The Ultimate Directory of Filmmaking Resources
The Ultimate Directory of Filmmaking Resources, Software, Tools, and Websites.
This list is a work-in-progress.
- STOCK FOOTAGE & IMAGES
- LIGHT LEAKS, OPTICAL FLARES & BOKEHS
- FILM TEXTURES
- LUTS
- HUD ELEMENTS
- INK FLOWS
- PARTICLES / DUST
- FOG OVERLAYS
- VHS LOOKS
- SOUND EFFECTS (SFX)
- MUSIC
- 3D / CGI
- MODEL MARKETPLACES & LIBRARIES
- VISUAL EFFECTS (VFX)
- YOUTUBE CHANNELS
- JOB BOARDS
STOCK FOOTAGE & IMAGES
- Shutterstock Video
- iStock Footage
- Adobe Stock / Fotolia
- Video Hive / Envato Market
- Pond5
- Film Supply
- Stocksy
- Dissolve
- Vimeo Stock
- Nimia
- Artgrid
- Filmstocks
- Storyblocks
- Overflight Stock
- Pexels -
- Dareful - Free 4K Stock Video
- Pixabay - Free stock footage + photos
- Clipstill - Free cinemagraphs
- Videezy - Free HD & 4K Videos
- Videvo - Free Stock Video Footage
LIGHT LEAKS, OPTICAL LENS FLARES & BOKEHS:
FREE:
- Rocketstock 4k Light Leaks - Create stunning looks with these 13 free premium 4K light leaks ready for download. Simply enter name and email.
- Cinecom 4K Light Leaks & Flares - 20 4K light leaks.
- Vegasaur Free HD Light Leaks - 20 Free HD light leaks.
- Creative Dojo HD Light Leaks - 15 Free HD light leaks.
- Motion Array HD Light Leaks - 10 Free HD Light Leaks.
- Motion Nations Free Light Leaks Pack -
- Cute Stock Footage - 30 Free HD Light Leaks. Good variation.
- Kola Digital - 15 Free 4K Light Leaks.
- Projector Films - 27 Light Leaks and Lens Flares
- Kyle Holland - 13 Free 4K Light Leaks
- RPSTock Free 4K Light Leaks - 24 Free 4K Light Leaks
- Reid Petro HD Lens Flares + Light Leaks - 4 free HD lens flares and light leaks.
- Outsight Creations 4K Light Leaks + Lens Flares - Free 4K pack of light leaks and lens flares.
- Spectra 4K Light Leaks Pack - 15 4K Free light leaks.
- LPP Digital Productions 4K Light Leaks - 10 Free 4K Overlay light leaks.
- Videolancer Rainbow Light Leaks - 36 Free rainbow light leaks.
- JVARTS STUDIO 4K Free Light Leaks - A number of great 4K free light leaks.
- Sovince Films HD Light Leaks - Many free HD light leaks.
- Rocketstock 4K Prism Bokeh Leaks - 35 Free 4K prism bokeh effect overlays
- PremiumBeat Anamorphic Lens Flares - 17 Free HD anamorphic lens flares.
- RPSTock Free 4K Optical Flares Pack - 30 4K Optical Flares
PAID:
- Video CoPilot Optical Flares Plugin - the ultimate lens flare plugin for after effects.
- Lens Distortions 4K Light Leaks Bundle - Includes both warm and cool tone natural light leaks.
- Creative Dojo 4K Light Leaks - 28 4K Light Leak elements and glows.
- Wzzly HD Light Leaks - 30 HD Light Leaks.
- Rocketstock 4K Light Leaks - 120 4K Light Leak elements
- Envato Market Light Leaks 4K Pack - 43 4K Light Leaks.
- Pond 5 Light Leaks - A variation of 4K and HD light leaks.
- Austin Newman’s Light Leak Overlay Pack - 11 Unique 4K + HD vintage light leak pack.
- Cineblur 4K Light Leaks - 100 4K light leaks clips.
- Adobe Exchange 4K Light Leaks - 25 4K Bokeh and Light Leak elements.
- Envato Elements 4K Light Leaks - 100+ 4K Light Leak transitions
- Rampant Modern Light Leaks - 150 4K modern light leaks.
- KOLAFX Pack 4K Light Leaks & Lens Flares - 75 4K Light leaks and lens flares.
