Here are two presets knocking out black OR white from a layer based on the luminance to set it as transparent/alpha.

In this podcast tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz adds to the concepts he covered in his tutorial Straight Vs. Premultiplied.

Have you ever looked in the Adobe After Effects Effects menu and wondered what some effects are used for?
This time: Auto Color, Auto Contrast and Auto Levels

A pack full of film burns, streaks, anamorphic glares and short streaks. Excellent for Indy films, transistions, stylistic music videos and much much more.

Retro 3D look is made from Drop Shadows. It's pretty fun and comes with some expression controls for color and angle of the 3D.

Gather your pixels and construct your logo with a big blocky splash with this revealer

Great for trailers, presentations and showcases of any kind.

Clean 3D background with a soft movement. Ideal for company presentations, TV shows and DVD projects.

Stylish and modern lower third. It features an ample area for secondary information where you can add not just text, but also images or video.

Do you need to create a custom control for your preset? Instead of doing the tedious coding, let the Expression Controls Creator write it for you.

Uses expressions to pull colors from user generated swatches and apply the new colors across a project.

Some Assembly Required!