Plugins! -What's Out There.

Studio Daily has a comprehensive wrap-up of the latest and greatest available to stretch, melt, ramp, grade, filmise your masterpiece.
Here are some excerpts which rank high on my list:


Automatic Duck
Products: Pro Import AE 3.0 (for AE 7), Pro Import FCP 2.01, Pro Export FCP 3.04, Pro Import CMB
Summary: Import timelines and compositions from a variety of editing and compositing packages into AE, Avid, FCP, Combustion; export comps from FCP into Avid Platforms: Mac OS X; Mac Universal (Pro Import/Pro Export FCP only)
Hosts: AE, FCP, AVX, CMB
www.automaticduck.com
Click here for a Quick Tip on How to Complete A High-Res Conform in AE From Offline Proxies in FCP Or Avid


Belle Nuit
Products: Mimikri, Subtitler, MacMediaSift
Summary: Conform, in HD, color corrections made in SD (Mimikri)
Platforms: Mac OS X
Host: AE, FCP
www.belle-nuit.com; www.mimikri.ch

Boris FX, Inc.
Products: Boris FX 9.0, Continuum Basics, Continuum Complete, Final Effects Complete, Graffiti 5.0, RED 4, BLUE, Title Toolkit
Summary: Compositing, titling and effects plug-ins for multiple NLEs and compositing packages; RED 4 also available for Avid Liquid and Media 100
Platforms: Mac OS X, Mac Universal (Continuum Complete), Windows XP
Hosts: AE, FCP, AVX, SV
www.borisfx.com
Click Here for a Quick Tip on Navigating The New UI in Boris Red 4.0

Digital Anarchy
Products: 3D Assistants, 3D Layer, Anarchy Toolbox, Color Theory, Data Animator 1.1, Geomany, Gradient!, Knoll Spark Pack 3.0, Microcosm 1.2, Psunami Water 1.2, ReSizer 2.1, Text Anarchy
Summary: Broad range of AE plugs that create effects but also offer quick fixes to common problems like animating charts and graphs
Platforms: Mac OS 9/X, Mac Universal, Windows 98 ME/XP, SGI IRIX
Hosts: AE, PPro, FCP, PS (also advanced Autodesk systems)
www.digitalanarchy.com
Click here for a Quick Tip on Transforming SD Video To HD With Scaling And De-Interlacing with Digital Anarchy ReSizer

Digital Heaven
Products: AutoMotion, BigTime, EDL Mirror, Final Cut Plug-ins (DH_Box, DH_Counter, DH_Dropout, DH_Fade, DH_FieldTrans, DH_Grid, DH_Guides, DH_LegalText, DH_Reincarnation, DH_Subtitle, DH_WhipPan, DH_WideSafe)
Summary: Titling and transition for FCP editing and auto tools for Motion
Platform: Mac OS X, Mac Universal
Hosts: FCP, MTN
www.digital-heaven.co.uk

eyeon
Product: AE Plug-in Adapter
Summary: Connects a range of AE plug-ins, including Knoll Light Factory and Trapcode Shine, to Digital Fusion and DFX+
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Hosts: DF, DFX+
www.eyeonline.com

The Foundry
Products: Furnace, Keylight, Tinderbox 1 – 4, Anvil, Tinder
Summary: Sophisticated tools to remove camera shake, create keys and add sky, light rays, fire, sparks, glows and more
Platforms: Mac OS X, Windows
Hosts: AE, SHK, AVX, DST
www.thefoundry.co.uk; www.toolfarm.com (US sales of Tinderbox 1 – 4)

GenArts
Products: Sapphire Plug-ins
Summary: Deep and varied range of lighting, glow, paint, blur, warp and film effects (175+) Platforms: Mac, Mac Universal
Hosts: AE, PPro, FCP, SHK, AVX, CMB, DST, DF
www.genarts.com

Joe’s Filters
Product: Joe’s Filters
Summary: Alpha effects, blurs, adjustment filters and much more (some still in beta), all built with FXScript
Platforms: Mac, Mac Universal
Host: FCP
www.joesfilters.com


Nattress Productions, Inc.
Products: Nattress Film Effects, Nattress Standards Conversion, Nattress Sets 1 + 2
Summary: Create film looks, special effects or convert between PAL and NTSC
Platforms: Mac OS X, Mac Universal
Host: FCP
www.nattress.com

The Orphanage
Product: OprhEXR
Summary: Import ILM’s HDR format for working with High Dynamic Range images; also see Red Giant Software for Orphanage-inspired products
Platforms: Mac OS X, Windows
Host: AE
www.toolfarm.com

Pixel Farm
Products: PFBarrel, PRStable, PFPlate, PFBlur, PFRetime
Summary: Tools to eliminate lens distortions, shaky camera moves, add blur and stitch and retime footage
Platforms: Mac OS X, Mac Universal
Hosts: AE, SHK, AVX, DF
www.thepixelfarm.co.uk

RealViz
Products: Retimer SD, Retimer HD, MatchMover HD 4
Summary: Time-warping, image stitching, panoramas, 3D tracking tools
Platforms: Mac, Windows
Hosts: AE, FCP, CMB
www.realviz.com

Red Giant Software
Products: eLin 1.0, Composite Wizard 1.2, Film Fix 1.0. Image Lounge 1.2, Instant HD 1.0, Key Correct Pro 1.0, Magic Bullet for Editors 2.0, Magic Bullet Suite 2.1, Knoll Light Factory 2.5, Knoll Unmult, Primatte Keyer 3.0, Primatte Plug-In Pack;Trapcode (3D Stroke, Echospace, Lux, Particular, Shine, Sound Keys, Starglow)
Summary: Range of filters and workflow plug-ins from the famous Knoll flares to Trapcode, now exclusively distributed by Red Giant
Platforms: Mac, Mac Universal (Knoll, Magic Bullet for Editors), Windows
Hosts: AE, PPro, FCP, AVX
www.redgiantsoftware.com

RE:Vision Effects
Products: FieldsKit, RE:Fill, RE:Flex, RE:Map, ReelSmart Motion Blur, Shape/Shade, SmoothKit, Twixtor, Video Gogh
Summary: Morphs and mapping tools
Platforms: Mac OS X, Mac Universal, Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP
Hosts: AE, PPro, FCP, SHK, AVX (supported on some products through Elastic Gasket), CMB, DF
www.revisionfx.com

Synthetic Aperture
Products: Echo Fire, Color Finesse 2.1, Test Gear 1.1, Test Pattern Maker
Summary: Tools for finely manipulating color beyond most built-in color correction and getting accurate video previews
Platforms: Mac, Windows
Host: AE
www.synthetic-ap.com
Click here for a Quick Tip on Tweaking Colors in AE With Vectorscope Precision

Ultimatte
Product: AvantEdge
Summary: Lets you pull keys from your greenscreen footage
Platforms: Mac, Windows
Hosts: AE, PPro, FCP, SHK, AVX, CMB, DF
www.ultimatte.com