Red Giant Trapcode Suite

The industry-standard package for motion graphics in After Effects.

Red Giant Trapcode Suite is a set of 11 tools for 3D motion graphics and visual effects. Particle simulations and 3D effects for motion graphics and VFX.

Trapcode Suite is made up of several different tools that each have their own compatibility info. Every tool runs on Mac and Windows and is compatible with Adobe After Effects, while some of the tools also work in additional host applications.

Red Giant Trapcode Suite Highlights

Particle Effects

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, text, and 3D forms. Combine multiple particle systems into one unified 3D space and design emitters that emit full emitters for creating visually stunning results. With GPU acceleration, Trapcode plugins help you get beautiful results fast.

Physics & Fluids

Trapcode Suite includes a physics engine with powerful behaviors, forces, and environmental controls. Particular bring particles to life with new flocking/swarming and predator/prey behaviors, and adds more realism with combined bounce and air physics. Particular and Form both include the ability to create organic fluid simulations where particle systems interact with beautiful results.

3D Objects & Surfaces

Create flowing surfaces, mountainous terrains, endless tunnels, and abstract shapes. Use paths and motion to generate beautifully complex geometric shapes, ribbons, and extrusions. Whether you are creating motion graphics or visual effects, the possibilities are endless.

Lights and Glimmers

Bring light and life into your motion design. Simulate organic, 3D-camera-aware volumetric lighting. Use masks and paths to add light streaks that can bring your logos and text to life and add starry glimmers to accent the highlights in your work.

Sound and Motion

Use audio to generate keyframes that drive animation and effects. Scale, rotate, and move to the beat, or use drum hits to create particle effects. Duplicate and offset layers and their motion with ease. Trapcode Suite gives you the power to automate complex animation easily.

Cinema 4D File Import

With a subscription to Red Giant Complete, get even more 3D geometry input options thanks to integration with Cineware .c4d files. Bring C4D file geometry into your projects as Particular emitters, Form particle objects and Mir 3D models, including animation, normals, texture coordinates, and transformations.

Tools in Trapcode Suite

Red Giant Trapcode Suite is a set of 11 tools for 3D motion graphics and visual effects.

Trapcode Particular 5 (NEW)

Create organic 3D particle effects, complex motion graphics elements, and more. Build particle effects visually in the powerful Designer. Trapcode Particular is GPU-accelerated and includes physics for simulating air and bounce, fluid dynamics, flocking, and more. Particular uses the After Effects 3D camera and lights and allows you to use 3D models, text, masks, and OBJ sequences as emitters.

So, what’s new in Particular 5?

• Emit from Parent
• 16 Particles systems
• Physics: Air & Bounce Together
• Physics: Environment
• In addition, Physics: Particle Properties
• Fast Physics
• Behaviors: Flocking/Swarming
• Behaviors: Predator/Prey
• Velocity Over Life
• 75+ New Presets
• Updated UI

Trapcode Form 4.5

Create immortal particle grids and 3D particle objects with Trapcode Form. Build effects visually in the powerful Designer. Dissolve your particle objects in fluids or create complex fractal animations. Create stunning MoGraph with 3D models, text, masks, and animated OBJ sequences. Drive animation with sound and dissolve text and logos. Form uses the After Effects 3D camera and lights and is GPU-accelerated.

• Build particle grids visually, in the new Designer
• Create stunning MoGraph with 3D models and sequences
• Drive animation with sound
• Dissolve text and logos

What’s new in Form 4.5?

Thanks to Cineware, both Trapcode Form and Mir now include Cinema 4D input, which works in different ways, since each plug-in has a different function.

• Cinema 4D File Import in Form – Use .c4d file 3D geometry as particle objects. Supported Geometry properties, including animation, normals, and transformations (rotation, position/translation, and scaling).

Trapcode Mir 4

Create 3D terrains, objects, and wireframes in After Effects

• Flowing surfaces and abstract shapes for motion graphics
• Shaded surfaces can display as polygons or vertices
• Works with After Effects’ 3D camera and lights
• OBJ geometry now works as Base Geometry
• New texture options including UV mapping for OBJ and Camera Projection

So, what’s new in Mir 4?

Thanks to Cineware, both Trapcode Form and Mir now include Cinema 4D input, which works in different ways, since each plug-in has a different function.

• Cinema 4D File Import in Mir – Use .c4d file 3D geometry as Mir 3D objects. Supported Geometry properties, including animation, normals, texture coordinates, and transformations (rotation, position/translation, and scaling).

Trapcode Tao 1.2

3D geometries animated along a path

• Generate Geometric shapes, ribbons, and more
• Create geometries from Masks, Paths, and Motion
• Works with After Effects’ 3D camera and lights

Trapcode Shine 2

Ultra­fast, 3D light ray effects

• Volumetric light rays for your text, mograph or footage
• Simulate clean rays or fractal smokiness with depth
• After Effects 3D camera-­aware

Trapcode Lux 1.4

After Effects Lights Made Visible.

• Create 3D Volumetric point and spotlights
• Add Drama and realism to your 3D Comps
• In addition, fully customizable and Camera­-aware

Trapcode 3D Stroke 2.6

To summarize, organic 3D Shapes and Lines from your masks

• Logos, text, and paths take on lives of their own
• Preset shapes give you starting points
• Get pinpoint control over shapes, colors, looping, and more.

Trapcode Echospace 1.1

Instantly clone and offset animated layers

• Automate complex, multi­layered 3D animation with ease
• Control layer instances, without writing expressions
• Create dynamic ‘falling domino’ or ‘follow-­the­-leader’ Animations

Trapcode Starglow 1.7

Stylized glints and glows for motion graphics and text

• Add Glimmer to your Highlights
• 49 Presets to get you started
• Fully customizable and easy to use

Trapcode Soundkeys 1.4

Instant Audio­-driven Motion Graphics in After Effects

• Visualize your audio for motion graphics
• Use any audio to drive animation and effects
• Isolate audio bands for total control

Trapcode Horizon 1.1

Infinite Backgrounds for After Effects 3D

• 360-degree Backgrounds for AE 3D
• Use image maps or create a multicolor gradient
• Fully AE 3D Camera­aware