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!

Learn how to create beautiful organic flowing lines using Stardust in After Effects by Madhu Pravin. Includes project download.

In this epic tutorial Lockdown creator Chris Vranos shows you how to track a liquid surface that might otherwise be considered impossible but thanks to the black voodoo magic of Lockdown it's a pretty easy process. Well, until Chris decides to be a perfectionist of course!

Learn how to create a Magnifying Lenses Effect using Diopter in After Effects by The Waenderer. Includes free project download.

In this tutorial, I'm going to give you a quick jumpstart into Limber. I'll show you the basics of making and styling new limbs, how to rig them to a character, how to use FK, and how to scale limbs within the finished rig.

In this tutorial, I'm going to show you Limber’s new Rig & Pose functions which allow you to add your own artwork to limbs as well as a method for setting limb properties based on reference layers.

Nice roundup from Boone Loves Video that includes  The Power of Expression book which is a must on any serious After Effects artist's bookshelf!

Cleanly designed branding video made with Newton, Pastiche, Ray Dynamic Color and Bezier Node by Oleg Smykalov

Film Riot shows how to create some pretty cool UFO VFX using Element 3D in After Effects

Epic visuals created with Stardust, Modulation, Digit Fiddler, Text Delay by Jean-Marie_Marbach