- Filtergrade 4K Visual Leaks - 25 4K Aura Lens flares bundle pack.
- MotionVFX mLeaks HALO Pack - 50 4K light leaks and lens flares for compositing.
- Footage Crate Lens Flares and Bokeh Collection - A variety of lens flares and bokeh elements.
- Lens Distortions 4K Signature Glass Effects - Iconic glass and optical flares pack.
- 640 Studio Lens Flares - 300+ HD anamorphic lens flares pack.
- Rampant 4K Natural Flares - 85 4K natural flares.
- Filtergrade 4K Lens Bokeh Overlays - 10 4K lens bokeh elements
- VFXCentral 4K Anamorphic Lens Flares - 53 4K organic anamorphic lens flares and bokehs.
- Rampant Design Studio Flares Pack - 531 4K lens flares.
- Rocketstock Radium 4K Lens Flares - 120 4K lens flares.
- Rocketstock Lucent Warm 4K Radiant Lens Flares - 140 4K lens flares on Cooke S4 Prime lenses.
- MotionVFX mBokeh Pack - 50 4K anamorphic bokeh elements.
FILM TEXTURES FOR VIDEO + PHOTO
FREE FILM EFFECTS & FILM TEXTURES:
- RPStock Free 4K Grain Overlays - 10 free 4K film grain overlays.
- Shutterstock Free Grain Overlays - 5 free 4K film grains.
- Austin Newman Free 8mm Film Grain - A few free 8mm film grain overlays.
- Gorilla Grain Free Pack - 720p free film grain pack.
- Pixel Tools 4K Film Grain - 4 4K film grain overlays for free download.
- Holy Grain 35mm Grain - 35mm HD film grain pack.
- Resolver Tools 4K Film Grain - 3 4K film grain clips in 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm.
- Grainzilla Free Film Grain Packs - 35mm film grain pack
- SpectrumGrades Free 4K Film Grain - Free 4K film grain.
PAID FILM EFFECTS & FILM TEXTURES:
- Sickboat Cinevision: Vintage Film Effects - 8mm, 16mm, 35mm Film Overlays for Video. 90+ Film Texture Assets. Compatible with all video editing software.
- Film Aesthetics: The Ultimate Film Textures for Video and Photo - A 4-in-1 film texture bundle with authentic Kodak film grains, film burns, light leaks, dirty letterboxes, split screen film mattes, and photo film frames.
- Dirty Letterboxes: Cinematic Aspect Ratio Mattes - 80+ film textures, letterboxes, film grain, and film burns.
- Gorilla Grain Film Grain Pack - 16mm and 35mm film grain in both 4K and 2K.
- Cinegrain Film Textures - A collection of 35mm, 16mm, and 8mm film grains.
- FilmConvert - A suite of beautiful Adobe Premiere Pro and AE film texture plugins.
- Motion Science Film Textures - 80+ 4K film texture overlays and looks.
- Cinepacks Film Effects - A library of 16mm film fx, 8mm film texture, and film overlays.
- Justin Odisho Super 8mm Film Overlays Pack - 20+ super 8mm film grain overlays and textures.
- Ezco Film Effects & Film Textures - A collection of 8mm, 16mm, 35mm film overlays.
- Tropic Colour Film Textures - A great collection of film effects, film grains, and film artifacts.
- AcidBite Film Textures and Film Grain Packs - 35mm, 16mm, 8mm film overlays.
- SpectrumGrades Ultra Film Grain Pack - 114 4K film texture overlays of 8mm, 16mm, Super 35mm film.
- RGrain Film Textures Bundle - 100+ 4K film overlays of 35mm, 16mm, and 8mm.
- Filtergrade 4K Film Grain Elements - 50 4K film grain and grunge loops.
- Holygrain 35mm 4K Film Grain Pack - A great 35mm film grain pack in 4K.
- Austin Newman Vintage Film Effects - 45 4K and HD vintage film elements.
- Filmlooks Grain Overlays - Many different packs of 8mm, 16mm, 35mm film grain packs.
- Master Filmmaker Film Textures - A variety of film slide mattes, film dust, and film grain overlays.
- Steven McFarlane Super 8mm Film Textures - 80+ Film effects and textures from a super 8mm.
- SixForty Film Textures - A variety of film grains, light leaks, and film scratches.
- Vegasaur Film Grain - Available in 4K, HD, and a free pack. Compatible with most all non-linear editing suites.
