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The Layer Charmer

Boa is a plugin for After Effects built to distort layers along mask paths. It makes warping layers along a path easy, fast and precise.

Have you ever wished After Effects had a “Spline Deformer”? Then say hello to Boa!

Features

NEW: Undistort part of the texture. For example when bending an arm but you want to leave the hand undistorted. See feature video below.
Warp any source along any mask path
Rotate and twist along the path
Full control over start, end, scale and z position along the path
Mesh definition and sub-sampling for complete quality control
Extrude and contour in 3D!
Reacts to comp camera and lights
Super fast rendering
Fully native plugin

BAO Boa Overview Tutorial

After Effects 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, CS6

1.5.1a – Nov 25, 2022

– Fixed notarization on macOS

1.5.1 – Sep 20, 2022

Fixed a 3D parameters error (Z dimension was inverted in Position and Anchor).

1.5.0 – Jun 2, 2022

Added 3D geometry controls (anchor, position, scale, rotation), and possibility to choose per vertex Z and Scale interpolation type (linear or cosine).

1.4.9 – Oct 26, 2021

Fixed a script warning issue.

1.4.8 – Jun 8, 2021

Added an option to allow larger textures.

01.4.7 – Mar 2, 2021

Replaced the sorting algorithm by a safer version.

01.4.6 – Dec 26, 2020

Fixed a render glitch issue.

01.4.5 – Sep 4, 2020

Fixed a windows 10 related issue.

01.4.4 – Dec 9, 2019

Fixed a front face / back face issue.

01.4.3 – Nov 5, 2019

Fixed a color pre-multiplication issue.

01.4.2 – Oct 25, 2019

Fixed a notarization issue (Mac only).

01.4.0 – Aug 27, 2019

Added 16-bit support.

1.3.3 – Jun 26, 2019

Updated the licensing code.

1.3.2 – Jun 13, 2019

Updated the licensing code.

1.3.1 – Mar 27, 2019

Fixed a source definition bug.
Fixed a ‘closed masks’ bug in ‘verts match’ mode.

1.3.0 – Sep 11, 2018

Added a new feature: Stretch with verts match.

1.2.0 – Jul 16, 2018

Modified communication with AE cache.

1.1.11 – May 17, 2018

Accelerated and stabilized frameBuffer creation to fit all GPU.

1.1.10 – May 11, 2018

Modified framebuffer creation to allow bigger textures on all GPU.

1.1.9 – May 10, 2018

Fixed a framebuffer issue.

1.1.8 – May 10, 2018

Updated framebuffer to handle larger textures.

1.1.7 – Mar 9, 2018

Fixed a licensing code issue.

1.1.6 – Sep 14, 2017

Fixed a camera / motion blur issue.

1.1.5 – Sep 10, 2017

Added ‘Undistort’ parameters.

1.1.4 – Aug 2, 2017

Fixed a contour alpha issue.

1.1.3 – Jul 8, 2017

Fixed a memory issue

1.1.2 – May 24, 2017

Added DOF support and fixed a camera depth limit issue.

1.1.1 – May 11, 2017

Switched motion blur rendering to OpenGL instead of AE for faster rendering.

1.1.0 – May 10, 2017

Added motion blur support.

1.0.5 – Apr 26, 2017

Initial release

How to Fake 2.5D in After Effects using BAO Boa

Matt Jedrzejewski shows how to use BAO Boa to make a truly mesmerizing 2.5D effect in After Effects. Summer of Sales, May 16-20, 2022.

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