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Light Effects

Light effects include beams of light, lens flares, shimmering lights, and more.

Plug-ins in this category are:

Boris FX, Inc. Boris FX - More than 60 filters include motion tracking and image stabilization, as well as self-animating natural effects that easily interact with timeline video.
Boris FX, Inc. Continuum Basics - 30 filters from the award-winning Boris Boris FX, Inc. Continuum Complete plug-in suite.
Boris FX, Inc. Final Effects Complete - Otherwise known as simply "FEC" and recently acquired by Boris from Optibase via Media100, originally developed by Cycore, Final Effects Complete is a collection of over 100 plug-ins.
Boris FX, Inc. Graffiti - Provides integrated broadcast-quality 2D and 3D titling features.
Boris FX, Inc. RED - The only integrated 3D compositing, titling, and effects application to over twenty nonlinear editing applications.
Boris FX, Inc. Title Toolkit - Create, position, and move titles and vector graphic elements in 3D space with features like Text On a Path, Type On, and Motion Blur.
Buena Effect Essentials - 10 video effect plug-ins providing essential tools for productivity and creativity.

Cycore FX - 61 professional effects ranging from blurs and color adjustments through distortions and particle generators to lighting and transitions.
Cycore FX HD - The 16-bit version of the Cycore FX, optimized for multiprocessing to deliver stunning effects, faster.

DigiEffects Aurorix - A set of updated 26 cool special effects filters including AgedFilm 2, !VideoLook 2, Earthquake 2 and Turbulent Flow 2.
DigiEffects Delirium - 30 plug-ins includes particle systems, specular lighting effects, glows, 2D and 3D warps, fire, smoke, and 3D effects.
Digital Element Aurora Sky - Create skies and clouds in your AE or FCP composition, but without a 3D program.
Digital Element Aurora Water - Lets you create circular waves, add reflections, refraction, volumetric light rays and submerged objects.
Digital Film Tools Digital Film Lab - Simulates a variety of color and black and white photographic looks, diffusion and color grad camera filters, lighting gels, film stocks and optical lab processes.

Forge FreeForm AE - A full 3D program within AE, containing a proprietary 3D rendering engine and N.U.R.B.S. modeing code.
The Foundry Tinderbox 1 - Includes sky generators, light rays, hand-drawn etch effects, heat haze, water caustics, matte dilation tools, and the fastest software Gaussian blur for After Effects.
The Foundry Tinderbox 2 - 8 and 16-bit plug-ins, including the fastest software camera defocus for After Effects, lens flares, newsprint, glass distortions, a flexible paint effect and more.
The Foundry Tinderbox 3 - Includes BadTV, OldFilm, MeltTime, Lightning, Turner, Sparks, and Condensation, as well as various blurs and some handy compositing tools.
Frischluft flAIR - flAIR is a set of eight fast high quality filters for Adobe After Effects.
Frischluft Lenscare - Move depth of field and out of focus generation to post processing.

GenArts Sapphire Lighting - State-of-the-art lighting and glow effects.
GenArts Sapphire Render, Time, Transition - Lighting, Gradient and Grid, Clouds, Time Effects, Flickers and Transitions.

Noise Industries FxFactory - FxFactory is a revolutionary visual effects architecture which powers the largest collection of plug-ins for Final Cut Pro and Motion. Free Download

Noise Industries FxFactory Pro - Noise Industries Flagship Product 150+ plug-ins (bundles the Editing and Motion FxPacks).
Noise Industries FxFactory Motion Pack - A collection of plug-ins designed for compositing task.
Noise Industries FxFactory Editing Pack - A collection of plug-ins designed for editing tasks.
Noise Industries Idustrial Revolution - Volumetrix - Volumetrix offers stunning light effects & transitions.

The Plausible Impossible Normality - A simple, yet powerful, plug-in that allows CG Artists to light their 3D objects and scenes.
The Plugin Site Harry's Filters - Filters for changing color or mood, creating artistic effects, producing colorful gradients, patterns, warping and noise.

Red Giant Software Knoll Light Factory - Simulates reflections from a very bright light source as seen in a camera's lens.
Re:Vision Effects Shape/Shade - Turn your 2D artwork into 3D rendered imagery.

Trapcode Lux - Simulates the phenomena of light reflection in a sparse medium, also known as "visible light".
Trapcode Shine - A fast light effect that looks very much like volumetric light, but is actually a 2D effect.
Trapcode Starglow - Creates a star-shaped glow around the highlights of the source.

Vivid FX BumpMapper - Turn your image or video layer into bas-relief alighted by point light source.

Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator Pro - The industry standard 3D graphics power house, must-have plug-in!
Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator Classic - A stripped down version of Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator Pro
Zaxwerks The Werks - Create beautiful Glows, Glints, and Gradients.