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After Effects

Noise Deformer updated to Maya 2013; Photoshop and After Effects antialiasing tool OLM Smoother gets new Nuke version.

Sunday, November 4th, 2012

New streaming tech lets Premiere Pro and After Effects users work on files from anywhere in the world.

Monday, September 10th, 2012

Updated: Download the demo to try the dynamics tools, brush-based sculpting and AE interoperability.

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

Free beta of new plugin lets users arrange AE layers in foldable groups, eliminating precomps

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Peder Norrby's After Effects plugin creates fast-rendering abstract 3D geometry that reacts to AE's lights.

Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

Although probably not officially, given that it's on the Amazon EC2 cloud. Warning: may contain spoilers.

Friday, July 27th, 2012

'Greatest After Effects plugin known to mankind' renders 3D models in real time, with motion blur and DoF.

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

Director Meni Tsirbas talks us through his post-apocalyptic short, created with an all-student team.

Friday, July 6th, 2012

One man, $17k, 280 FX shots: how Chris Herrick created high-power visuals for this low-budget thriller.

Saturday, June 30th, 2012

Fast-rendering OpenGL-based 2D particle tool now available to users of Nuke and Sony Vegas software.

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

GPU-accelerated ambient occlusion plugin now compatible with After Effects CS5 and up on OS X Lion.

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

Creature Comforts takes a turn for the dark side in the first 'talkie' from the cult Babioles shorts' creator.

Monday, April 9th, 2012

Download a free two-thread version of the Nuke look development, lighting and rendering toolset today.

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012