- Grainzilla 4K Film Grain Pack - 35mm 4K film grain overlays
- Rampant Film Grain & Noise Overlays - 62 4K film grain overlays for any NLE.
- Shutterstock Emulsion 4K Film Grain Overlays - 16 4K authentic film grain overlays.
- Rocketstock 8mm Film Pack - 64 4K 8mm film textures; including light leaks, end burns, dirt effects, sprockets and more - compatible with all NLEs.
- CreatorFX Fast Film Pack - A variety of film artifacts.
- Sickboat Film Slide Mattes Pack - 50 slide film matte png for photo and video.
- Sickboat Split Screen Film Mattes - 90 split screen mattes for graphic design and video editing. Comes with clean, dirty, and dirtiest options for different looks.
- Sickboat Photo Film Frame PNG Pack - 101 hi-res photo film frames for video and photo. Over-scanned 35mm and 120mm film frames.
LUTS / LOOKS / COLOR
FREE
- FreshLUTS - Aiming to be the largest source of free LUTs.
- Color Grading Central Free LUT Pack - 36 Free LUTs
- RPStock Free LUT Pack - 20 Free LUTS for color grading your footage.
- Motion Array Free LUT Pack - 35 Free LUTs
- PremiumBeat Free LUT Pack - 17 Free LUTs for LOG footage.
- Film Crux Free Grecian Luts - 9 free LUTs
- Rocketstock Free Lut Pack - 35 Free LUTs for color grading your video footage.
- Cinecolor Free LUT Pack - 7 Free LUTs.
- Greyscalegorilla Free LUT Pack - 13 Free LUTs
- Fix the Photo Free LUT Collection - A variety of Free LUT looks.
- Lutify.me Free LUT Pack - 7 Free cinematic LUTs
- Digital Colorist Free LUT Pack - 8 Free LUTs
- Juan Melara Free LUT Pack - 4 Free LUTs
- Small HD Free LUT Pack - 7 Free LUTs
- Filter Grade’s Free LUT Pack - 8 Free LUTs
- Light Illusion Free LUT Pack - 3 Free LUTs
- PresetHub Free LUTs - 3 Free LUTs
- PremiereBro Free LUT Pack - 5 Free LUTs
- PresetPro Free LUT Pack - Free LUT Pack for Adobe Premiere Pro.
- On1 Premiere Pro Free LUT Collection - A variety of Free LUTs for premiere pro.
PAID
- Sickboat LUT Collection - a boutique set of infrared looks, thermal looks, and essential luts. Compatible with all photo and video software.
- Lens Distortions LUT Collection - A fantastic collection of an original LUT library. Compatible with most NLEs.
- IWLTBAP LUT Color Grading Pack - 250+ cinematic LUTs for color grading. The ultimate cinematic LUT pack.
- TropicColour LUTs - A variety of different LUTs for color grading.
- PresetHuB Cinematic LUT Pack - 9 cinematic LUTS
- VisionCOLOR - An excellent LUT plugin for cinematic film emulation looks.
- Cinecolor LUT Collection - A variety of different LUT packs to choose from. Compatible with any NLE.
- Ezra Cohen Essential LUTs - 10 essential grade LUTs.
- 640 Studio Cinematic LUT Pack - 540+ LUTs for color grading your video footage.
HUD ELEMENTS
FREE
- RPSTock Free HD HUD Screens - 10 Free HD HUD screens and elements.
- PremiumBeat Free HUD Pack - 35+ Free HUD elements.
PAID
- Envato Market HUD Elements - A vast library of HUD elements and interface assets.
- Rocketstock Interface Pack - 400+ HUD video elements compatible with any NLE.
- Motion Array HUD Elements Pack - 40+ HD HUD elements built in after effects.
- Videoblocks HUD Library - A large variety of different HUD packs and elements.
- Luca Visual FX HUD Pack - 135 2D and 3D HUD assets in 4K resolution, compatible with most NLEs.
INK FLOWS
FREE
- RPStock Free Ink Flows - 15 Free HD ink flows for compositing.
- Austin Newman’s Free Ink Backgrounds - A number of free 4K + HD ink clips
- Creative Dojo Free Ink Matte Pack - 20 HD ink mattes for compositing and editing.
PAID
- MotionVFX mBackground Ink - 50 4K top quality ink flows for background elements.
