Best Film Look & Cinematic Plugins for After Effects

Spotlight FX

freemium

2,300+ transitions, titles, overlays, elements and 20+ free workflow tools

Koji Advance

paid

35mm film emulation with densitometrically measured presets

ft-Filmic Contrast Bundle

paid

Three color grading plugins for fast filmic contrast and vintage looks

LUTs Manager

paid

Real-time bulk LUT previewer and organizer for color grading workflows

Deep Glow

paid

Creates cinematic glow effects with HDR tonemapping and RGB control

Real Glow

paid

Simulates physically accurate glow using inverse square light falloff

Fast Bokeh Pro

paid

GPU-accelerated depth of field blur with custom bokeh shapes

Variable Diffusion

paid

Emulate glass filters with in-camera light scattering for VFX and color

Glasswork

paid

Add realistic frosty, distorted, or broken glass effects to footage

8mm Distress Kit 4K PREMIUM

paid

64 vintage 8mm film overlays scanned at 4K for distressed film effects

8mm Distress Kit 4K CLASSIC

paid

Vintage 8mm film scans for authentic analog damage and light leak overlays

qp Nuclear LUT

freemium

Apply log-to-linear LUTs to log footage while preserving over-bright values

qp Grade Assistant 2

freemium

Professional scopes and monitoring for color grading in After Effects

Crossphere Bokeh

paid

Lens blur plugin with full bokeh shape control and HDR highlights

Fog

paid

Generate fog, god rays, and diffusion to relight scenes and add depth