Maxon releases Red Giant 2025.3 and Universe 2025.2
Maxon has released Red Giant 2025.3 and Universe 2025.2, the latest updates to its suite of effects plugins for compositing and editing apps and its online library of effects and transitions.
The updates add new scaling features to After Effects template engine Maxon Studio and integrate it more directly with Red Giant and Universe’s other After Effects tools.
Red Giant users also get better integration between 3D particle toolsets Form and Particular.
Red Giant 2025.3: updates to Maxon Studio and Particular
The Red Giant 2025.3 focuses mainly on Maxon Studio, Maxon’s new tool for creating motion graphics in After Effects by customizing readymade ‘Capsules’.
The update adds new scaling options, making it possible to apply a Capsule at its original size, or to scale it to the width of a composition, its height, or both.
Subscribers also get 200 new Capsules with 9:16 aspect ratios for use on social media.
Maxon has now added a Maxon Studio Open button to all of its other After Effects plugins, making it possible to launch Studio from within the Magic Bullet, Trapcode and VFX tools.
The new Apply Form Defaults button in Particular sets up the 3D particle toolset to create Form-style particle grids as well as its more traditional organic particle effects.
The update also improves interoperability between Particular and Form, Red Giant’s 3D particle toolsets, with a new button to apply Form default settings within Particular.
Universe 2025.2: better integration with Maxon Studio and bugfixes
Universe 2025.2 is a much smaller update, adding the Maxon Studio Open button to all of the Universe tools in After Effects.
Price and system requirements
Red Giant is compatible with After Effects 2024+ on Windows 10+ and macOS 12.0+. Some individual tools are compatible with other host applications, including DaVinci Resolve.
Complete Red Giant subscriptions, which include Universe, cost $85/month or $639/year. Individual Universe subscriptions cost $32/month or $214/year.
Read more about the Red Giant plugins on Maxon’s website
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