- Rocketstock Sumi Ink Transitions - 65 stunning 4K & 6K ink drop transitions
- Ink Footage - Multiple bundles of different types of ink drops and ink flows.
- Dan Stevers 4K Ink Drops Pack - 27 4K Ink drops and 26 stils.
- Video Copilot Riot Gear Pack - 150+ visual elements, pre-matted organic ink drops, bleeds, flows, splatters, etc..both video clips and still imagery included. Biggest downside is the pack is 720p resolution.
- Motion Array Ink - A variety of HD & 4K ink clips.
- Videoblocks Ink Flows - A large library of HD and 4K ink flow clips.
- Videohive Ink Flows - A vast amount of HD and 4K ink flow video clips.
- Shutterstock Ink Flows - A variety of HD and 4K ink flows.
PARTICLES / DUST
FREE
- RPStock Free HD + 4K Particle Effects - 20 Free HD + 4K particle effect clips to blend atop your footage.
- RPStock Free Particle Pack 1 - 20 Free 4K particle effects to composite in your timeline.
- RPStock Free Particle Pack 2 - 10 Free HD particle effects.
- Cinecom 4K Dust Overlays - 10 Free 4K Dust and powder particulate overlays.
- PremiumBeat Free Dust Overlays - 16 Free 4K Volumetric Light and dust overlays.
PAID
- Lens Distortions Dust Pack - 25 4K dust elements.
- Shutterstock Mojave Dust Particles - 100 4K cinema-grade dust effects.
- Rocketstock’s Sahara Dust Effects Library - 92 4K sand and dust effects.
- Rocketstock’s Collider Particle Effects Library - 150 4K particle effects.
- ActionVFX Dust Particles Pack - 30 6K floating dust particle elements for compositing.
- Footage Crate Dust & Smoke Collection - A variety of different types of dust and smoke elements.
- MotionVFX mDust 4K Dust Pack - 50 4K fine dust compositing elements.
- Enchanted Dust Particle Pack - 12 4K dust overlay loops.
FOG / SMOKE OVERLAYS
FREE
- PremiumBeat 4K Fog Overlays - 21 Free 4K fog overlays.
- ActionVFX Smoke Plumes - 20 2K real smoke plumes.
PAID
- Lens Distortions Fog Overlays - 50 4K Fog overlays.
- Rocketstock’s Vapor Smoke Effects Library - 143 4K atmospheric elements.
- Rocketstock’s Fume Smoke Effects Library - 150+ 4K smoke effects for composition. Compatible with all major NLE’s.
- MotionVFX mSmoke 4K Elements - 50 4K smoke elements.
- MotionVFX mFOG 4K Elements - 50 4K organic fog compositing elements.
- ActionVFX Atmospheric Smoke & Fog Vol. 1 - 30 4K real smoke and fog elements.
- ActionVFX Atmospheric Smoke & Fog Vol. 2 - 45 4K fog elements.
- Motion Array Smoke Pack One - 10 HD smoke compositing elements.
- Motion Array Smoke Pack Two - 10 HD smoke compositing elements.
- Motion Array Smoke Pack Three - 30 HD smoke compositing elements.
- Footage Crate Dust & Smoke - A library of different dust and smoke textures
- Enchanted Media Fog Overlay Pack - 7 realistic 4K static and drifting fog overlays.
VHS TEXTURE + VHS EFFECTS:
FREE
- Max Novak VHS Overlay Pack - 20 Free VHS overlay elements.
- Quince Creative VHS Static Overlay Pack - 5 great VHS static overlays for texturing your video.
- Cinepacks Free VHS Texture - 20 free VHS textures, VHS glitches, and tv static assets.
- Color Grading Central Free VHS Overlay Pack - Free VHS overlays for premiere pro and final cut pro x.
- Timothy Swim Free VHS Texture Pack - 3 VHS textures for free.
PAID
- Sickboat VHS Effects - 200+ real VHS textures and retro VHS effects, elements, sound effects, and more.
- Steven McFarlane VHS Textures - 130 authentic VHS textures and VHS effects.
- James Abadi VHS Textures - 100+ VHS textures for any editing software.
- 640 Studio VHS Preset Pack - 50+ VHS presets.
- Blindusk VHS Effect - 20 retro VHS effects and elements.
