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It’s time to unlock the full power behind our FxFactory Pro plugins in DaVinci Resolve. Two new tutorials show you how to animate in and out of an effect without keyframes, and mask the effect to specific pixels.

Deep Pan is a brand new, free plugin that brings still photos to life with subtle 3D motion powered by AI-generated depth map.

Block Party 2 adds better lighting and environmental effects to a set of 3D transitions that make your clips flip, fly and dance with energy. This is a free update for existing users.

FxFactory Pro 6.0.5 adds Dot Array, a new filter to simulate the look of LCD panels, large pixel arrays found on stadium panels, or create never-before-seen color separations through the use of multi-channel support and perceptual color mixing.

Motype 2 could very well be the most original title generator on the market, combining motion painting effects, particles and superb animation controls to help you create stunning titles. The best news? It's currently on sale for just $99, because it’s about time this becomes part of your video toolbox!

Luma Glitch transitions will transform your video with unique distortions, vibrant lighting effects, and electrifying glitch disruptions for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion. Instead of relying on pre-made glitch overlays, they utilize the luminance maps of your footage to generate unique, frame-specific glitches and warps.

Photo Montage 3.0.5 sports quick toggles to temporarily exclude photos from a slideshow and an improved Final Cut Pro Library browser. This is a free upgrade for existing customers.

FxFactory Pro 6.0.4 brings new versions of Add Noise, Pixelate and Zebra, along with improvements for existing plugins and compatibility with macOS 26 Tahoe Beta. This is a free upgrade for existing customers.

Magic Transitions 1.2 lets you animate objects on the incoming clip, adds new background and object animation styles, a new Aura effect and much more, in this free update to the AI-based transitions for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Ron Wilhelmsen has spent his career turning motion into meaning. Let’s dive into some of his recent work as a Senior Designer for CBS News Boston.

Watch the latest batch of new video tutorials to learn how more of our plug-ins have been redesigned in FxFactory Pro 6.

FxFactory Pro 6.0.3 brings new versions of Random Crop, Random Close-up, Clone and FPS, a new utility plugin to measure rendering performance. This is a free upgrade for existing customers.

Hawaiki Hue Finesse brings precise, targeted color enhancement inside your video apps. A brilliant plug-in,

In making our recent sale a success, you have shown us the way forward. Starting today FxFactory Pro can be yours for only $199. We look to welcome a new generation of editors to our tools and continue innovating together for years to come.

Looking to add a QR code, Aztec code or common Barcode (aka Code 128) to a video? Watch our latest tutorials to learn about the generator included with FxFactory Pro.

Magic Transitions 1.1 adds new background and object animation styles, effects presets to the AI-assisted plugin that creates seamless, customizable transitions.

Our award-winning visual effects toolbox has grown for 20 years, and so have calls to make it accessible to a greater audience. To welcome a new generation of editors to enjoy our tools, the next 1000 customers can buy FxFactory Pro for only $199, starting today and until May 10.

The recent update to FxFactory Pro ushered new versions of Channel Geometry and Genie. Watch our latest tutorials to learn went into the redesign of these vintage plugins.

Fisheye is a unique video transition plugin that uses lens distortion to create dynamic, immersive output. Available now for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion and

FxFactory Pro 6.0.2 brings new versions of Camera Shake, Perspective Reflection and other classic distortion effects that finally bring advanced features. The upgrade is free for existing customers.

Reckon Reveal enables you to reveal a background behind your video content to enhance readability, creating smooth transitions without having to adjust clip in/out points. Available now for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion, and

Instant Filters bundles 80 LUT-based color enhancements with aesthetic, cinematic, and vintage vibes Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.

Magic Transitions is a new AI-assisted plugin that lets you create seamless, customizable transitions by blending masked main objects and animated effects in Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

FxFactory Pro 6.0.1 adds new Trackable PiP, Star Shape and LUT Browser plugins, more presets and features to support titles in the Glow effect, and a bug fix to Halftones. The upgrade is free for existing customers.

What does it take to upgrade? What happens to my current projects? What hardware do I need? Learn more about the most significant update to our plugins in years.

FxFactory Pro 6 brings Wide Gamut HDR support, perceptual color space effects, AI-powered subject isolation, face detection and deeply customizable, advanced features to Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve. The upgrade is free for existing customers.

Fresh Face lets you easily add subtle facial beauty effects to human faces in Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.

Smart Blur is an AI-powered plugin for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion that automates cinematic blurring effects.

