PSOFT anti-aliasing for Adobe After Effects

PSOFT anti-aliasing is an effect plug-in for Adobe After Effects that smooths the outlines and colors of images (anti-aliasing), a necessary step for creating high quality digital animations. It produces images that look dramatically smoother and more natural by suppressing jaggies. Its main features are its high quality anti-aliasing processing and its easily adjustable parameters.

Demonstration Movie

This movie demonstrates the use of the plug-in under After Effects. (Please watch in enlarged mode.) It shows high speed anti-aliasing processing for the RGB and Alpha channels.

Interface

color threshold This value defines the difference in color required for neighboring pixels to be treated as having different colors. A lower value will cause the software to respond to smaller differences in color. Using a bigger value is recommended when handling images containing gradation or noise.

softness Adjusts the strength of the processing. Increase the value for an increased level of jaggies suppression. Lower the value to obtain a sharper image. bias Adjusts the processing of the contrast in gradation parts. If set to a high value, a nonlinear interpolation function is used in the computation of the blend concentration for the gradation processing. If the value is set to zero, a linear interpolation is performed. Using a value other than 0 results in degradation of the processing speed. color key enable Switches color key processing (making pixels of the specified color transparent) on/off. key color Specifies the key color for color key processing. key color threshold Specifies the maximum difference allowed between a pixel's color and the key color for that pixel to be considered as matching the key color. invert When not checked, pixels that match the key color are made transparent. When checked, pixels that don't match the key color are made transparent.

Operating Environment

Adobe After Effects Version Support
[for Windows] 6.0 / 6.5 / 7.0 / CS3 / CS4 / CS5 / CS5.5

Color Depth Support
8, 16, 32bpc

Note
Improved memory usage with AE version 7.0 and higher due to SmartFX support.

About the Adobe After Effects Render Engine PSOFT anti-aliasing supports the After Effects Render Engine. When the plug-in host is the render engine, the plug-in runs automatically in render engine mode. *For version 1.0.2 and lower of the plug-in, please use the render engine specific plug-in.