- Ezra Cohen VHS Textures - 20+ VHS overlays textures and transitions for any video editing software.
- Austin Newman VHS Textures Pack - 50+ VHS glitches and VHS textures overlay pack. Compatible with all video editing software.
- Filmlooks VHS Effects Pack - A collection of VHS effects and VHS overlays.
- Envato Market VHS Overlays - A library of VHS overlays, VHS textures, static and glitches.
- Cinepacks VHS FX - A variety of analog VHS static, VHS glitches, and VHS effects.
- Tropic Colour VHS Effects - 20+ VHS textures, glitches and overlays. Compatible with all video software.
- Video Milkshake VHS Glitches and Overlays Pack - A variety of VHS textures and video tape effects.
- Master Filmmaker VHS Overlay Pack - 30+ VHS overlays, VHS static, and VHS noise.
- Red Giant VHS Plugin - Part of the Red Giant Universe pack, this plugin is a one-stop shop for all VHS looks.
SOUND EFFECTS / SFX LIBRARY:
FREE SOUND FX
- Free Sound -
- Audio Micro -
- FreeSFX -
- Sound Bible -
- PacDV -
- SoundJay -
- SoundGator -
- 99 Sounds -
- Zapsplat -
- Free Youtube Sound FX & Music Library -
- Sound Dogs -
- Sound Effects+ -
PAID SOUND FX
- Era One: Cinematic Sound Effects for Films & Trailers
- Epic Stock Media - Royalty Free Sound Effects Library
- Articulated Sounds -
- Collected Transients -
- Squeaky Fish -
- Gamemaster Audio -
- Gregor Quendel -
- Spectravelers -
- Soundsnap
- Pro Sound Effects
- Boom Library
- BBC Sound Effects -
- Free Sound -
- Heavyocity -
- Epidemic Sound -
- Big Fish Audio -
- The Hollywood Edge -
- Avosound -
- Impact Soundworks -
- Audio Imperia -
- BusyBoxx -
- A Sound Effect Shop -
- Ghosthack -
- Sonniss -
- Lens Distortions SFX -
- Soundly -
- Soundstripe -
- Loop Masters -
- Airborne Sound -
- Cine-Tools -
- Primeloops - Music & SFX.
- Pole Position Production - SFX Library
- Sound Ideas - SFX Library
- The Sound Pack Tree - SFX Library
- Tonstrum - SFX Library
ROYALTY-FREE MUSIC LIBRARY
FREE
- MobyGratis -
- 909 Music -
- Free Music Archive -
- Freeplay -
- ccMixter -
- Free Youtube Audio Library -
- Landr -
- Incompetech -
- DanoSongs -
- NewGrounds -
- Audionautix -
- Musopen -
- FreePD -
- AShamaluevMusic -
- Brain Betty -
- Partners In Rhyme -
- MixKit -
- Looperman -
PAID
- Premium Beat -
- Artlist -
- The Music Bed -
- Beatsuite -
- Audio Library -
- CSS Music -
- Shockwave Sound -
- Mixdown Music -
- Comma Music -
- SongFreedom -
- Audio Network -
- Soundhills -
- Ricall Express -
- Shutterstock Music -
- Getty Images Music -
- Epidemic Sound -
- Audioblocks -
- Music Vine -
- Marmoset Music -
- Audio Jungle - By Envato Market.
- Pond5 Royalty Free Music -
- Soundstripe -
- Gerry Music -
- Synk -
- EnovoMusic -
- Foxi Music -
- Jamendo - Free and Paid.
- Bensound -
- Productiontrax -
- Stock Music Site -
- TaknoAXE -
- Filmstocks Audio -
- Amazon Royalty Free Music -
- Purple Planet -
- Tunefruit -
- Addictive Tracks -
- AKM Music -
- The Music Case -
- Amazing Music Tracks -
- Hooksounds -
- Filmstro -
3D SOFTWARE & 3D APPLICATIONS:
- Maxon Cinema 4D: Cinema 4D is the perfect package for all 3D artists who want to achieve breathtaking results fast and hassle-free.
- RedShift 3D - A Render Engine - A GPU-accelerated renderer compatible with Maya, 3DS Max, C4D, Houdini, and Katana.
- Maxon C4D News
- Maxon C4D Blog
- Foundry: Creating pioneering software for creative industries.