Drip is an AI-assisted visual effect plugin for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion that applies cartoon-style dripping effects over your graphics and footage.

Background Remover 1.0.2 makes it incredibly easy to insert titles or custom clips between the subject and background of your videos. The update is free for existing customers and available today for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Keyper 2.1 adds new and powerful AI-assisted Subject detector for users on macOS 14 Sonoma. Free update for existing customers, available for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Caption Burner 2 adds better subtitle layout options, effects and transitions with automatic timing, support for lyrics (LRC) and more. Free update for existing customers, available for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Auto Balancer helps you remove unwanted color casts and simulate different lighting conditions in post production by combining white point balancing, color temperature and tint adjustment in a powerful, intuitive plugin for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Background Remover detects people in your videos and extracts a quick key from footage shot without a greenscreen or bluescreen. Available on macOS 14 Sonoma in Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

AutoBlur lets you draw attention to the most important part of your video by simulating a reduced depth of field via a lens blur or darkening effect. Available for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Keyper 2 adds pre-processing tools and output options to extract people from their backgrounds without requiring greenscreen or prepared backdrops in Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Motype 2.1 introduces powerful particle emitters to create titles that burst into life. This version is a free update for existing Motype 2 users, available for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Makeup Artist 3.5 is a complete rewrite of our smoothing and enhancement plugins with greater power than ever over skin tones, eyes and lips. Compatible with Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Layouts lets you easily create complex, dynamic photo grids in Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.

Essential LUTs helps you find the perfect look for any project you are editing in Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.

Avatar Creator gives you the power to create a fully-realized 3D avatar. Easily create and animate a 3D character with pre-existing moves or our motion-tracking software. No special equipment or training is required. Enjoy a 30% discount for a limited time only.

FaceBlur brings automatic face detection to Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion, letting you blur or pixelate any faces in your video automatically. Get it for only $39 for a limited time only!

Motype 2 is a massive upgrade that brings unique, stunning titles to Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion. Existing Motype customers can upgrade for only $99, whereas new customers can take advantage of a limited-time intro price of $129.

Smart LUTs enables one-click color grading with 60 exciting looks to choose from in Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.

Hawaiki Keyer 5 is the industry’s most sophisticated green and blue screen keyer for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion, now with AI-powered face and object tracking and more advanced features.

Hawaiki AutoFix gives you automatic dead pixel removal in Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Lines 2 gives you easy to use lines and arrows. The new hand-drawn styles support Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion in addition to Final Cut Pro. Available for only $9!

Photo Montage 3 creates stunning photo slideshows. This latest update for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion adds AI-assisted Pan and Zoom, Wide Gamut HDR, new effects and transitions, and it's

Keyper extracts people from their backgrounds without requiring greenscreen or prepared backdrops. Available now for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Reverse Corner Pin is a tool for removing perspective from a shot. Define four pins and the plugin will stretch them back into a rectangular image. Available now for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Eric Jordan is back with us to talk about ROAM: Rider of Another Mortal, his latest project made possible by the Yanobox Nodes plugin in After Effects.

Storm creates stunning organic 3D surfaces that animate and evolve in real time. Available now for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion.

Award winning motion designer Pierre Magnol shows us how to make a modern dance video with Yanobox Mosaic in After Effects, in his latest project: HKSTRONG, a film commissioned by the Hervé Koubi dance company.

Eric Jordan is back to showcase his latest project with Yanobox Nodes in After Effects creating motion graphics, animations and visual effects for StratoZen. Stay tuned for the eye candy.

Motype 1.5 is a free update to the particle-based titling plugin, adding 69 new presets and a redesigned UI. Available now for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Motion

Eric Jordan is back to discuss his latest project using Yanobox Nodes in After Effects, creating graphics and animations for Beyond Limits. Read on for some of the most inspiring eye candy in the industry!

Hawaiki Super Glow is a powerful new glow plug-in for Final Cut, Motion, Premiere Pro and After Effects that reinvents the glow and takes it to an entirely different level.

LUT Mixer is a color grading plugin for FCPX, Premiere Pro & AE that lets you combine and apply multiple LUTs with automatic skin tone protection and no loss in quality.

Better Black and White is a plugin for creating rich black and white images using film emulation – right inside Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro.

Color Cone offers precise color correction for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and After Effects that allows for smooth results that leave highlights and shadows intact.

Light Show Plugins are Glows, light spills and distortion effects designed for titles and videos.

