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It’s Official! Toolfarm’s Annual Top 10 Plug-in Awards Survey Results

Michele Yamazaki — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:10:23 +0000

The results are in! Thank you to all who participated this year in our survey, we value your feedback!

We have chosen the prize winners at random and will be contacting them via email shortly. If you entered your contact information to win the G-Technology 4TB G-RAID drive or Michele Yamazaki’s “Plug-in to After Effects” book, keep an eye on your inbox!

Top Ten Plug-ins of 2011, in order:

Adobe After Effects Plug-ins:

1st: Trapcode Particular
2nd: Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks
3rd: Boris Continuum Complete
4th: Video Copilot Optical Flares
5th: GenArts Sapphire
6th: Red Giant Magic Bullet Colorista II
7th: The Foundry Keylight (Included in AE)
8th: Trapcode Shine
9th: Imagineer Systems mocha
10th: Noise Industries FxFactory Pro

Final Cut Pro Plug-ins:

1st: Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks
2nd: Boris Continuum Complete
3rd: Noise Industries FxFactory Pro
4th: GenArts Sapphire
5th: Automatic Duck Pro Import/Export FCP (Note: Now Available for Free)
6th: Singular Software PluralEyes
7th: CoreMelt Complete
8th: CHV Plug-ins
9th: SmartSound Sonicfire Pro
10th: Zaxwerks ProAnimator

Beautiful free photo album effect for FCPX and Motion

Michele Yamazaki — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:32:18 +0000

I know some of you are using FCP X and Motion and here’s a nice freebie that Peter Wiggins of idustrial revolution pointed me to.

More info here: Beautiful free photo album effect for FCPX and Motion

Free FCP X Photo Album Effect example from robbert-jan van der does on Vimeo.

Free Barcode Generator plug-in for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express & Motion

Michele Yamazaki — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:23:36 +0000

Download Barcode here

Yanobox Barcode is a FREE generator that simulates the European Article Number aka EAN-13 barcode used on everyday products across the world.

Our version provides some unusual features like custom color modes and random digits, transforming the classical barcode to an eye-catching Motion Graphic element.

FxFactory is a revolutionary visual effects architecture powering hundreds of plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects:

Free Pan & Zoom Plug-in from Noise Industries

Michele Yamazaki — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:13:52 +0000

The Pan and Zoom plug-ins let you create the photo animation style made popular by Ken Burns with intuitive controls and automatic motion control that achieves stunning results without a single keyframe. It works in After Effects, Final Cut Pro/Express & Motion.

Pan and Zoom is absolutely free! Simply download and enjoy: Download it here

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CoreMelt Sky Replace Tutorial

Michele Yamazaki — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:58:30 +0000

Nice video tutorial by Mikey Bouchereau. Try the CoreMelt plug-ins with a free demo. It runs in Final Cut Pro/Express, Apple Motion and Adobe After Effects.

Find more videos like this on MyToolfarm

Free Plug-in: CrumplePop ShrinkRay for FCP

Michele Yamazaki — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:50:26 +0000

CrumplePop ShrinkRay gives your footage that tilt-shift miniaturization effect. Download it for free for 7 days, then its going in our store!

Get it here, under Final Cut Pro plug-ins.

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Free Primer on Color Correction

Michele Yamazaki — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:32:21 +0000

Eric Escobar created a nice tutorial that gives you some insight about Color Correction in Final Cut Pro. He uses Red Giant Magic Bullet Colorista. Eric says:

the one I did for FCP also includes a basic explanation of controlling color using Colorista, although the ideas apply to FCP’s 3 Way Color Corrector and pretty much all primary color correction tools out there on the desktop.

Watch the tutorial (pops)
Download a free trial of Magic Bullet Colorista
Buy Colorista and save with Toolfarm’s everyday 5% discount
Learn more about Colorista in our Plug-in Finder

28 Days of QuickTips at Editblog

Michele Yamazaki — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:20:41 +0000

I’ve been following Editblog (aka Scott Simmons) on Twitter and he’s been posting links to Quicktips each day on his blog. The tips are mainly for Avid and Final Cut Pro (though I’m a Premiere Pro user, primarily, when it comes to editing.) Check out his great tips here.

Plug-ins for $99 and under for After Effects/Premiere Pro & Final Cut Pro/Motion

Michele Yamazaki — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:40:48 +0000

I’m sure most of you are starting to feel the economic crunch, so we’ve put together a section for plug-ins that are $99 and under. These are useful plug-ins by well known plug-in developers like Red Giant, Trapcode, Digieffects, Noise Industries, Nattress and others.

Plug-ins for $99 and under

If you’d like to take the plug-in for a test drive before you buy it, most of the plug-ins are available for download on our demos/trial page: http://www.toolfarm.com/demo/demo.php

Generate a Volumetric Light Effect on Animated Text

Michele Yamazaki — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:18:29 +0000

In the latest Boris FX podcast, learn how to use Boris Continuum Complete’s Rays Cartoon filter in Apple Final Cut Pro to generate a volumetric lighting effect on an animated text element. The BCC Rays Cartoon filter will also give the text the appearance of being made of neon lights. We’ll complete the effect by using the BCC Light Sweep to add a light sweep across the face of the text element and then we’ll use the BCC Colorize Glow filter to provide a soft glowing look.

Watch podcast here (pops)

If you don’t have Boris Continuum Complete, you can download a free demo here. BCC works in a whole slew of hosts, so check it out, even if you’re not a FCP user.

And if you’re loving it, buy BCC here.