- Nuke: A node-based compositing, editorial and cloud based review workflow by Foundry.
- Katana - Lighting and look development.
- SideFX:
- Houdini: Houdini is a node-based workflow for visual effects artists (vfx artists) and technical directors with its particle and dynamics environment.
- Unity: Real-time 3D development platform for CG content creators developing short, episodic, and feature-length stories.
- Unity Blog:
- Otoy:
- Octane Render: Real-time 3D rendering. The industry’s first and fastest unbiased, physically accurate GPU accelerated renderer.
- Unreal Engine: A state-of-the-art real-time engine and editor that features photorealistic rendering, dynamic physics and effects, lifelike animation, robust data translation, and more.
- Blender: An open source 3D creation suite. You can handle modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation within the software.
- Autodesk: Autodesk is a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Across the manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, media, and entertainment industries.
- Maya: 3D computer animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software.
- 3DS Max: 3D modeling and rendering software for design visualization, games, and animation.
- Flame - 3D visual effects (VFX), finishing, and color grading software.
- AutoCAD 3D Software: Software for 2D and 3D CAD design.
- Substance 3D - A software by Adobe for applying 3D materials.
- Ecosystem & Plugins -
- Dassault - A company of 3D modeling, simulation, social, and collaborative applications for engineering and design teams.
- Solidworks - An easy-to-use 3D design software that trains and supports engineering and design teams.
- CATIA - A 3D CAD design and engineering software for products.
- Sketchup: 3D software for Architecture Layouts & Designs
3D MODEL MARKETPLACES & 3D LIBRARIES
- Turbosquid: Search the world’s best collection of 3D models for professionals.
- PixelSquid: If you’re a 2D artist looking to easily work with 3D files, this is an amazing resource to begin dipping your toes in the 3D water.
- Kitbash 3D - Premium 3D assets for VFX, concept art and design.
- GrabCAD:
- GrabCAD Resources:
- GrabCAD Blog:
- Cgtrader: 3D model marketplace for VR / AR, CG projects, and professional 3D designer community. Download 3D models and find 3D designers for your needs.
- 3D Export: 3D Export is one of the largest online marketplaces you can buy and sell 3D models, textures, plugins, and digital prints for CG projects. 3D Models, Free 3D Models, AR / VR, 3D Print Models, 3D Tutorials, CG Textures, HDRI.
- Quixel - Makers of Megascans, Bridge and Mixer - a unique 3D asset library and two companion applications for 3D art, video games, movies, architecture visualization and more.
- Sketchfab - One of the largest platforms to publish and find 3D models for web, mobile, VR, and AR.
- 3D Warehouse:
- Adobe’s Mixamo - Animate 3D characters for games, film, and more. 3D Character animation. Export and compatibility with Unity, UE, Octane Render.
- Thingiverse - A design community for discovering, making and sharing 3D printable things.
- Tinkercad - An easy-to-use 3D CAD design tool. Quickly turn your idea into a CAD model for 3D.
- MyMiniFactory - A community for designers and makers who want to share free or paid 3D printable designs. 3D Printing.
- Daz 3D - Free 3D software suite for modeling & rendering realistic characters, clothes, and scenes.
3D FREEBIES:
VISUAL EFFECTS (VFX) & MOTION GRAPHICS:
- Adobe After Effects - The standard in post production software for motion graphics in both 2D and 3D. Much of the below software and plugins integrate seamlessly within After Effects.
- Toolfarm - Toolfarm is the leading reseller of After Effects Plugins. They are a one-stop shot for the best professional visual effects, motion graphics, and plugins.
- ActionVFX - Some of the best stock footage for visual effects available.
- VFX Central - A great collection of vfx elements; lens flares, explosions, dust, smoke, fire, embers, storm, and fireworks.
- RedGiant - Red Giant creates video effects, motion graphics tools and VFX software to enrich the community of filmmakers and motion designers.
- Red Giant Products:
- Red Giant Complete - With Red Giant Complete you’ll get access to all of their tools from each of their 5 product suites below.
- Trapcode Suite - Particle System generator. Trapcode Suite brings the power of 3D particle systems right into After Effects. Use particle emitters to create fire, water, smoke, snow and other organic visual effects, or create technological marvels and user interfaces with immortal particle grids and 3D forms.
- Magic Bullet Suite - A set of color correction plugins for color correction, finishing and film looks.
