2022 Toolfarm Awards Results are IN!

Winner: Adobe After Effects

After Effects took over 41% of the vote, while Mocha came in with about 35% in a close second.

After Effects has the Roto Brush and Refine Matte tools for Rotoscoping, or you can do it with the pen tool. It also has a built-in Tracker.

Runners Up:

• Boris FX Mocha Pro
• Blackmagic Design Fusion Studio

Winner: Red Giant Trapcode Particular

Trapcode took a comfortable lead with over 36% of the vote. X-Particles didn’t do too shabbily, however with almost 20% of the vote.

In recent releases, they have a Designer that opens which makes it so easy and visual. It’s no surprise that so many After Effects depend on it.

Runners Up:

• Insydium X-Particles
• Boris FX Continuum Particle Illusion

Winner: Maxon Cinema 4D

Another massive triumph, Maxon Cinema 4D took half the votes. Cinema 4D has all of the features a 3D artists needs: modeling, texturing, lighting, Pyro, and other simulation tools. Not only that, Maxon is always improving it and adding new features! Maxon Cinema 4D is available by itself or as part of Maxon One.

Runners Up:

• Blender
• Autodesk 3ds Max

Winner: Redshift by Maxon

Redshift had a comfortable lead with almost 35% of the vote. Arnold Render had a close 4th place.

Redshift from Maxon is the world’s first fully GPU-accelerated, biased renderer, and it’s very popular with Cinema 4D users in particular. Artists depend on Redshift for realistic, accurate renders.

Runners Up:

• Octane Render
• Chaos V-Ray

Winner: Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro creamed the competition with 59% of the vote! If you’re a Premiere Pro user, you already know how it’s powerful and full of features. It’s so well integrated with After Effects too.

Runners Up:

• Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio
• Apple Final Cut Pro X

Winner: Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve

Blackmagic swept this category with almost 45% of the vote. It’s a powerful tool with gobs of features at a fantastic price point! Professional Editing, Color, Effects, and Audio Post! Resolve’s got it all.

Runners Up:

• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Maxon Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite

Winner (Tie): Adobe Creative Cloud, Unity

Not the most popular category, the field of winners was pretty evenly matched, with Unreal Engine missing the tie for first by only a few votes.

Runner Up:

• Unreal Engine

Winner: iZotope Ozone

It was a close race this year between iZotope Ozone and RX. Ozone won it by a nose.

iZotope Ozone 10 is the industry’s most advanced audio mastering software, enabling creators to master faster than ever before with intuitive, AI-powered modules.

Runners Up:

• iZotope RX
• Waves Clarity Vx Pro