Lockdown pioneered the mesh tracker in After Effects but now that other mesh trackers are being announced we made a video that discusses the comparisons. Includes bonus tutorial on how to create the face depth map used in the comparison.

Super awesome and original music video by @Brickspacer

Rocketstock asks if Newton is the ultimate After Effects plugin and as you can imagine, we are very excited to know the answer!

This is a very powerful expression that you can use to drive all kinds of very cool effects! Based on knowledge from The Power of Expression Book 

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

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.