miracle Color Selector
for After Effects
miracleColorSelector is a plug-in for extracting selected colors; An essential task for animation production.
Both MacOS and Windows After Effects are supported,
allowing you to work seamlessly across operating systems.
Free for both personal and commercial use.
↓ How To Use
miracleColorSelector
After launching After Effects, select the layer to which you want to apply miracleColorSelector and click Effects/CARAMEL.codeVFX/miracleColorSelector
When the plug-in is applied, the selected colors are extracted.
Up to 10 colors can be selected.
Using the sliders, the range of color can be widened and softness applied.
Enable Effect
If checked, only the colors set in Colors 1 - 10 will be extracted. If the Enable color item below * is not checked, the process will not be reflected.
Enable color
Check the box to include this color in the extraction.
Color
Specifies the color to be extracted. Colors can be specified directly from the layer using an eyedropper.
Range
Specifies the range of color matching. A small value reduces the acceptable matches, while a larger value increases it.
Softness
Adjust the degree of blurring around the boundaries of the selected colors.
miracle Smoother
for After Effects
miracleSmoother is a one-click plugin to smooth out jagged edges in your images or animations.
Both MacOS and Windows After Effects are supported,
allowing you to work seamlessly across operating systems.
Free for both personal and commercial use.
↓ How To Use
miracleSmoother
After launching After Effects, select the layer on which you want to apply miracleSmoother and click Effects/CARAMEL.codeVFX/miracleSmoother
Use Color Key
If checked, the keying process will be carried out in the selected color.
Alpha Key
Select the colors for the keying process here.
Smoother Range
Adjusts the threshold for neighbouring color differences when applying anti-aliasing. The lower the value here, the more anti-aliased the image will be, even in areas with small color differences.
Normally, the default value of 1.0 can be used.
Line Weight
Adjusts the width of the line to be anti-aliased.
INSTALLATION
After downloading from the button above, unzip the file.
Extract the plugin file to the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2023\Support Files\Plug-ins\Effects directory, or the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore directory.
※Each should be placed in the folder of the After Effects version you are currently using.
(After Effects 2023 in the picture above).
Verified versions
After Effects 2023 (23.x)
Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) / macOS 10.15 - 13
After Effects 2022 (22.x)
Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) / macOS 10.15 - 12