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Holomatrix

Many science fiction feature films and TV shows feature holographic communication and interfaces. Red Giant Holomatrix allows you to easily recreate that effect with just a few clicks.
  • Getting Started - Watch (QuickTime)
  • Working with Corner Pinning and 3D - Watch (QuickTime)
  • Working with the Transform Properties - Watch (QuickTime)
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Key Correct Pro

Key Correct Pro is a set of 15 plug-ins designed to help After Effects users create better composites with built-in keying tools.
  • Getting Started tutorial - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (68.2 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 19: Creating a Transporter Effect - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 18: Compositing Tips from 'Greenscreen Made Easy' - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 16: Better Compositing with Light Wraps - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 04: Better Compositing Techniques - Watch (Flash)
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Knoll Light Factory Pro

The industry's favorite tool for creating lens flares, sunsets, photon torpedoes, stars and other effects. It offers a custom lens editor, auto tracking, alpha channel support, and pinpoint control over dozens of settings.
  • Getting Started (complete overview and tutorial) - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (45.5 MB)
  • Introduction (highlights new features in v2.5) - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (24.6 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 32: Feature Film Title Treatment - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 23: Peel-Away Vortex Transition - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 19: Creating a Transporter Effect - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 04: Better Compositing Techniques - Watch (Flash)
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Magic Bullet Colorista

An easy-to-use color correction plug-in that delivers great results quickly from within Final Cut, After Effects, Motion, Premiere Pro, or Avid systems.
  • Using Colorista in After Effects Advanced - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (11.1 MB)
  • Using Colorista in After Effects Introduction - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (12 MB)
  • Using Colorista in Final Cut Pro Advanced - Watch (QuickTIme) - Download (14.9 MB)
  • Using Colorista in Final Cut Pro Introduction - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (20.4 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 27: Building an Airport Scene - Part 1: Backplate - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 22: Creating a Summer Blockbuster Film Look - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 14: Planning for Post in your Filmmaking Production Workflow - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 13: Compositing with Final Cut Pro for That Media Show - Watch (Flash)
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Magic Bullet Frames

Take interlaced video and get the 24p look of film, right from within your editor — at high speed and high quality.
  • Getting Started tutorial - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (40.7 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 14: Planning for Post in your Filmmaking Production Workflow - Watch (Flash)
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Magic Bullet Instant HD

High-quality conversion from SD video to HD within your favorite video application. Instant HD's easy controls make it a snap to convert standard-definition clips to sharp, clear HD with outstanding results.
  • Getting Started tutorial - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (20.7 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 14: Planning for Post in your Filmmaking Production Workflow - Watch (Flash)
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Magic Bullet Looks

Now you can define the style of your video or film with powerful imaging tools. Choose from 100+ Look presets, to help set the mood for everything from a wedding to the next Sundance original.
  • Getting Started tutorial - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (56.4 MB)
  • Overview by Stu (from studiodaily.com) - Watch (Flash)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episiode 33: Creating a Death Eater Apparition Effect - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 28: Building an Airport Scene - Part 2: Compositing - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 22: Creating a Summer Blockbuster Film Look - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 19: Creating a Transporter Effect - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 18: Compositing Tips from 'Greenscreen Made Easy' - Watch (Flash)
  • Episiode 17: Color Grading in Final Cut Pro with Magic Bullet Looks - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 14: Planning for Post in your Filmmaking Production Workflow - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 06: Controlling Time with Audio - Pt. 2 - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 04: Better Compositing Techniques - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 02: Binary Transition Part 2 - Watch (Flash)
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Primatte Keyer Pro

A professional greenscreen tool that extracts keys from any color background quickly and easily. Powerful features allow Primatte Keyer to overcome keying challenges such as uneven lighting, compression artifacts, subtle shadows, and edge light contamination.
  • Getting Started with Primatte Keyer Pro - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (46 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 18: Compositing Tips from 'Greenscreen Made Easy' - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 13: Compositing with Final Cut Pro for That Media Show - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 04: Better Compositing Techniques - Watch (Flash)
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Psunami

Whether it’s a peaceful pond or a raging ocean you need, Psunami can handle it. Powerful wave simulation and ray tracing algorithms bring you the ultimate in animated water effects.
  • Getting Started with Psunami Part 1 - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (46.4 MB)
  • Gettting Started with Psunami Part 2 - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (47 MB)
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Radium Glow

Don't settle for glow effects that are just a blur. Radium Glow simulates the way real light behaves, giving you ultra-realistic glimmers and glows.
  • Advanced Glows with Trapcode Starglow and Radium Glow - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (70 MB)
  • Getting Started with Radium Glow - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (38 MB)
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Text Anarchy

Take the pain out of animating text. Whether you need Bezier paths, particle patterns, or Matrix-style patterns, Text Anarchy generates the coolest effects while maintaining typographic control.
  • Getting Started with Text Anarchy Part 1 - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (51 MB)
  • Getting Started with Text Anarchy Part 2 - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (53.6 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 10: Creating Traffic Patterns - Watch (Flash)
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Trapcode 3D Stroke

