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  • Adobe releases After Effects 26.2
  • New motion graphics tool Caddis puts a node graph in every layer
  • Maxon releases Red Giant 2026.4

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cgchannel.com /1 month ago

Adobe releases After Effects 26.2

Compositing and motion graphics software gets AI-powered Object Matte tool to isolate moving subjects in video with one click.

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cgchannel.com /1 week ago

New motion graphics tool Caddis puts a node graph in every layer

Interesting After Effects alternative combines a familiar layer workflow with the procedural power of nodes. Currently free in beta.

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cgchannel.com /1 month ago

Maxon releases Red Giant 2026.4

Check out the new features in the plugins for motion design and VFX, including support for free motion graphics software Autograph.

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watch.impress.co.jp /1 month ago

アドビ、Premiereに色補正の新機能 After EffectsにはAI機能

アドビは15日、ビデオ製品の最新アップデートを発表した。「Adobe Premiere」ではカラーグレーディング機能を刷新し、「Adobe After Effects」ではAI活用のマット作成機能を導入。「Frame.io」...

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redsharknews.com /1 month ago

Adobe MotionStream: real-time control over AI video generation

Adobe Research has previewed MotionStream, an experimental technology that lets creators interact with AI-generated video in real time — adjusting object movement and camera angles...

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redsharknews.com /1 month ago

ShotNotes for Premiere Pro: in-NLE notes and task tracking from Digital Anarchy

Digital Anarchy's ShotNotes brings sequence-linked notes, clickable timecode, and built-in time tracking directly into Adobe Premiere.

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cgchannel.com /1 month ago

Maxon releases motion graphics software Autograph for free

USD-based, responsive-design-friendly motion graphics and VFX tool is publicly available again - and is free to individual artists.

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cgchannel.com /2 weeks ago

Boris FX releases Continuum 2026.5

New features in the effects plugins include AI-powered video deinterlacing and updates to AI facial matte generation.

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cined.com /1 month ago

Adobe Reinvents Color Grading in Premiere, Expands Firefly with Kling 3.0, and Debuts Frame.io Drive

Adobe has rolled out its most significant video workflow update in years, anchored by a ground-up redesign of color grading inside Premiere Pro and a raft of additions across Firef...

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cined.com /1 month ago

Adobe Firefly at NAB 2026 – From Location Scout to Premiere Timeline with AI

At NAB 2026, we caught up with Adobe at their booth to look at what is new on the Firefly platform, the company’s all-in-one home for generative AI. While Firefly is increasingly w...

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cgchannel.com /1 month ago

Beeble launches AI roto service Background Remover

New online service automatically generates alpha mattes for image sequences or videos. See how it compares to other AI roto tools.

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cgchannel.com /1 week ago

Boris FX releases Sapphire 2026.5

Check out the changes to the set of effects plugins for compositing and video editing software, including a new real-world lens defocus effect.

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redsharknews.com /1 month ago

Adobe Premiere's game-changing Color Mode demonstrated

We don't use words such as game-changing lightly, but Adobe's three year examination and invention of color grading for editors really does move the goalposts, and the live demo sh...

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redsharknews.com /1 month ago

Adobe Premiere Color Mode: in-edit grading for everyone

Adobe's new Color Mode for Premiere Pro puts professional grading firmly inside the edit with powerful reimagined tools designed specifically for editors.

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cgchannel.com /1 month ago

Autodesk releases Flame 2027

Compositing, finishing and effects software gets a new Annotations system and two new AI models for generating depth maps from clips.

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nofilmschool.com /2 days ago

Ready (or Not) to Embrace AI? Higgsfield Releases AI Toolset Plugins for Adobe Premiere and After Effects

As always with covering AI news, love it or hate it, these updates and announcements aren’t going to slow down anytime soon. Higgsfield, one of the larger and more established, but...

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newsshooter.com /1 month ago

Beeble Background Remover Rotoscoping Tool

Beeble’s new Background Remover is a new AI-powered rotoscoping tool that was designed to allow users to generate clean, production-ready alpha mattes in seconds. Rotoscoping has t...

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photoshoproadmap.com /1 week ago

Create Motion Blur Light Effects in Photoshop

Transform ordinary portraits into dynamic, cinematic images by combining path blur effects with creative background textures. This technique creates the illusion of camera movement...

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redsharknews.com /1 month ago

Adobe Firefly AI Assistant debuts at NAB 2026

After a long build-up, Adobe says its first generation agentic AI assistants will be debuting in beta on Firefly Video Editor in the coming weeks.

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redsharknews.com /1 month ago

Beeble Background Remover: AI rotoscoping tool for fast token-friendly alpha mattes

Beeble's new Background remover AI rotoscoping tool promises fast, production-ready alpha mattes from video and image sequences that use up less AI tokens than a full pass.

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cgchannel.com /1 month ago

Adobe releases Photoshop 27.6

Update to the image-editing app adds the much-anticipated AI-based Rotate Tool, and a neat new reflection removal feature.

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dpreview.com /1 month ago

Adobe is trying to make the hardest parts of editing easier

Image: Adobe Adobe is continuing the flow of video news from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show with its announcement of a new "Color Mode" for Premiere. The co...

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redsharknews.com /1 day ago

Adobe Color After Dark takes place Burbank, June 5 2026

Join us at the free Adobe Color After Dark industry mixer, which takes place June 5 in Burbank, following Cine Gear Expo. Live Color Mode demos, partner hardware, free drinks, and...

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redsharknews.com /1 month ago

Frame.io updates: Workfront integration, PDF improvements, and zoom controls

Adobe rolls out Frame.io updates ahead of NAB, bringing Workfront integration to existing customers, improved PDF rendering, and more intuitive zoom and pan controls.

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