BAO Boa

Boa is a plugin for After Effects built to distort layers along mask paths.

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Description



The easiest, most precise and fastest way to warp layers along a path.

Have ever wished After Effects has a "Spline Deformer"? Then say hello to Boa!

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Features

  • NEW: 3D controls let you rotate, scale, and move splines in 3D space.
  • Use 'Stretch with verts match' to use mask vertices just like Puppet Pins and get per segment distortion.
  • Undistort part of the texture. For example when bending an arm but you want to leave the hand undistorted. See feature video below.
  • Warp any source along any mask path
  • Rotate and twist along the path
  • Full control over start, end, scale and z position along the path
  • Mesh definition and sub-sampling for complete quality control
  • Extrude and contour in 3D!
  • Reacts to comp camera and lights
  • Super fast rendering
  • Fully native plugin

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Version History

1.6.0 -

Apr 20, 2025

- Fixed an OpenGL context issue

1.5.1a -

Nov 25, 2022

- Fixed notarizaion on macOS

1.5.1 -

Sep 20, 2022

Fixed a 3D parameters error (Z dimension was inverted in Position and Anchor).

1.5.0 -

Jun 2, 2022

Added 3D geometry controls (anchor, position, scale, rotation), and possibility to choose per vertex Z and Scale interpolation type (linear or cosine).

1.4.10 -

Mar 21, 2022

Added M1 compatibility (Mac)

1.4.9 -

Oct 26, 2021

Fixed a script warning issue.

1.4.8 -

Jun 8, 2021

Added an option to allow larger textures.

1.4.7 -

Mar 2, 2021

Replaced the sorting algorithm by a safer version.

1.4.6 -

Dec 26, 2020

Fixed a render glitch issue.

1.4.5 -

Sep 4, 2020

Fixed a windows 10 related issue.

1.4.4 -

Dec 9, 2019

Fixed a front face / back face issue.

1.4.3 -

Nov 5, 2019

Fixed a color pre-multiplication issue.

1.4.2 -

Oct 25, 2019

Fixed a notarization issue (Mac only).

1.4.1 -

Sep 16, 2019

Fixed a texture size issue (16 bits only).

1.4.0 -

Aug 27, 2019

Added 16bits support.

1.3.3 -

Jun 26, 2019

Updated the licensing code.

1.3.2 -

Jun 13, 2019

Updated the licensing code.

1.3.1 -

Mar 27, 2019

Fixed a source definition bug.

Fixed a 'closed masks' bug in 'verts match' mode.

1.3.0 -

Sep 11, 2018

Added a new feature: Stretch with verts match.

1.2.0 -

Jul 16, 2018

Modified communication with AE cache.

1.1.11 -

May 17, 2018

Accelerated and stabilized frameBuffer creation to fit all GPU.

1.1.10 -

May 11, 2018

Modified framebuffer creation to allow bigger textures on all GPU.

1.1.9 -

May 10, 2018

Fixed a framebuffer issue.

1.1.8 -

May 10, 2018

Updated framebuffer to handle larger textures.

1.1.7 -

Mar 9, 2018

Fixed a licensing code issue.

1.1.6 -

Sep 14, 2017

Fixed a camera / motion blur issue.

1.1.5 -

Sep 10, 2017

Added 'Undistort' parameters.

1.1.4 -

Aug 2, 2017

Fixed a contour alpha issue.

1.1.3 -

Jul 8, 2017

Fixed a memory issue

1.1.2 -

May 24, 2017

Added DOF support and fixed a camera depth limit issue.

1.1.1 -

May 11, 2017

Switched motion blur rendering to OpenGL instead of AE for faster rendering.

1.1.0 -

May 10, 2017

Added motion blur support.

1.0.5 -

Apr 26, 2017

Initial release

Compatibility

After Effects

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, CS6