3D Stroke uses paths from one or more masks to render volumetric strokes that can be rotated and moved freely in 3D space. It even has a built-in camera to create dynamic 3D environments. Path reveals are easy to make with keyframeable start and end sliders.
  • Getting Started tutorial - Watch (Flash) - Download (5.5 MB)
  • Motion Graphics in Final Cut Pro - Volume 1 - Final Result - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (4.9 MB)
  • Motion Graphics in Final Cut Pro - Volume 1 - Tutorial - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (66.3 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 31: Creating an Old-School Sci-Fi TV Opening - Watch (Flash)
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Trapcode Echospace

Speeds and automates the creation of sophisticated 3D layer effects in Adobe After Effects. Layer iterations can be controlled as a group or individually for sophisticated 'house-of-cards' or 'Cover Flow'-style animations.

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 31: Creating an Old-School Sci-Fi TV Opening - Watch (Flash)
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Trapcode Form

Bend nature to your will by creating flame, smoke and other organic 3D shapes — and then synchronize it with your favorite audio.
  • Getting Started tutorial - Watch (Flash) - Download (76.4 MB)
  • In-depth tutorial using the Fractal field - Watch (Flash) - Download (49.5 MB)
  • Using Layer Maps tutorial - Watch (Flash) - Download (42.5 MB)
  • Visualizing audio tutorial - Watch (Flash) - Download (58.9 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 30: 3D Motion Graphics Logo - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 29: Form Text - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 25: Creating a Crowd Scene with Particular 2 - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 23: Peel-Away Vortex Transition - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 21: Creating a Text to Sand Transition - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 12: Form Face - Part 2 - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 11: Form Face - Part 1 - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 01: Binary Transition Part 1 - Watch (Flash)
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Trapcode Horizon

Create ultra-realistic environments by using Trapcode Horizon to wrap sphere maps, panoramas or video around the After Effects world.
  • Getting Started Tutorial - Watch (Flash)
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Trapcode Lux

Lux simulates the "visible light" phenomenon of light in a dark or foggy environment. Use Lux to create incredibly realistic visible light sources for spotlights, flashlights, headlights, or stage lighting of all kinds.
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Trapcode Particular

A fast and powerful 3D particle system creates a wide range of effects — from natural smoke and explosions to geometric, 3D, or organic abstract elements. Updated to work with After Effects CS4, version 2 is a paid upgrade from any previous version.
  • Particular 2 New Features - Watch (Flash)
  • Particular 2 Streaklet and Transform World overview - Watch (Flash)
  • Particular v1.5 Bounce tutorial (old) - Watch (Flash) - Download (11.1 MB)
  • Particular v1.5 Custom particles tutorial (old) - Watch (Flash) - Download (22.7 MB)
  • Particular v1.5 Features and depth of field (old) - Watch (Flash) - Download (20.2 MB)
  • Particular v1.x Original getting started (old) - Watch (Flash) - Download (5.9 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episiode 33: Creating a Death Eater Apparition Effect - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 32: Feature Film Title Treatment - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 25: Creating a Crowd Scene with Particular 2 - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 24: An Introduction to Trapcode Particular 2 - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 20: Creating a 3D picture Montage with Trapcode Particular - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 19: Creating a Transporter Effect - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 15: Better Compositing with Particles - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 07: Getting Better Control of Emitter Position in Trapcode Particular - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 03: Looping a Particle System - Watch (Flash)
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Trapcode Shine

Shine is a 2D plug-in that simulates 3D volumetric light effects within your editor. TV and movie pros use it daily to create light rays that sweep through logotypes or any kind of footage.
  • Avoiding the cutoff tutorial - Watch (Flash) - Download (4.9 MB)
  • Creating a 3D Gobo light tutorial - Watch (Flash) - Download (10.7 MB)
  • Getting Started tutorial - Watch (Flash) - Download (5.2 MB)
  • Motion Graphics in Final Cut Pro - Volume 1 - Final Result - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (4.9 MB)
  • Motion Graphics in Final Cut Pro - Volume 1 - Tutorial - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (66.3 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 02: Binary Transition Part 2 - Watch (Flash)
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Trapcode Sound Keys

Sound Keys is a keyframe generator plug-in for Adobe After Effects. Visually select parts of an audio track and convert that audio into keyframes. Great for audio-intensive animations.

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 06: Controlling Time with Audio - Pt. 2 - Watch (Flash)
  • Episode 05: Controlling Time with Audio - Pt. 1 - Watch (Flash)
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Trapcode Starglow

Add Hollywood glamour to text or shapes with the fast-rendering Starglow plug-in. With multiple colors and point and shimmer controls, the star power is all at your fingertips.
  • Getting Started tutorial - Watch (Flash) - Download (5.3 MB)
  • Motion Graphics in Final Cut Pro - Volume 1 - Final Result - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (4.9 MB)
  • Motion Graphics in Final Cut Pro - Volume 1 - Tutorial - Watch (QuickTime) - Download (66.3 MB)

RGTV episodes featuring this product:

  • Episode 03: Looping a Particle System - Watch (Flash)
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