The latest version of Lockdown adds Alembic support to be able to use the track data from Lockdown in a 3D app like Cinema 4D to pull off crazy tracks like this one of trees growing on the rhino's skin!

Learn how to use Projection 3D in After Effects to create a beautiful apocalyptic city inspired by X-men Wasteland 3. Includes free project download.

Learn how to create a beautiful flower particle animation using Stardust in After Effects by Madhu Pravin

A nice simple Newton 3 for After Effects Tutorial by Gustavo Rodriguez Cortes

Music video created with Modulation, Slitscan and AE Pixel Sorter by Dentsu

Ever wanted to learn scripting in After Effects? Mathias (aka mamoworld) will hold a four-hour session on exactly that at Adobe Video World again this year! Due to the coronavirus it's a digital only conference this time, so it's a great chance to join this amazing event from anywhere in the world!

Fantastic demo reel from EDUARD_OV created with Deep Glow, AE Pixel Sorter, Element 3D and more.

Black Mixture reviews some awesome After Effects techniques that include using Lockdown, Element 3D, Mocha Pro and Joysticks 'n Sliders.

Powerful and beautiful animation created using Joysticks 'n Sliders by Chris Carboni

Blake Anderson walks through creating 2 different maps using GEOlayers in After Effects

Getting the perfect key usually involves pulling multiple keys with different settings and then mixing them back together. James from Plugin Everything explains why they created KeyMix to solve this problem.

Awesome mograph piece created with Cartoon Moblur by Takashi Ohashi for SPACE SHOWER TV

Learn how to quickly add physics to an animated car using Newton in After Effects by Voltage Tutorials

Kevin Lustgarten used Composite Brush to create this awesome effect!

Film Riot does a nice overview tutorial on how to key hair on a green screen then shows how to use Composite Brush to get the best results with the least amount of work :)

The good lads at Plugin Everything made an excellent tutorial on our Manager App which makes managing all your AE tools a breeze :-)

Roland Hartmann of graphicinmotion.com shows how to create and render Volume Smoke from particles using the Stardust plugin. This tutorial covers creating volume from particle, volume render and more.

Boone Loves Video shows you how to use PQ Grit Kit to add a cool paper texture to maps in After Effects

Learn how to add physics to your Element 3D animations using Newton in After Effects by TJP Fx

After Effects guru Ben Marriott released his top 10 plugins list and we are proud to have received so many mentions:  Stardust, Deep Glow, Element 3D, Joysticks 'n Sliders, AfterCodecs, Limber, Flow

Thanks Ben!