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After Effects

Interesting alternative to roto for VFX work exports matte frames to compositing apps like After Effects

Tuesday, July 19th, 2022

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

Update to the compositing app improves text animation workflow when using non-Western lanuages.

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022

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 the new features in the promising add-on for streamlining the process of creating 3D animation for motion graphics.

Friday, June 17th, 2022

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

Suite of effects plugins gets more lens flares and light leaks; multi-GPU support in DaVinci Resolve.

Saturday, May 28th, 2022

Minor update to the compositing software includes bugfixes and animation workflow improvements.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2022

Planar tracker gets new set of non-destructive video preprocessing tools to help solve tricky shots.

Monday, May 2nd, 2022

Set of After Effects motion graphics plugins now runs on M1 Macs. Particular gets intial support for Layer Maps.

Monday, April 25th, 2022

Online library of effects for editing and compositing apps gets Box Bokeh, ChromaTown and Sketchify tools, plus new Stretch transition.

Monday, April 25th, 2022

Suite of After Effects plugins for common visual effects tasks gets new physically based lens flare generation tool Real Lens Flares.

Monday, April 25th, 2022

Maxon's colour correction tools for After Effects and Premiere Pro gets initial OCIO support, two new tools for creating light hazes in Looks.

Monday, April 25th, 2022