Best Black Friday and winter 2022 deals for CG artists
Updated: save money with these seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.
Monday, November 28th, 2022
After Effects
Chaos releases Chaos Player Update 1
Image sequence viewer gets new Contacts Sheet system for viewing render elements and shot variants.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
Adobe ships After Effects 23.0
Update to the compositing app makes it possible to use any layer as a track matte. 3D model import and OCIO support now in beta.
Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
Download free After Effects plugin Crate's Light Wrap
ProductionCrate's plugin creates quick, controllable light wraps in After Effects. For commercial use.
Tuesday, October 4th, 2022
Download free After Effects plugin Crate's Godrays
Add fast-rendering volumetric light rays to VFX and motion graphics with ProductionCrate's free tool.
Tuesday, September 20th, 2022
Maxon ships Red Giant 2023
See what's new in individual FX and color correction plugin suites Magic Bullet 2023, Trapcode 2023, Universe 2023 and VFX 2023.
Sunday, September 11th, 2022
Color Intelligence releases Look Designer 2.6
Powerful plugin recreates the beauty of analogue film inside DaVinci Resolve and After Effects.
Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
Adobe releases After Effects 22.6
Compositing software gets option to colour code keyframes to help keep animation projects organised.
Thursday, August 25th, 2022
Boris FX makes Particle Illusion 2022.5 available free
Free standalone edition of the particle generator can now emit particles from imported 3D models.
Friday, August 19th, 2022
Antimatter automatically isolates people from video
Interesting alternative to roto for VFX work exports matte frames to compositing apps like After Effects
Tuesday, July 19th, 2022
Continuum 2022.5 ships
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
Adobe releases After Effects 22.5
Update to the compositing app improves text animation workflow when using non-Western lanuages.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022
Anastasiy ships MagicTints 3.0
Neat one-click colour matching app for concept art and illustration work now supports targeted colour correction and batch processing.
Friday, June 17th, 2022