EDIT: Flow was developed by Rendertom AND the incredible Zack Lovatt, who I neglected to mention in the video. (Sorry Zack!) AEscripts site only lets it be on one person's account, in this case, Rendertom's. Zack has a bunch of other awesome plugins as well: aescripts.com/authors/s-z-0-9/zack-lovatt/ The winners have been announced! Thanks, everyone for entering. Congrats to: @KushMGFX @phillippilkington & @morganvanlent I've contacted you on Instagram :)
Hi Ben I love your work, and I think all the plugins are amazing, my favorite is Limber, with all of them I could do my job better and faster, what an emotion I hope to win (@anacamilalunalopez)
PS it can be key framed. By that I mean, you can key frame the object, edit in illustrator and load it to After Effect and the path moves like you have edited the path in After Effect
@@BenMarriott DUik is pretty useful for making rigs that are templatable for well grindy jobs, its your "super Basic stuff" that needs talent :P big fan i particularly love your eyes tut super simple fun stuff
My favorite plugin is Ease + Wizz, which has greatly improved my understanding of easing, and has also increased the quality of work with very minimal effort!
There are some great ones like Pixel Sorter 2, Modulator, or Topograph, and we can't forget the Lockdown. But my favorite plugin is the Universe bundle from RG, which saves a lot of time, also Deep Glow and Data Glitch. For animation, it's Duik + J&S
I always learn so many tips and tricks from you! When I started to learn 2D and 3D software, it blew my mind just how the digital realm reflects the thousands of various ways and preferences you can do something creative in the real world! Preference is so important to an artist and I never really realised just how important this is to software devs. This is why I love AE. Although it has its problems, you can do just about anything IN A COMPOSITOR, because of its scripting capabilities. And this is why Duik Bassel is my favorite script. I'm no scientist genius mathematician, I'm a simple creative, and I love bringing characters alive. And Duik sped that process up so much by bringing a 3D pipeline into a compositor!!! Hats off to the Rainbox Wizards.
My favorite plugin is the Universe bundle from RG, saves a lot of time, also Deep Glow and Data Glitch. For animation it's Duik + J&S :)) There are som great ones like Pixel Sorter 2, Modulator or Topograph, and we can't forget the Lockdown :P
It's surely is amazing how versatile After effects is these days and how it's amazing community keeps making it easier to animate and not withholding knowledge in any way
Discovered some weeks ago: "Motion Tools by Motion Design School". It's like a light version of "Motion by MtMograph" but with some cool extra features that saved me tons of time in the last weeks. I also recommend Overlord, saved me a hell of time but never got my own licence 😉 Got one at my last job. @kastnerskasten
I'm strill struggling to decide if I should start buying plugins as a total beginner but this definitely helped me get a sense of what to choose once I get a hang of it. Thanks!
Universal audio is the must have for me... If you have a master comp with different comps in it you can set an audio or video reference like a voiceover in the master and Universal audio Will sync it in every comp you have... If you move a comp in the master just hit refresh...
With my love for character animation, DUIK is my right-hand plugin. I've kept my hands off many scripts for too long, but with more work coming in, these would SAVE.MY.LIFE.
Something else to mention... Flow also exports custom animation curves as expressions perfect for building motion graphics templates where you're looking to add controls for animation properties! Thanks for this video!
Limber for After Effects would be the one tool I'd like to add to my work flow tools. I've used Unity3d for years on designing games and with slowly moving my skills to After Effects for video creation to show off my current video game. Linber would work perfectly as these functions are the same in Unity3d that I'd feel at home with. Thanks for showing off these stunning gadgets to ease our work flows.
I have always likes Red Giant's entire suite, although I am a complete novice. Your video effectively upgraded me already! I know I need to use plugins inside after effects as I get too frustrated with the tedious tasks. Thank you.
I love DuIK a lot, such a versatile tool. The moral/legacy behind their product`s name "DuIK Bassel" after Bassel Khartabil is just insanely fascinating.
All of these look great, but I think Overlord has to be my favorite since it would save me so much time not having to constantly reimport, when I make changes in designs. Great video as always!
