RedGiant Effects Suite Reviews & Product Details

I like the trapcode plugin, this has the particle simulated in after effects are a whole new level of motion graphics possibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This takes lots of computing power to use, almost all of the plugins in this suite makes harder to use in mid-range computers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Red Giant was my go-to plug-in for Adobe After Effects. It's broad range of tools and professional quality effects worked hand in hand with a responsive, customer-oriented support team that were available almost all the time as needed. They broke new ground in particle effects, film simulations, and hosted a suite of tools to deal with the emerging digital film-making market. I used them for years in commercial and private film projects to give my work that extra edge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With the recent acquisition by Maxon, I find I can no longer recommend this product. While the technology is still very much cutting edge, the new management has introduced a business model focused on revenue over creativity. Introducing a Software as a Service option earlier in the year, the current round of upgrades has virtually shuttered access by individual users and small shops by setting a Suite price at several hundred dollars a year and pricing perpetual upgrades at nearly 50% of list. Additionally, the previous practice of "upgrade from any version" seems to have been dropped in favor of a "most recent license only". While this is not out of the ordinary in the software industry, the slamming of the door to perpetual upgrades without any hint it was coming is further evidence that the merged company doesn't value the customer as much as the balance sheet. With regard to the upgrade policy I am only guessing, because as yet the sales department I have been routed to for further information has yet to respond to any inquiry made in the last month.

I realize my one little account is irrelevant to this corporation, and that my dollars are not likely to be missed. But that was not how I was treated by Red Giant. I hope others have better luck. I will be looking for alternative options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If it were only for Pluraleyes 4 it would be worth the money to buy RedGiant suite. We use the logo effects, type effects, and many many more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Every once in a while you get a crash because these are so GPU intensive. Also Pluraleyes has no way to really shut down without erroring out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The effects suite offers so much! Takes your videos well above and beyond what you could hope at just a few clicks. What I love about pretty much all Red Giant products is how much time they've put in to them. The amount of presets that come with this, that need almost no tweaking, is fantastic! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes some of the templates get you locked into a specific look and it can become incredibly difficult to figure out what parameters you need to either edit or shut off to fine tune the look to where you want it. Even then, sometimes it may not do exactly what was hoped. I find this though to be a rarity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Red giant make some of the best plugins around for Adobe multimedia and in some ways it's impossible not to have them. Red Giant's trapcode particular alone is a industry standard for particle generation in After Effects and is miles better than the built in particle systems. I've also used other plugins like trap code form for projects and they work equally as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is definitely a bit of a learning curve to each of the plugins, since their are so many options. Particular is extremely powerful but can be daunting at first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the Effect suite from Red giant is a pack of nine plugins that give your great effects to your footage and a lot of creative options. the plugins work with several softwares. in my case, I used it with after effects and I've to say I'm addicted to it. the planetspace plugin is one of them which helps you animate 3d layers easily and save a lot of time for you. it helps you manage a lot of layers, say a 100+ at a single time which could take a tedious amount of time if done without it. basically it's just a set of keyframe managers similar to that of in after effects but build in such a way to manage them easily. Image Lounge is another plugin that's pretty impressive, it help you build natural elements like fire and water into the footage which can be heavy work if done without it.

Toon it is one of the best plugins in this package. as you can see from the name it helps you convert your footage into a cartoon with the click of a button. there are several build in options to get the look that you desire. Tsunami is also a great plugin to mimic ocean currents and waves, the quality of the plugin is just amazing and absolutely worth the price. they also offer a free trial in case you need to try them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the plugin isn't cheap and most of the small companies wont be able to afford them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the redgiant effects suite is a great addon for any VFX software, I used it along with the adobe after effects. there are lots of effects and possibilities are limitless, especially I found the tsunami, toonit and the Knoll light factory really useful for my projects. I have tried to color grade my films and other projects a lot of times and nothing even comes close to using the composite Wizard within the Redgiant effects suite and its one of the most popular when coming to editing films in Hollywood. it supports multiple platforms including windows and mac. the support is also really helpful with well-documented videos on the site teaches you how to make the maximum out of their products. the most important thing about the product is that it isn't that costly and anybody in VFX can afford it, they even provide a free trial to test their product prior to purchase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the speed of rendering found to be really slow after using the software, especially tsunami. some effects control are really hard to work with at least in after effects and the effects eat up your memory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's so so easy! I absolutely love the simplicity of this product. Drag and drop and you're done. The effects are seamless and look so professional. You can certainly take the time to make these type of effects from scratch yourself, but there's no need when you have Red GIant. The adjustability is fantastic. Everything you need to customize the effects are right there in the effects panel and easy to change little things here and there to make it more personalized. I also love that you can use the effects in both Premiere Pro and After Effects. There is a creative consistency when it comes to using the effects between multiple platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish there were more! I'm sure what is offered is fair for the price but I do wish they offer some sort of expansion pack to the original. Honestly, there's nothing really that I dislike about this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I enjoy the ease in which I can use the product! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish they had more effects and more training on how to use them with FCPX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The simplicity of the effects is amazing. You can get proffesional effects at an amazin rate and speed.

I have bought all of the effects with ease, being able to retouch your movies, to edit them professionally is just great.

It does not use to many resources and its a great addon.

I have seen this effects in action in movies and tons of video uploaders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The pricing is a litle high, but the work you can with them can easily get your money back. You can be a professional editorin no time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.