Earlier this year, Red Giant, the makers of popular plugins like “Looks” and “Trapcode,” unveiled “Universe,” a subscription based platform that could totally revolutionize the way plugins are delivered in this more rapidly changing landscape of NLE workflows.
With CrazyTalk Animator 2 (CTA2) the folks at Reallusion have upped the ante by allowing users to manipulate a 3D skeleton, which in turn generates one of 10 different 2D angles of view. The end result is the ability to use 3D animation tools to move characters around and allow them to interact with spatially oriented props—or other characters—while still appearing to be completely drawn in 2D...
Nodes 2 by Yanobox (distributed by FxFactory) is an astounding plugin for Mac folks. It is a difficult plugin to describe because its visual results almost defy description. Essentially, Nodes 2 is a plugin that creates imagery and animation in 3D space yet doesn’t require a 3D application. This imagery is created by adding typography and linear elements to CG geometry nodes...
A few years back I was pleasantly surprised to review Corel Video Studio X5 and was taken aback by the amount of features packed into such a low cost editing software. Since then, it's been my recommendation to all budding video editors out there – or just anyone who wants to turn some of their GoPro skateboarding videos into a YouTube epic with a Dead Kennedy's soundtrack.
The winner of an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development, RX3 operates on both Windows and Mac platforms and is compatible with all major audio and video programs (Pro Tools, GarageBand, Logic, Final Cut Pro and Premiere – just to name a few). Users can choose from a myriad of repair tools within the plug-in like Declip, Declick, Remove Hum, and Denoise. In addition...
Zaxwerks has long been a denizen of the Adobe After Effects environs. They’ve chosen a very specific niche that has brought them success in the world of television bumpers and titling. The release of ProAnimator 7 offers some capabilities worth looking at that may be attractive to the microfilmmaker. The new features bring a significant level of simplicity to doing complex, 3D/CG lighting that resembles stages or ‘Events’ where bright lights, high activity and visual excitement is the rule. Tucked along with this significant new ability is a revisited level of texture/material controls that make creating CG environments...