Joysticks 'n' Sliders, Cyclops and Motion 3 combined looks to be a winning combo. Amazing content as always, been following you on Instagram and TH-cam for a while now. Good luck to everyone! Never been selected in a giveaway so trying my luck again haha.
Dang some of these could really beef up my workflow! I had always seen these things in action, but never knew where to look or even what they were called. Thanks for the share!
They are sensational plugins, but the preferred ones that will leave any animation project with a high level: 1st Trapcode, without words, is one of the most spectacular plugins to make your work look professional; 2nd Element 3D, which will help you animate objects in 3D that will make your customer happy, even without all the paraphernalia of the typical tools of this area; 3rd Joysticks & Sliders, for its simplicity and the way to speed up small everyday animations, I recommend it.
I don't have much experience with plug-ins, but I currently have Boombox and it's been incredible for adding that perfect atmosphere and extra oomph! ahh these plug-ins are insane. Thank you for these great explanations and recs, they're super helpful!!
Hi Ben, great recommendations! I recently bought the plugin BluBluBar from Blu Blu studios and it has so much of the best features of other stand alone plugins combined into one, I now use it everyday about every other minute! Don’t sleep on that one :)
This video is very thought provoking and provides some very useful information for people using after effects. As you say, the key to a good plugin is will it make your life easier. Also they will need to offer value and be efficient to use.
Great overview Ben. There were some great tools I haven't heard of yet. But Motion must be my favourit, as I also use it every time I do anything in AE. Keep up the good work :)
I use motion v3 and it's amazing, changing key frames, create null for everyone is so fast and smooth ! When I see how much Motion is poweerful, I really want to have the other plugins :)
Flow and Particular are at the top of my list. Subtle use of particles and good easing of keyframes have helped me take ordinary shots from basic to extraordinary.
I've gotten lost in the world of plug-ins! Overlord sounds like a MUST since I've been using illustrator for years & am just starting to get into After Effects! x
This is amazing, once I’m out of uni I am definitely looking to get all of these! I haven’t done much animation but I feel like joysticks and sliders would be so extremely helpful and easy to get going with and nice to add some animation to my portfolio along with my motion stuff!
hey, ben thank you for the awesome explanation I learned a lot from your videos, I can always prefer to say that is my favorite one is Trapcode Particular. thank man :)
Overlord seems like my kind of jam! Sounds like if you're really comfortable with Illustrator, this would improve anything you do in After Effects by a lot!
Thanks for these amazing bunch of plug-ins I personally use Overlord and it's just too smooth makes your life way easier. I would love to try limber and joystick & slider plug-ins for sure loved them. 😍
I've been using Duik Bassel for all my rigging work. Overlord is next on my list! Anything from Trapcode or Video Co Pilot is also a win in my book, just expensive for freelance artists such as myself :(
Easycopy is a super small little helper for my everyday projects. I use it in all my projects. :D - Thanks for your super content, your way of teaching and your style.
Hello! My favorites are Element 3D and trapcode but I also liked the Flow.I haven't seen it before but I think it will be an amazing asset to help beginners like me! Thanks
I almost bought Element 3D a few years ago but was stopped when I found out it didn't work with my system. Might be willing to reconsider nowadays though. Also I wanna give some love to Joysticks N' Sliders because although I mostly use Duik, Joysticks wins in that it can bend shapes better since Duik relies on X and Y.
EDIT: Flow was developed by Rendertom AND the incredible Zack Lovatt, who I neglected to mention in the video. (Sorry Zack!)
AEscripts site only lets it be on one person's account, in this case, Rendertom's. Zack has a bunch of other awesome plugins as well: aescripts.com/authors/s-z-0-9/zack-lovatt/
The winners have been announced! Thanks, everyone for entering.
Congrats to: @KushMGFX @phillippilkington & @morganvanlent I've contacted you on Instagram :)
Great video,
I think that my favorite overall is motion_v2, Such a powerful plugin!
Great stuff thanks for the suggestions!
Hi Ben I love your work, and I think all the plugins are amazing, my favorite is Limber, with all of them I could do my job better and faster, what an emotion I hope to win (@anacamilalunalopez)
Ben you’re always adding value back into the community, it’s awesome.
Sniff, like always I never win nothing :(
My favourite one is the extraction of illustrations directly into after effects. It actually does save a lot of time.
