GenArts ships particleIllusion for Nuke
Fast-rendering OpenGL-based 2D particle tool now available to users of Nuke and Sony Vegas software.
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
After Effects
DarkCorner for After Effects now available for Mac
GPU-accelerated ambient occlusion plugin now compatible with After Effects CS5 and up on OS X Lion.
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
Eye candy: Franssiss
Creature Comforts takes a turn for the dark side in the first 'talkie' from the cult Babioles shorts' creator.
Monday, April 9th, 2012
Jupiter Jazz releases AtomKraft for Nuke for free
Download a free two-thread version of the Nuke look development, lighting and rendering toolset today.
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Eye candy: Childhood of a Circle
Archibald finds love beyond the end of the world in Kadavre Exquis' beautifully surreal animated short.
Friday, March 30th, 2012
19lights ships Ginger HDR
HDR tonemapping plugin for After Effects and Premiere now officially available for Windows and OS X.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Sneak peek: 3ds Max's new MediaSync workflow
'Best interop with After Effects just got better' claims blog post for latest seven-minute preview video.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
AGF Multimedia releases DarkCorner for After Effects
GPU-accelerated plugin calculates ambient occlusion from the Z-depth data embedded in your renders.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Ginger HDR: tonemapping plugin for After Effects
Developer John Hable releases new tonemapping tool for After Effects in open beta. Get it before 8 January.
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Maxon releases free After Effects to Cinema 4D plug-in
Export projects from After Effects CS3 and above directly to Cinema 4D R13 with the latest release.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
GenArts ships Sapphire v6
Leading collection of VFX sparks for Autodesk, Avid and After Effects updated to version 6. Pricey, but still vital, say reviewers.
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Video Copilot releases 15 free HD stock particle clips
Use them to give commercial projects a little zing with the accompanying After Effects tutorial.
Monday, September 19th, 2011
After Effects gets its own physics engine
Now shipping: Motion Boutique releases its Newton rigid-body engine for Adobe's compositing app.
Monday, September 5th, 2011