Warping Wheels for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and After Effects reinvents color wheels to protect skin tones during adjustment, creating great looks with a familiar UI.

Hedge combines superfast transfers with a clean, intuitive UI. Simultaneous transfers give you peace of mind in the shortest time. This is quite simply the best backup software for filmmakers.

Hedge combines superfast transfers with a clean, intuitive UI. Simultaneous transfers give you peace of mind in the shortest time.

This is quite simply the best backup software for filmmakers.

We caught up with Eric Jordan, author of graphics, animations and visual effects for the award winning documentary People's Republic of Desire and asked him about what went into creating the motion graphics of the film and how the After Effects plugin Yanobox Nodes was utilized in the process.

Eran Stern, who will be will be teaching several sessions at the Conference, created the event's promo video. Watch his tutorial demonstrating the process of creating the video using Yanobox Nodes in After Effects.

Award-winning motion designer, Pierre Magnol (aka BrightPhoton), joins us again to tell us about his new project using Yanobox Nodes. We have previously featured Pierre’s work on the promo video for the Falcon 8X from Dassault Aviation and Orchestra.

We noticed some awesome work using Yanobox Nodes posted on social media. We reached out to the creator Steve Richey to ask him about his background and what inspires him. He was also kind enough to share some images of his work using Nodes in After Effects.

We caught up with Aaron from AEW Media Productions to ask him about what went into creating the short film Rebel Plans and how FanFilmFX plugins were utilized in the process.

We caught up with We Are Alive, an animation studio based in Dubai, UAE, specializing in motion graphics animation and digital art, and asked them about what went into creating the Trovicor image film and how the After Effects plugin Yanobox Nodes was utilized in the process.

Cinematographer Michael Satrazemis talks in Variety about the use of 16mm celluloid when filming The Walking Dead.

Renato Marques is a designer, motion graphics artist, 3D artist and director with some pretty deep roots in creative design and content creation. With over a decade of experience in his craft, Renato has tapped into his passion for visual arts to create visually stunning designs for brands, studios, artists and directors. He continues to explore the tension between design and art. And his work speaks for itself.

Nawaz Alamgir is an award-winning motion graphic designer working in film, video game and television advertising. For the past 10 years he has collaborated with a range of high profile clients and worked with big brands creating graphics for numerous feature film trailers, TV spots and other digital formats.

Mat Hale from imag8nineteen was kind enough to share his thoughts on Yanobox Nodes and how the plugin was used on their latest project, the visuals for the Twitter Flight 2015 Developer Conference Keynote.

Inka Kendzia was kind enough to share her thoughts on Yanobox Nodes and its use on her latest project, an advertisement for Econet Broadband.

Nicolas Lichtlé was kind enough to share his thoughts on Yanobox Nodes and its use on his latest project Sciences Po, which was made to showcase the Sciences Politiques School's diversity through the visualizing of its admission process.

The award winning motion designer Duncan Elms was kind enough to share his thoughts on Yanobox Nodes and its use on his latest project Deep Web.

The award winning motion designer Pierre Magnol (aka Bright Photon) was kind enough to share his thoughts on Yanobox Nodes and its use on his latest project, a promotional video for the Falcon 8X from Dassault Aviation.

The award winning motion designer Tony Zagoraios was kind enough to share his thoughts on Yanobox Nodes and its use on his latest project for the Kazakhstan National Museum.

Corey Bramall shares his thoughts on Fictional User Interface design for motion pictures and how he used Yanobox Nodes in After Effects for the latest blockbuster in the Transformers series: Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Yanobox Nodes has been used by many talented artists on awesome projects. One new project that caught our eye was Pixellation by Chris Cousins.

BEMO, a design oriented boutique VFX studio in Los Angeles, uses Yanobox Nodes in After Effects for VFX in sci-fi feature film Earth to Echo.

Jayse Hansen tells us about using Nodes in After Effects for the epic sci-fi adventure Ender's Game.

Jayse Hansen has recently used Yanobox Nodes on a number of Hollywood Blockbusters. He was kind enough to answer some of our questions in an interview.

Jayse Hansen, freelance 3D VFX and screen designer/animator, turned to Yanobox Nodes for his work on The Avengers. Nodes offers editors and Motion graphics artists a unique tool to combine text, images and graphics into beautiful 3D animations.

We recently spoke with Jayse Hansen, a freelance visual effects artist, on using Yanobox Nodes in Rise of the Planet of the Apes to combine text, images and graphics into a dynamic 3D animation.