PS it can be key framed. By that I mean, you can key frame the object, edit in illustrator and load it to After Effect and the path moves like you have edited the path in After Effect
Wow This is a great list ! I use DUIK like crazy ig: life_at_24fps
Thank youuu! I don't use duik very often, only because when I animate characters I like to do it super basic haha
@@BenMarriott DUik is pretty useful for making rigs that are templatable for well grindy jobs, its your "super Basic stuff" that needs talent :P big fan i particularly love your eyes tut super simple fun stuff
@@devilhunt22 do you know if Duik have fixed the ability to flip a character rig? I believe there's a problem with that? 😥🤔
My favorite plugin is Ease + Wizz, which has greatly improved my understanding of easing, and has also increased the quality of work with very minimal effort!
It's truly astounding how easy the internet makes learning these days. Thanks for the tutorial, my guy.
OVERLORD IS RIDICULIOUSLY NECESSARY. Can't imagine life without it.
There are some great ones like Pixel Sorter 2, Modulator, or Topograph, and we can't forget the Lockdown. But my favorite plugin is the Universe bundle from RG, which saves a lot of time, also Deep Glow and Data Glitch. For animation, it's Duik + J&S
I always learn so many tips and tricks from you!
When I started to learn 2D and 3D software, it blew my mind just how the digital realm reflects the thousands of various ways and preferences you can do something creative in the real world!
Preference is so important to an artist and I never really realised just how important this is to software devs. This is why I love AE. Although it has its problems, you can do just about anything IN A COMPOSITOR, because of its scripting capabilities. And this is why Duik Bassel is my favorite script. I'm no scientist genius mathematician, I'm a simple creative, and I love bringing characters alive. And Duik sped that process up so much by bringing a 3D pipeline into a compositor!!!
Hats off to the Rainbox Wizards.
Flow makes the job so much easier and fast, I try not to relay on it a lot, but it definitely helps
Overlord is about to change my life. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
My favorite plugin is the Universe bundle from RG, saves a lot of time, also Deep Glow and Data Glitch. For animation it's Duik + J&S :))
There are som great ones like Pixel Sorter 2, Modulator or Topograph, and we can't forget the Lockdown :P
He did a very good job imo. Explaining the basics step by step. English is not my first language and I have no experience in using DAWs
It's surely is amazing how versatile After effects is these days and how it's amazing community keeps making it easier to animate and not withholding knowledge in any way
Discovered some weeks ago: "Motion Tools by Motion Design School". It's like a light version of "Motion by MtMograph" but with some cool extra features that saved me tons of time in the last weeks.
I also recommend Overlord, saved me a hell of time but never got my own licence 😉 Got one at my last job.
@kastnerskasten
I'm strill struggling to decide if I should start buying plugins as a total beginner but this definitely helped me get a sense of what to choose once I get a hang of it. Thanks!
Universal audio is the must have for me... If you have a master comp with different comps in it you can set an audio or video reference like a voiceover in the master and Universal audio Will sync it in every comp you have... If you move a comp in the master just hit refresh...
I resisted buying overlord thinking it's too expensive like a year ago, but I did and I still don't regret it
Overlord has been so clutch for years. Our clients send us logos and branding material as illustrator files and it’s so easy to import them to AE
With my love for character animation, DUIK is my right-hand plugin. I've kept my hands off many scripts for too long, but with more work coming in, these would SAVE.MY.LIFE.
Something else to mention... Flow also exports custom animation curves as expressions perfect for building motion graphics templates where you're looking to add controls for animation properties! Thanks for this video!
mister horse's animation composer saves a lot of time for me on daily basis. Thank you for this list, overlord seems like a 'must try'
Limber for After Effects would be the one tool I'd like to add to my work flow tools. I've used Unity3d for years on designing games and with slowly moving my skills to After Effects for video creation to show off my current video game. Linber would work perfectly as these functions are the same in Unity3d that I'd feel at home with. Thanks for showing off these stunning gadgets to ease our work flows.
Motion 3 in the first plugin i install after installing AE, can' t live without it !
