cloud types. http://www.digi-element.com/aurorasky/index.htm

Aurora Water: (Mac & PC)
Aurora Water is a unique After Effects plug-in which lets you create circular waves, add reflections, refraction, volumetric light rays and submerged objects. Aurora Water simulates all water types, from ponds to oceans. http://www.digi-element.com/aurorawater/index.htm

Digital Film Tools

Digital Trove

DV Shade

EasyLooks 2: (Mac)
Built with FxFactory Pro plugin technology, DVShade EasyLooks is a color grading plugin for FCP/Express/Motion & After Effects that gives the user complete control over the final look of their video. From diffusion and gradients to simple brightness adjustments and color controls EasyLooks can make your image stand out.

http://www.dvshade.com/

EffectsWiz

FAN

The Foundry

Furnace, Keylight, Tinderbox

Forge Technology

Forge FreeForm is a plug-in or filter for After Effects, Avid DS, Digital Fusion or Maya Fusion that maps (applies) the selected layer(s) onto what feels like a pliable rubber sheet that you can deform, distrort and manipulate in 3D space.

http://forge.net/prod.htm

Frischluft

GenArts

GridIron Software

MetaDMA

Noise Industries

FxFactory is a revolutionary visual effects architecture powering hundreds of plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects.

It's Faster FxFactory uses the graphics card in your system to provide hardware-accelerated previews and rendering.

It's Free FxFactory is a free plug-in management system that lets you install and try hundreds of plug-ins. Some plug-ins are absolutely free. Others are available in trial mode and may be purchased as needed.

http://www.noiseindustries.com/fxfactory/download/

FxFactory Freebies Download free plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects here: http://www.noiseindustries.com/fxfactory/free/

ObviousFX

Copy Image: (Mac & PC)(Free)
A simple utility that copies the current composition image to the System Clipboard, allowing easy pasting into other image applications (such as Photoshop). It bypasses the task of saving the current frame to an image file and then reopening.http://www.obviousfx.com/products/copyimage/copyimage.php

Erodilation: (Mac & PC)(Free)
An effect plug-in that erodes or dilates an image, to produce blocky, glowing or hollow effects.http://www.obviousfx.com/products/erodilation/erodilation.php

Inverse Telecine: (PC)
A plug-in that removes 3:2 pulldown from footage, to restore original film frames from interlaced video fields. And it does it automatically!http://www.obviousfx.com/products/inversetelecine/inversetelecine.php

Milky Way: (PC)
The Milky Way plug-in renders high quality visualizations from audio tracks, using configurable presets to create visual effects based on audio data.http://www.obviousfx.com/products/milkyway/milkyway.php

Panopticum

Pixelan Software

Profound Effects

Red Giant Software

eLin, Magic Bullet

Reflecmedia

Re:Vision Effects

FieldsKit: (Mac & PC)
Deinterlacing, reinterlacing and pulldown removal. http://www.revisionfx.com/rsfk.htm

Re:Fill (Mac & PC)
Automatically mend holes in degenerated footage or problematic keys. http://www.revisionfx.com/rfil.htm

Re:Flex (Mac & PC)
Re:Flex is a warping and morphing plugin. It is based on tracing key features in an image using masks and then "pulling" pixels around based on the position info and proximity to those masks. Not only is it one of the most sophisticated systems of its kind, it also is the only high-quality morphing plugin for After Effects, combustion and Fusion as those programs either do not have those features built in or alternative solutions are not available.http://www.revisionfx.com/rflx.htm

Re:Map (Mac & PC)
A comprehensive toolset for integrating 3D animation and compositing more efficiently, Re:Map provides filters for creating texture-based effects like displacement or UV mapping. http://www.revisionfx.com/rmap.htm

Reel Smart Motion Blur (RSMB) (Mac & PC)
Post-processing motion blur effect based on analyzing differences in pixel motion between consecutive frames. http://www.revisionfx.com/mblur.htm