- Universe -Universe is a set of video transition and effects plugins for editors and motion graphic artists. Stylize your footage with authentic retro looks, glows, text animations, and more.
- VFX Suite - VFX Suite is a set of plugins for keying, tracking, cleanup, and visual effects compositing, right inside of After Effects. It makes it easy to create seamless composites and gives you tools for fast, accurate motion tracking and object replacement / removal. They have wonderful glows, distortions and lens flares.
- Shooter Suite - Audio / Visual sync & backup from set to post with confidence. Shooter Suite gives you the fastest, most accurate A/V sync available, rock solid camera card backups, and additional tools for working with older formats.
- Pluraleyes - Accurate & Automatic audio / video sync in seconds. No clapboards or timecode are needed.
- Video Copilot - High quality after effects plugins and tutorials for motion graphics and visual effects.
- Video Copilot Products: An amazingly unique line of after effects plugins, 3D packs, stock fx, bundles, and creative tools.
- BorisFX -
- Mocha AE - Mocha Pro is the world’s most recognized and powerful planar tracking tool for VFX and post production. Compatible with Premiere Pro, After Effects, Avid, and OFX hosts such as Flame, Nuke, Fusion, HitFilm, and VEGAS Pro. Mocha Pro features GPU-accelerated tracking and object removal, advanced masking with edge-snapping, stabilization, lens calibration, 3D camera solver, stereo 360/VR support, and more.
- Continuum
- Sapphire
- Silhouette
- Blackmagic Design
- DaVinci Resolve - The world’s only solution that combines professional 8K editing, color correction, and visual effects and audio post production all in one.
- Fusion - The world’s most advanced compositing software for broadcast visual effects, 3D animators, VR / AR, and motion graphics designers.
- FXHome -
- FXHome Blog -
- HitFilm Pro - Hitfilm Pro is an editing, compositing, & vfx software all rolled into one.
- Ignite Pro -
- Imerge Pro -
- RE:Vision Effects - Academy award-winning plugins for visual effects.
- RE:Vision Effects Products -
- Twixtor & RSMB -
- RE: Lens -
- DEFlicker -
- Zaxwerks 3D Software - Zaxwerks makes award winning, easy to use 3D software for 3D titles, 3D logos, 3D animations and 3D flags that are used for broadcast, television, and entertainment industry.
- Zaxwerks Products -
- 3Dar - An award winning virtual reality, film and animation studio specializing in content creation, 3D animation, live action and post production for the advertisement and film industry.
- Animation, Film / VFX, VR/AR, Experiential
- Frischluft Lenscare - Lenscare moves depth of field and out of focus generation to post production.
- Fnord - SuperPNG and j2k, Photoshop and After Effects plug-ins for writing 16-bit PNG and JPEG2000 files. ProEXR for full access to OpenEXR.
- ProEXR - OpenEXR is the visual effects industry-standard floating point file format and the best format to use when working with 32-bit HDR imagery. Access all the capabilities of OpenEXR from within adobe photoshop, after effects, and premiere pro using ProEXR.
- Jawset -
- AEenhancers -
- Motion Script -
YOUTUBE CHANNELS FOR FILMMAKERS:
- Film Riot: Film Riot is a how-to trip through filmmaking. From how-to make great effects, through production. Serves as an on-demand filmmaking school.
- Video Copilot - Perhaps the best motion graphics tutorials / how-to youtube channel.
- StudioBinder: Is a production management solution that helps video and photo productions create call sheets, shot lists, shooting schedules, breakdown, storyboards, mood-boards and more.
- No Film Schools - A channel for all things filmmaking; tutorials, interviews, gear reviews, etc.
- Filmmaker IQ - Delivers a broad range of beginner and basic filmmaking techniques.
- Indie Film Hustle - Indie Film Hustle is dedicated to showing you how to hack the film business. Discussions on cinematography, interviews with Academy Award / Oscar nominees, post production, filmmaking, training courses, etc...it’s a great channel dedicated to give you the unvarnished truth of what it takes to survive and thrive in the film business.
- PremiumBeat by Shutterstock - PremiumBeat’s youtube channel is dedicated to offering you compelling and helpful tutorials on video editing, video production, motion graphics, and more. From beginners to professionals, their goal is to help you grow your creative skills.
- Philip Bloom - Channel of director and filmmaker Philip Bloom.
