Visual FX Pro has a nifty tutorial on how to make a realistic-looking forest fire using Deep Glow and is also giving 10 copies of deep glow and copies of their entire stock footage library.

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In this 2-part tutorial series, learn how to automate a text wipe transition with Automation Toolkit Free

Learn how to use the new Slide function in PolyDivider for Cinema 4D

Learn some After Effects animation tips & tricks using Newton with FedUP Studio Lab

Boone Loves Video shows you how to get those super sweet National Geographic style country borders using GEOlayers in After Effects.

Learn how to use the Potok Fluid Gradient plugin to create an organic cut isolines text effect.

Dreadlabs shows how you can use our Signal plugin to easily create a 90 VHS visual style

Keyframe Academy explains why  Limber is the easiest character rigging tool out there for Adobe After Effects.

OutxfOrder does a nice overview on how to use Lockdown to track difficult surfaces in After Effects

The Pixel Lab shows how you can use Stardust to render VDB volumes in After Effects

Corridor Digital deep dives into using Lockdown to create their super cool Voldemort parody!

Learn how to use the Potok plugin to create fluid gradients in After Effects and use them to creatively colorize text.

Roland Hartmann of graphicinmotion.com shows how to use the Helium Plugin for Adobe After Effects. Importing a 3D Model, Adding primitives, Applying Environment, Adding a Helium setup from a pre-comp and more.

Charles Yeager for Premiumbeat.com shows how to create depth mattes in After Effects using Depth Scanner. He also shows some creative uses with other plugins like AE Pixel Sorter.

Learn how Boone Loves Video animated driving routes from GPX files using GEOlayers in Adobe After Effects.

Learn how to create a simple head rig and facial animation using Joysticks 'n Sliders in After Effects by Jafar Fazel

Boone Loves Video reviews his top 22 plugins in Adobe After Effects for this year. List includes (in alphabetical order): Aep to Mogrt, Coco Color Coworker, Datamosh 2, Deekay Tool, foxReveal, GEOlayers 3, HandyCam, Helium, Keystone, Long Shadow, Lockdown, Matte Tool 2, Signal, Social Beam, Time Marker, Volna 2 and Workflower

Learn how to quickly manage client edits using Marker Remap in After Effects