Shape/ Shade (Mac & PC)
Basically an advanced image-based beveling tool. Unlike Photoshop's bevel layer styles, it does not produce artifacts and smooths out the results.http://www.revisionfx.com/rsshade.htm

SmoothKit (Mac & PC)
A set of blur and diffusion filters that can be used for things like compression artifact removal or your digital beauty farm. Each effect can be controlled on a per-pixel basis using mattes and control channels so it doesn't affect areas that don't need treatment. http://www.revisionfx.com/smok.htm

Twixtor (Mac & PC)
Frame rate and playback speed conversion utility. http://www.revisionfx.com/rstwixtor.htm

Video Gogh (Mac & PC)
Create impressionist style or oil paintings from your footage. http://www.revisionfx.com/videogogh.htm

RealViz

Silhouette FX

Stagetools

SUGARfx

Innovative themes and filters for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and Motion.

World Cup (Mac)
A stunning new version of the popular 3D World Cup theme, endlessly configurable and adaptable to your projects.http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/worldcup_SUGARfx.html

Light Pack (Mac)
Fun and useful filters including Marquee, Paparazzi and Lens Flare.

HUD (Mac)
A unique set of plug-ins to make your video look like it’s being seen through binoculars, weapon sights, old cameras and a wide range of high-tech gadgetry. http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/HUD_SUGARfx.html

Radial Wave (Mac)
Hypnotic wave filter with numerous options to customize images, animation and secondary effects. Explore various looks with the 14 built-in presets.http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/RadialWave_SUGARfx.html

Video Wall (Mac)
Video Wall effect, comes with a filter and a generator so you can use it in any which way you want, in two flavors: Light and Pro so you can use the features that you need and nothing more. http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/videowall_SUGARfx.html

Design Tools (Mac)
Design Tools plug-ins help you constrain your projects to specific layouts or color palettes (e.g. for your client's brand).http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/toolbox_SUGARfx.html

Slate Tools (Mac)
Slate Tools plug-ins will assist you in creating slates and copyright notices commonly used in the broadcast industry.http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/toolbox_SUGARfx.html

Cine Fest (Mac)
Add a film festival look to your projects with these 12 theme elements with customizable colors, background media and titles.http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/cinefest_SUGARfx.html

Urban (Mac)
Composite your own media inside urban environments. Additional high-quality media provided free to all licensed users.http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/urban_SUGARfx.html

Folding Cards (Mac)
A dynamic, uncluttered 3D theme with 8 elements and a customizable color palette. http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/foldingcards_SUGARfx.html

Drop In (Mac)
A highly configurable 3D theme with multiple animating title and media elements. http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/dropin_SUGARfx.html

Portfolio (Mac)
Showcase up to seven photos and videos at once with this elegant theme sporting vintage and modern looks.http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/portfolio_SUGARfx.html

Perf Motif (Mac)
7 elegantly animated generators with a full set of parameters to quickly adapt the theme to your project.http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/perfmotif_SUGARfx.html

Mondrianesque Complete (Mac)
Based on the same design as the Photo Montage freebie, Mondrianesque Complete includes 8 plug-ins with powerful customization options.http://www.sugarfx.tv/info/mondrianesquemg_SUGARfx.html

You can download all SUGARfx Plugins here: http://www.noiseindustries.com/store/

Synthetic Aperture

Toolfarm

Topaz Labs

Trapcode

3D Stroke: (Mac & PC)
Stroke/ Tube effect in 3D space. http://www.trapcode.com/products_3dstroke.html

Echospace: (Mac & PC)
Mass management and instant cloning of 3D layers. Motion is inherited from a master layer to form trails or control large arrays.http://www.trapcode.com/products_echospace.html

Lux: (Mac & PC)
Volumetricx simulation of lightcones and halos on 3D lights. http://www.trapcode.com/products_lux.html

Shine: (Mac & PC)
Volumetric light streaks simulated as a 2D process. Useful for godrays, searchlights and a plethora of other effects. Most popular and oldest of all Trapcode plugins. http://www.trapcode.com/products_shine.html

