Create "dynamic sparkles" which adhere to the highlight features of an element...

YY_MagicKey is a very powerful keying plugin, minus the complicated settings. It was designed specifically with the keying-out of premultiplied stock elements (explosions, blood, muzzle flares, etc) in mind, and never takes a long time to set up.

This script finds and/or replaces text in all the selected text layers.

Learn how to create realistic running water in After Effects. Use particles to drive an image map displacement effect based on a background still image. You will learn how to use CC Glass to achieve a Specular highlight for added realism.

A beautiful pack of Cinematic Presets for a bunch of different looks, free

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

Normality is a powerful plug-in that allows CG Artists to light 3D objects and scenes directly within the familiar Adobe After Effects environment through the use of normal passes and advanced relighting techniques.

Tracking and stabilizing footage plays important role in composition.

The Difference Matte effect creates a transparency a mask or a matte by comparing the pixels in a source layer with the pixel in a defined difference layer, and then keying out (eliminating) pixels in the source layer that match both the position and color in the difference layer.