Toolfarm’s Top 10 Freebies Posts of 2023

10. 7 u-he Audio Plug-ins that you can download and use for free!

u-he makes synthesizers, effects, and sound sets. They graciously have several freebies to enhance your sound design, no matter your DAW. This list previously included 7 freebies from u-he, but as I’m putting together the list of most popular freebies for 2023, I find 2 new ones! You’ll find the new ones at the bottom of the list. Download them all today!

9. Day-For-Night Color Grading LUT from Noam Kroll

Download a free day-for-night color grading LUT from director, cinematographer, and colorist Noam Kroll. He explains how to use it and also offers advice on shooting and production to get the best possible results in post. This is not a new post but is one of our most popular freebies for 2023!

8. Bounce Script with Easy Inertia in After Effects + Tutorial from Motion Array

Motion Array presents an easy way to create realistic bouncing and inertia in After Effects with this Free script. In addition, Owen has a tutorial showing how it works. The script itself was updated in 2023.

7. Over 150 Arnold + Cinema 4D Materials from Pixel Lab

Download a Free Arnold Material Pack for Cinema 4D with over 150 Materials! from Pixel Lab! This one isn’t new but it’s a fantastic freebie that a lot of people will find useful.

6. Typewriter Presets for After Effects Roundup

Who’d have thought there were so many typewriter presets for After Effects? These come from Chris Zachary, as well as Creative Dojo, and Motion Array. Of course, they are free!

5. 10 Free Cinema 4D Tools

This shortlived series of 10 Free featured Cinema 4D tools in its first round. Some of these are older tools and may not work with current versions, but many will work just fine. If you’re running an older version of Cinema 4D, there’s a lot to choose from.

This list looks like a great candidate for an update in 2023. Would you like that?

4. 5 Free Horror Film Inspired LUTs + Tutorial

Lightworks has some free spooky LUTs, just in time for your Halloween video. The LUTS include looks inspired by:

• Saw
• The Shining
• The Ring
• Evil Dead
• Let the Right One in

3. Substance Painter – 2 Packs of Free Materials

Artist Karim Abou Shousha is offering 2 packs of Free Materials for Substance Painter. These packs are filled with wood, metal, glass, brick, and more.

This one was published way back in 2018 but continues to remain popular!

2. Animation Composer 3 from Mister Horse, Workflow Tools for After Effects

“Get 3 hours of work done in 3 minutes.” with Animation Composer 3 for After Effects from Mister Horse! Download for free now!

I’ve just downloaded Animation Composer 3 and can’t wait to try it out. There are transition presets, effects, and royalty-free content in precomps to help with your workflow in After Effects.

1. 10 Free: Video Copilot After Effects Plug-ins & More

Video Copilot plugins never go out of style. While they haven’t had any new releases in a while, most of their plugins are updated for current OS and host support.