Starglow: (Mac & PC)
Simulation of artifacts from prismatic and polygonal lenses. Useful for sparkles, glitters and other effects.http://www.trapcode.com/products_starglow.html

Soundkeys: (Mac & PC)
Keyframe generator for deriving beats and cues from audio. http://www.trapcode.com/products_soundkeys.html

Particular: (Mac & PC)
Advanced 3D particle system with unrivaled integration inside After Effcets. http://www.trapcode.com/products_particular.html

Ultimatte

ViviClip

Walker Effects

Yanobox

Motype: (Mac)
Motype is a revolutionary text animation plug-in that works in After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express.

Nodes: (Mac)
Yanobox Nodes is a new plugin for After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Motion that allows you to visually animate Objects & Relationships
through Nodes and Lines. Spread nodes across the GPU accelerated 3d environment.  Easily morph between moving geometric distributions,
highlight text, draw connections and customize.
Yanobox Nodes is a magical instrument to visualize complex networks and expose their underlying beauty.

http://www.yanobox.com/

Zaxwerks

India Animation News: Kahani World

News: Plans for Kahani World

The business and industry of animation in India is at the forefront of a spectacular growth of international television and feature film animation production. Pouring over resources that allow them to search out and hire the tens of thousands of talented artists, studios are doing more than just increasing head-count, they're beginning to target their programming toward more deserving audiences. Kahani World, Inc., a creator-driven producer of children's entertainment with offices in Canada and India, is contributing to this strategic shift.

Scheduling a diverse group of co-productions and original intellectual property for production over the next few years, Kahani World is looking to use computer animated television and feature film projects to reach many audiences, the most important of which, is the Indian market. The chief goals of Kahani World is to develop India-themed titles and resultantly establish pre-production and production relationships with other companies, later finding a distributor willing to help bring India a deserving array of animated programming.

With such a vast pool of animators in India for studios to comb through, the creation of regional characters and stories for domestic or international audiences was bound to break through. For Kahani World, the timing is just right. Key reasons include a reported demand-supply gap for original DVD titles in North America, a continuing need for cultural diversity in animation and according to NASSCOM's study of India's animation and videogame industries last year, the Indian animation industry revenues were estimated at USD$ 354 million in 2006, a 24% growth over 2005 revenue. The industry is projected to reach USD$ 869 million by the 2010-year, a CAGR  of 25% over 2006-2010.

Kahani World has plans on being an integral part of such growth. Among the company's first releases is the preschool CG direct-to-video project Raju the Autorickshaw, co-produced with J2K Entertainment, Inc.  and ACCEL Animation Studios . Reaching a variety of demographics is Kahani World's mantra, and as a result, starting with early education viewers is one place they started.

"The sophistication within the animation industry now demands niche products for different age groups," Biren Ghose, CEO and President, Kahani World, commented to one source. "Accordingly there are five primary target groups towards which our branded content and multi platform distribution will be geared. 2009 will be our 'coming out party' where our brands will interact with kids in both the national and international market places. We believe that these initiatives along with those of our partners and licensees will herald a new style of 'Indian animation'."

India-themed brands that retain a global appeal in many ways are core concepts of the company's development approaches. If this sounds like a lot of talk, then it is worth mention that Kahani World is also co-producing a CG animated comedy release called CoderMan. Whereas the previously mentioned title was an adventure and discovery show for preschoolers, CoderMan is for the Tween (age 9-14) viewership, and tracks the only superhero in the world "whose super powers lie in his programming and soft coding skills."

With the flick of his magical pocket-protector, Mani Subramaniam transforms from your typical family man into the world's most revered and prescient defender of technology, using his skills and knowledge of the business. Using is tech-savvy knowledge of information technology rather than a fancy gadget or two, CoderMan is solving the world's problems, byte by byte. Scheduled for international release this Spring at its earliest, CoderMan was co-produced by KilnIdea Animation. KilnIdea Animation will also assist in the production of Hi Bollywood, also a Kahani World title.