Boris FX makes Particle Illusion 2022.5 available free
Free standalone edition of the particle generator can now emit particles from imported 3D models.
Friday, August 19th, 2022
After Effects
Das Element uses AI to sort your VFX asset library
Neat tool turns your 'chaos folder' into an organised library of assets. Version 2.0 adds support for 3D assets.
Monday, August 1st, 2022
Antimatter automatically isolates people from video
Interesting alternative to roto for VFX work exports matte frames to compositing apps like After Effects
Tuesday, July 19th, 2022
Continuum 2022.5 ships
Update to Boris FX's set of effects plugins for compositing apps adds the option to emit particles from 3D models inside Particle Illusion.
Friday, June 24th, 2022
Adobe releases After Effects 22.5
Update to the compositing app improves text animation workflow when using non-Western lanuages.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022
Anastasiy ships MagicTints 3.0
Neat one-click colour matching app for concept art and illustration work now supports targeted colour correction and batch processing.
Friday, June 17th, 2022
Check out After Effects 3D plugin Helium 8.0
Check out the new features in the promising add-on for streamlining the process of creating 3D animation for motion graphics.
Friday, June 17th, 2022
Apple unveils new M2 chip
Discover how the first second-gen Apple Silicon processor performs in CG software like Photoshop, Affinity Photo and Final Cut Pro.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
Boris FX releases Sapphire 2022.5
Suite of effects plugins gets more lens flares and light leaks; multi-GPU support in DaVinci Resolve.
Saturday, May 28th, 2022
Adobe releases After Effects 22.4
Minor update to the compositing software includes bugfixes and animation workflow improvements.
Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
Boris FX ships Mocha Pro 2022.5
Planar tracker gets new set of non-destructive video preprocessing tools to help solve tricky shots.
Monday, May 2nd, 2022
Maxon releases Trapcode Suite 18.1
Set of After Effects motion graphics plugins now runs on M1 Macs. Particular gets intial support for Layer Maps.
Monday, April 25th, 2022
Maxon ships Universe 6.1
Online library of effects for editing and compositing apps gets Box Bokeh, ChromaTown and Sketchify tools, plus new Stretch transition.
Monday, April 25th, 2022