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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 5h

#TipTuesday | Mir responds to lights in #AfterEffects

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 8h

#TipTuesday | You can beat AI. Michael shows you how with #SpotCloneTracker

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 9h

We're glad you found the post interesting. We make quite a few tools that are used in video games. Magic Bullet Looks is even a plugin for Unreal Engine! And, of course, across the wider Maxon family, ZBrush is used to create the characters of many video games made by indie artists to AAA studios.

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 1d

Chromatic Displacement gives you a powerful tool for creating beautiful displacement with colorful refraction.

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 3d

It's a magical button.
#Supercomp

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 4d

Vibes to start your weekend. Created in #AfterEffects with Mir, Form, Shine, and Optical Glow.
Don't miss the tips we posted on Tuesday for working with Mir!

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 5d

Bring the energy of the game into your edits. Designed for speed and impact, the new #AfterEffects templates that dropped yesterday in #MaxonStudio let you cut faster, animate smarter, and deliver professional sports content to win every edit, every time.

Promotional image for Maxon Studio's October 2025 release featuring 100 sports capsules by CandyMustache including scoreboards, player intros, brackets, and openers.

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 6d

⚽🏉⚾🏒🏑🏐🥎🥌⛳🏏🏓
Sports! #MotionGraphics! Sportsiongraphics?
#MaxonStudio has a whole bunch of new sports-themed #AfterEffects templates for you with scoreboards, brackets, intros, team member cards, and more!

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 7d

#TipTuesday | When you've got fractals pushing your geometry around in Mir, you'll probably want to adjust your normal smoothing to avoid faceting.
Michael shows you how!

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 7d

#TipTuesday | One button-click for a seamless loop? You can get it for your abstract #motiongraphics with Mir.

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 8d

🔊 Let's start the week with some chill trees in neon space.
#TrapcodeParticular

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 10d

Up to 4 layers to bounce your particles off of? Yes, please!

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 11d

Reply or tag us or something!
👀 We want to see what you've made with our tools!
#VFX #ColorGrading #Mograph
Thanks to @actionvfx.bsky.social for the fog element!

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 11d

uni.Beverage, noted.

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 12d

You know we're working on a depth estimation tool.
What other tools (that we don't make yet) would help you in your workflow?

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 13d

Have you played with TAO yet?
It's endlessly playful and surprisingly powerful.
Drive paths, colors, sizes, and more with #AfterEffects lights; repeat shapes; render with reflective environments, and much more!
It's abstract fun.

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 13d

#TIpTuesday | Wondering how to do the amazing obscuration in #RealLensFlares with #DaVinciResolve? Max shows you how in this clip!
👇 Full tutorial series 👇
https://maxonvfx.com/42wbyB8

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 14d

#TipTuesday | This is what makes #RealLensFlares so special.
👇 Full tutorial series 👇
https://maxonvfx.com/42wbyB8

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 15d

Make things shiny!
uni.Luster from #RedGiantUniverse

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 17d

Tweak your warps
#RedGiantUniverse

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 18d

What would you do if you could automatically estimate the depth in your footage?
Coming soon from #RedGiant!

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 19d

ICYMI: Shine and Starglow are now available in #DaVinciResolve (along with over a hundred of our other tools)!

Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 19d

Hi there! While we understand your frustration, we make industry standard VFX, mograph, color grading, and editing plugins for After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, etc. - we don't have much to do with the sculpting tools you've grown to love. But we can pass your thoughts to our colleagues.

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 20d

Using our tools in #DaVinciResolve? Now it's easier than ever before!

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Red Giant @maxonredgiant.bsky.social · 21d

#TipTuesday | Learn how to add realistic dirt to your lens with #RealLensFlares
👇 Full tutorial series 👇
https://maxonvfx.com/42wbyB8

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