3D Flag generates realistic flags, banners, and pennants within Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, or Apple Motion 2. Whether looking to create a flag high atop a pole, a banner hanging from a window, or a dramatic background image, 3D Flag can generate the imagery.

Use any layer (image, movie, or animation) to color the flag and determine its shape. Choose from a variety of included flagpoles or add a custom pole.

Customizing how the flag moves is easy. In addition to animating the flagpole, optionally set wind speed and direction or specify gravity. The flag itself can be stiff or limp, depending on the parameters set in the 3D Flag editor.

3D Flag enables the user to create flags of almost any color and shape. Use an image, image sequence, or movie to color the flag. Also, by choosing an image with transparent areas, create flags that look like pennants and banners.

A flag may or may not have a flagpole — it's up to the creator. If the flag does have a pole, choose one of horizontal or vertical poles that come with 3D Flag — or install your own. The flags may sit on any side of the flagpole but 3D Flag has a quick start menu that will help the user attach the flag to the pole. Flagpoles do not have to be fixed in space. Animate as with any other 3D object, adjusting the location and rotation. Make the flag wave in the air or simply rotate it into the correct orientation for the scene.

There are many different types of cloth materials with which to simulate. Make flags loose and rubbery or stiff and inflexible. The 3D Flag options window enables the user to select different cloth presets or set specific parameter values.

3D Flag offers forces such as wind speed, wind direction, and gravity. Animate them to simulate varying wind conditions (the wind is rarely constant, after all) or make the flags look like they're on the moon (that has much less gravity than Earth).

Manufacturer: Zaxwerks

3D layer warp deforms After Effects layers using a variety of warp styles. Combine multiple warps to create an infinite number of shapes. Use any layer (e.g., image, movie, animation) to color the warp and determine its shape. Use a displacement map to apply user-defined warping.

3D grid warp also deforms layers, but it has a powerful grid generator to create a variety of grid styles. Overlay (or underlay) a color map for additional effects.

3D Layer Warp and 3D Grid Warp provide a variety of warp styles to choose from. Combine the styles in order to achieve complex shapes. Use the line controls and the color controls in 3D Grid Warp to create custom grids. Combine up to three warps to create unique shapes. Animate the parameters to put warps in motion.

Apply any other layer as the source for the color image used in the warp. Images with alpha channels can be used to cut out pieces of the source image. Color maps can be combined with the grids in 3D Grid Warp. Layers can have transparency, specular highlights, and reflection maps. Use the lights in the warp Plug-in or use After Effects lights for additional effects.

Manufacturer: Zaxwerks

Plugin Galaxy for After Effects is set of 20 Plug-ins including over 120 effects that can be animated. The product has oft-needed functions such as transparency manipulation, blurring, texture and pattern generation, noise creation, mirroring, and warping. It also includes amazing metal, chrome, neon, pop art, glass, rainbow, sunshine, and star effects. Additionally, enhance, colorize, add edges to videos and animations, or even encrypt them. Includes rarely found effects such as feedbacks, grids, or zooming.

The effects of Plugin Galaxy for After Effects can be adapted and animated with the help of sliders, check boxes, color dialogs, color pickers, and preview coordinates. Plugin Galaxy for After Effects works with Adobe After Effects 4/5 and Adobe Premiere 6, Windows, and Macintosh. It also be used with Apple Final Cut Pro, Pinnacle Commotion 3, and Discreet Combustion.

Manufacturer: The Plugin Site