Hands down, tNice tutorials is THE best beginner video I've watched. Others want to brag about all the sample, loops, etc they have. You keep
I have always likes Red Giant's entire suite, although I am a complete novice. Your video effectively upgraded me already! I know I need to use plugins inside after effects as I get too frustrated with the tedious tasks. Thank you.
I know, you've taught . It ans so much to so many people, you are helping us pursue our dreams! Love from Sweden
I love DuIK a lot, such a versatile tool. The moral/legacy behind their product`s name "DuIK Bassel" after Bassel Khartabil is just insanely fascinating.
Thanks for all the information. My favorite pluggins are VC Saber, VC ORB and Red giantparticular
MisterHorse is probably my favorite plugin just because it gives me a lot of quick shortcuts when I'm trying to get videos out.
I think the most essential one of them all is Motion, you'll use it on every project, Joystick n Sliders is also great. Keep inspiring us Ben
All of these look great, but I think Overlord has to be my favorite since it would save me so much time not having to constantly reimport, when I make changes in designs. Great video as always!
Joysticks 'n' Sliders, Cyclops and Motion 3 combined looks to be a winning combo.
Amazing content as always, been following you on Instagram and TH-cam for a while now.
Good luck to everyone! Never been selected in a giveaway so trying my luck again haha.
Still a begginer, so my favorites are "fx console" and "move anchor point".
Dang some of these could really beef up my workflow! I had always seen these things in action, but never knew where to look or even what they were called. Thanks for the share!
My favourite plugin is FX Console. It saves much time and makes the workflow more comfortable
soone who does not get complex instructions like..At all, tNice tutorials was simple and clear for to understand. Thanks dude.
Particular is my favorite plugin, if only for how many VFX shots it makes possible.
Great video, thank you!
THANK YOU!!!! you actually guide your viewers through soft, unlike so videos that rush the whole tNice tutorialng or talk too fast.
My favorite plugin is Nodes 3. I can sit around for hours just playing, not as practical as some, but more fun.
They are sensational plugins, but the preferred ones that will leave any animation project with a high level: 1st Trapcode, without words, is one of the most spectacular plugins to make your work look professional; 2nd Element 3D, which will help you animate objects in 3D that will make your customer happy, even without all the paraphernalia of the typical tools of this area; 3rd Joysticks & Sliders, for its simplicity and the way to speed up small everyday animations, I recommend it.
i really love trapcode particular - its so much fun just building weird particle-scapes and watching them undulate.
Very useful list. I knew most of them but now i am motivated to buy a couple. Keep up the great videos man!
I don't have much experience with plug-ins, but I currently have Boombox and it's been incredible for adding that perfect atmosphere and extra oomph! ahh these plug-ins are insane. Thank you for these great explanations and recs, they're super helpful!!
I loved each and every plugin. I guess what I liked the most is Motion and Overlord. Plus all the character rigging software. Great video, keep it up!
I love trapcode. You can really come up with some unique, exciting particle effects that i use over and over again at work.
Hi Ben, great recommendations! I recently bought the plugin BluBluBar from Blu Blu studios and it has so much of the best features of other stand alone plugins combined into one, I now use it everyday about every other minute! Don’t sleep on that one :)
This video is very thought provoking and provides some very useful information for people using after effects. As you say, the key to a good plugin is will it make your life easier. Also they will need to offer value and be efficient to use.
I use trapcode particular and red giant alot
They help make low quality footage appear much more high quality
Great overview Ben. There were some great tools I haven't heard of yet. But Motion must be my favourit, as I also use it every time I do anything in AE. Keep up the good work :)
I use motion v3 and it's amazing, changing key frames, create null for everyone is so fast and smooth ! When I see how much Motion is poweerful, I really want to have the other plugins :)
Flow and Particular are at the top of my list. Subtle use of particles and good easing of keyframes have helped me take ordinary shots from basic to extraordinary.
I'm workin with motion for a while now and loving it! Great Video and plugins btw!
all those plugins seem so nice and easy to work with
Thanks for opening my eyes to new plugins. My favourite plugin is MotionBro. Easy to use and extremely versatile!
Thanks for the list. I was thinking of changing from DUIK to limber or rubber hose and I think that was the push I needed.
Joystick and slider seems pretty helping!
