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

Learn how to use SF-Caddy for quick and easy lip sync in After Effects

Nice review of all the top rigging tools for After Effects including Limber, PuppetTools, Character Tool by Keyframe Academy

Learn how to add secondary movement to your characters and rigs with Character Swing Rigging and Joysticks 'n Sliders in After Effects by Rick Sliwinski

We are big coffee aficionados here (surely we are not the only ones) so when there is a great mograph piece about coffee we are always into it! Nice one motionlab!

Awesome UI design created with Plexus by Loop for Aggressive

Boone Loves Video shows how to use MonkeyWipes to create endless dynamic transitions with a single click.

PremiumBeat delivers a 10-minute crash course on learning the basics of Newton 3 for After Effects. Dive in!

Dope animation created with Stardust, Deep Glow and AE Pixel Sorter and more by @DigitalPunkGFX

Learn how to create a cool cyber fauna scene using Stardust

Dope commercial created using Data Glitch by @plan9_media