Give your footage authentic retro and modern day looks using tools like VHS, Retrograde Carousel, Glitch, Holomatrix II, and more.
Create beautiful looping backgrounds and motion graphics elements with tools like HUD components, Line, Knoll Light Factory EZ, Fractal Background, and more.
Build fast, unique transitions with little or no work. Add glows and other effects that give you better results and more shortcuts, options and control than anything in your host app.
Quickly generate animations that bring your text to life, or fill your screen with dynamic data for user interfaces. Go retro with old school computer type on effects, or easily create hacker style reveals for modern titles.
Every tool in Universe includes presets to help get you started and give instant professional results.
The Universe 3.3 release introduces 2 new tools - Quantum which creates animated light trails, and Modes, a powerful tool for mixing layers together with different blend modes. Also in this release are updates to 4 existing tools and over a hundred new presets to help get you started with the new tools and features.
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Red Giant Universe requires a GPU to render. The minimum GPU is an Intel HD 5000 integrated graphics chip. For best Universe performance, please read the FAQ for recommendations on GPU cards.
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Watch our getting started videos to get up to speed with Universe or browse our other tutorials.
This user guide has been designed to help you get comfortable with all of the tools and features of Universe.
Browse our FAQ section for Universe to find quick answers to the most common questions.
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Video transition and effects plugins for editors and motion graphics artists
Video transition and effects plugins for editors and motion graphics artists
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