I've gotten lost in the world of plug-ins! Overlord sounds like a MUST since I've been using illustrator for years & am just starting to get into After Effects! x
Legend says he's still not back..
This is amazing, once I’m out of uni I am definitely looking to get all of these! I haven’t done much animation but I feel like joysticks and sliders would be so extremely helpful and easy to get going with and nice to add some animation to my portfolio along with my motion stuff!
Flow looks like a gamechanger! Really excited about that one
Remember the day I bought Overlord and I was like MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!
Flow it the best for beginners like me! really does help with those mind-boggling graphs
I use rubberhose for character rigging. As a beginner it was so easy to learn and start creating
I would love to try Flow, it looks very useful to me in particular, thanks for the video! :)
Trapcode particular is my choice. You can make a lot of really cool stuff with just that plugin!
thanks bro, i've been looking for so long
Flow caught my attention the most, thanks for everything Ben
This was awesome! I didn't know most of these, really cool to see what can be done 🙌
Motion tool is my favourite plugin so far❤️
My heart was pounding when I saw the intro of the video, these plugins WILL save me my sanity 🔥😭
All Red Giant, Video Copilot, Boris FX, Mettle, mamoworld, ebberts & zuckers Products has super amazing scripts and plugin like a professional editor!
hey, ben thank you for the awesome explanation I learned a lot from your videos, I can always prefer to say that is my favorite one is Trapcode Particular. thank man :)
Great list! Thanks for putting it together. The ones I use the most are motion and overlord.
Love your channel! I was surprised not to see any physics/gravity/collision simulations like Newton. Would you recommend it/have you used it?
Motion 3 for life... It also lets you use color palettes just like Ray Dynamic color
Overlord seems like my kind of jam! Sounds like if you're really comfortable with Illustrator, this would improve anything you do in After Effects by a lot!
Thanks for these amazing bunch of plug-ins I personally use Overlord and it's just too smooth makes your life way easier. I would love to try limber and joystick & slider plug-ins for sure loved them. 😍
what an intuitive video thanks for the insights, my favorite plugins are definitely element 3D and joysticks and sliders.
My favorite is particular because I can make some cool particle animations.
obsessed with soft design now and more obsessed with cool scales Nd stuff.
I've been using Duik Bassel for all my rigging work. Overlord is next on my list! Anything from Trapcode or Video Co Pilot is also a win in my book, just expensive for freelance artists such as myself :(
Bro it’s very intimidating! I’ve been slacking on it for a month now. The symbols are very confusing. You have to train your mind to
nice one Ben! my most used plugin in AE is Console... but my favorites right now are Lockdown and Composite Brush by Chris Vranos.
Thanks for this video!
Red Gaint Universe plugin helps me a lot.
I think I would choose vr digital glitch. I've used it so much in the past (and still do sometimes today) hard to say it's not my favorite!
Thank you so much this will help with my editing!
Trapcode has been a go to for a lot of things. Haven't tried the others!
Still learning AE but love the power of Stardust.
Joysticks 'n' sliders is so amazing, Im impressed. Thanks for the sharing:)
Easycopy is a super small little helper for my everyday projects.
I use it in all my projects. :D - Thanks for your super content, your way of teaching and your style.
Hello! My favorites are Element 3D and trapcode but I also liked the Flow.I haven't seen it before but I think it will be an amazing asset to help beginners like me! Thanks
I like Motiom because of ancer point changer. I use a lot of free plugins but that one is a really Swiss army knife!)
good work king, love you
As someone just getting into rigging, Joysticks and Sliders looks amazing!
1. Motion 2. Overlord & 3. Flow is my favorite plug-ins so far!!!!
I almost bought Element 3D a few years ago but was stopped when I found out it didn't work with my system. Might be willing to reconsider nowadays though.
Also I wanna give some love to Joysticks N' Sliders because although I mostly use Duik, Joysticks wins in that it can bend shapes better since Duik relies on X and Y.
This person deserves a subscription.
My favourite plugin is element 3D.. & I learn lots of things from uhh soo thanQ ben😍
I also really like softEX, it has a very nice effect to it
Great and inspiring Top 10. My favourite plugin is Element 3D, powerful altough not so easy to master.