Maxon releases Red Giant 2025
Maxon’s trailer for its Fall 2024 releases. The section on Red Giant 2025 starts at 11:30.
Maxon has released Red Giant 2025, the latest version of its collection of effects plugins.
The update includes new versions of all five of Red Giant’s individual products: Magic Bullet 2025.0, Maxon Studio 2025.0, Trapcode 2025.0, Universe 2025.0 and VFX 2025.0.
Magic Bullet 2025.0 adds a new Parametric Curve plugin, Maxon Studio 2025.0 adds the option to create Capsules, and Trapcode 2025.0 features updates to Geo and Particular.
Universe 2025.0 and VFX 2025.0 are minor updates.
Magic Bullet 2025.0
Magic Bullet, Maxon’s colour correction tools for compositing and editing software, gets a new Parametric Curve plugin.
It enables artists to manipulate footage via an HDR curve.
Read a full list of changes in Magic Bullet 2025.0 in the online release notes
Maxon Studio 2025.0
Maxon Studio, Maxon’s new motion graphics ‘template engine’ for After Effects gets the option to create Capsules.
Users can now create and save their own custom Capsules – Maxon Studio’s term for presets – as well as customizing the readymade Capsules provided by Maxon.
Read a full list of changes in Maxon Studio 2025.0 in the online release notes
Trapcode 2025.0
Trapcode, Maxon’s motion graphics and VFX plugins for After Effects, gets updates to two key tools: Geo and Particular.
Geo, the new tool for texturing, lighting and cloning 3D objects introduced in Red Giant 2024.2 earlier this year, now supports up to four base objects and five materials.
There are also new Position and Position Offset transforms, described as “good for v-shaped and honeycomb formations”, plus new options for orienting objects and controlling transforms.
Depth of field is now supported when using After Effects’ old Classic 3D renderer.
It is also now possible to import or export animated models in FBX and glTF/GLB format, although currently only fully skinned or fully unskinned models will display correctly.
Particular, Trapcode’s tool for creating organic particle effects, gets UI and UX updates, particularly when managing presets and playing back effects.
Read a full list of changes in Trapcode 2025.0 in the online release notes
Universe 2025.0
Universe, Maxon’s online library of effects and transitions for editing and compositing software, gets an update to the Unmult plugin.
Read a full list of changes in Universe 2025.0 in the online release notes
VFX 2025.0
VFX, Maxon’s After Effects plugins for common visual effects tasks like chroma keying, camera tracking, blemish removal and precomposing gets “a few minor adjustments under the hood”.
Read a full list of changes in VFX 2025.0 in the online release notes
Price and system requirements
The Red Giant 2025 plugins are available for Windows 10+ and macOS 11.0+, and are compatible with After Effects 2024+.
Some products are compatible with other host applications, including DaVinci Resolve.
All of the products are rental-only. Maxon raised its subscription prices earlier this month.
Complete Red Giant subscriptions now cost $85/month or $639/year, up $6/month or $40/year. Universe subscriptions cost $32/month or $214/year, up $2/month or $15/year.