July 11, 2012
'Greatest After Effects plugin known to mankind' renders 3D models in real time, with motion blur and DoF. Read More »
July 6, 2012
Director Meni Tsirbas talks us through his post-apocalyptic short, created with an all-student team. Read More »
June 30, 2012
One man, $17k, 280 FX shots: how Chris Herrick created high-power visuals for this low-budget thriller. Read More »
June 20, 2012
Fast-rendering OpenGL-based 2D particle tool now available to users of Nuke and Sony Vegas software. Read More »
April 22, 2012
GPU-accelerated ambient occlusion plugin now compatible with After Effects CS5 and up on OS X Lion. Read More »
April 9, 2012
Creature Comforts takes a turn for the dark side in the first 'talkie' from the cult Babioles shorts' creator. Read More »
April 3, 2012 | 1 comment
Download a free two-thread version of the Nuke look development, lighting and rendering toolset today. Read More »
March 30, 2012
Archibald finds love beyond the end of the world in Kadavre Exquis' beautifully surreal animated short. Read More »
March 21, 2012
HDR tonemapping plugin for After Effects and Premiere now officially available for Windows and OS X. Read More »
February 23, 2012
'Best interop with After Effects just got better' claims blog post for latest seven-minute preview video. Read More »
February 21, 2012
GPU-accelerated plugin calculates ambient occlusion from the Z-depth data embedded in your renders. Read More »
December 6, 2011
Developer John Hable releases new tonemapping tool for After Effects in open beta. Get it before 8 January. Read More »
November 1, 2011 | 5 comments
Export projects from After Effects CS3 and above directly to Cinema 4D R13 with the latest release. Read More »
October 9, 2011
Leading collection of VFX sparks for Autodesk, Avid and After Effects updated to version 6. Pricey, but still vital, say reviewers. Read More »
September 19, 2011
Use them to give commercial projects a little zing with the accompanying After Effects tutorial. Read More »
September 5, 2011 | 1 comment
Now shipping: Motion Boutique releases its Newton rigid-body engine for Adobe's compositing app. Read More »
August 24, 2011
Particle tool Trapcode Form gets a major upgrade in the latest update to Peder Norrby's VFX plug-ins. Read More »
August 9, 2011 | 1 comment
Check out State Sets and iray running in an ActiveShade window - both due in the new Advantage Pack. Read More »
March 21, 2011
CoreMelt releases 'CoreMeltFREE' sampler pack of its After Effects and Final Cut Pro video FX plug-ins. Read More »
March 16, 2011 | 3 comments
CS5's GPU-accelerated features speed up workflow - but your choice of card isn't as crucial as you think. Read More »