- Peter McKinnon - teaches low budget hacks about photography, cinematography, and post production.
- Media Division - This channel is dedicated to tutorials, gear reviews, tips and tricks for filmmakers.
- Indy Mogul - A trio of filmmakers who seek to decode the struggles of modern filmmaking, gear and how to learn about the skills and experiences of influential creatives all around the world.
- James Matthews - Tips, tricks and tutorials for filmmakers.
- Wolfcrow - Learn cinematography, camera angels, camera movement and film lighting. Custom guides and recommended gear coverage.
- YCImaging - Vlogs, musics videos, tutorials, equipment tests, and filmmaking tips.
- DSLRGuide - Learn filmmaking, cinematography, audio, sound design, editing, and pre-production tips.
- DSLR Video Shooter - covers gear reviews and tutorials for making better videos.
- Tom Antos - a great channel for gear advice, camera, audio, etc..from beginner to expert - it covers a large array of filmmaking information.
- D4Darious - Darious shares tips on filmmaking, screenwriting, directing, cinematography, and producing.
- Cinematography Database - Tips, tricks, tutorials, and gear reviews.
- Josh Olufemii - Post-production tutorials, tips and tricks.
- Aputure - A channel dedicated to lighting tips.
- Final Cut King - Editing tips and tricks with cool effects in final cut pro.
- The Slanted Lens - This channel brings you filmmaking and photography tutorials on lighting, gear reviews, video production, special effects and more.
- Hulburt Academy - an interactive library of professional online educational filmmaking lessons and course led by renowned cinematographer Shane Hurlbut ASC.
- Dave Dugdale - A fantastic channel for filmmaking and gear lovers.
- Deity Microphones - Free sound and filmmaking tutorials.
- Cooke Optics TV - Interviews with some of the world’s renowned cinematographers, who share their advice and behind the scenes stories of their careers.
- Matti Haapoja - A channel dedicated to the filmmaking process.
- Potato Jet - A library of camera reviews and gear reviews.
- Shutterstock Tutorials - this channel is dedicated to providing tips, tricks, and tutorials for all types of creatives. From filmmaking and lighting to photography and graphic design.
- Gerald Undone - A channel of tech support and finding the best gear for the dollar.
- Grip Tips - Tips and how-to’s on lighting.
- Neumann Films - A channel of filmmaking tutorials.
- Kaiman Wong - A great channel of tutorials and product reviews.
- The Film Look - DIY and micro-budget tricks and tips on how to make your film achieve the heavenly “film look”.
- Cinecom - Editing tutorials, camera tips, lighting techniques and cinematography lessons.
- Frame.io - this channel is a great for all things video and editing, as it’s run by a video collaboration and review platform.
- Justin Odisho - A fantastic channel for editing and post-production tips, tricks and tutorials in premiere pro and after effects.
- The VFXBro - A great channel for VFX tutorials.
- Kaptainkristian - this channel provides video essays about animation, visual effects, comics, and filmmaking.
- Sonduck Films - Motion graphic and filmmaking tutorials.
- Rocketstock - a filmmaking channel with after effects templates for video editors and filmmakers.
- This Guy Edits - A channel dedicated to editing specifically; providing by creative and technical editing techniques.
- Film Freak - A channel of tutorials, vlogs, editing tips, DIY tricks, and much more.
- The Basic Filmmaker - A great channel of tutorials and product reviews.
JOB BOARDS FOR FILMMAKERS
- Vimeo Jobs -
- Production Hub Crew Leads -
- Mandy Film & TV Jobs -
- Industry Jump -
- Crew Connection -
- Assignment Desk -
- Motionographer Jobs -
- Malakye Jobs Board -
- Outdoor Industry Jobs -
- Luke’s Circle -
- Flexjobs -
- Creative Hotlist -
- AngelList Remote Jobs Board -
- Teamwork Online -
- Creative Commision -
- Solidgigs -
- Cgtrader Freelance Job Board -
- Toptal -
- Production Base UK -
- We the Makers Job Board -
- Remote Job Board -
- Remote OK -
- Screenhub Australia -
- Creative Bloq Job Board UK -
- Upwork -
- Freelancer -
- Guru Jobs -
- Creative Circle -
- 24 Seven Talent -
- Thumbtack -
- Awwwards Jobs Board -
- The Ladders $100K Club -