What It Does
MAD PAINTER paints brush strokes over your footage, creating painterly effects similar to Van Gogh’s style. The plugin runs on GPU acceleration, processing effects in real time within After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Key Features
Brush size control. Adjust stroke dimensions to match your footage scale, from fine detail work to broad impressionistic strokes.
Paint style parameters. The interface exposes controls for stroke direction, color intensity, and texture variation. You can fine-tune how the algorithm interprets and recreates your footage as painted strokes.
GPU rendering. The plugin requires hardware acceleration (CUDA or OpenCL on Windows, Metal on macOS 12.0+). This makes preview and render times practical for footage processing, unlike CPU-based painting effects.
The effect works best on footage with clear subjects and good contrast. Abstract or low-contrast material may produce less readable results.
Who It’s For
Useful for music videos, title sequences, or any project requiring a hand-painted aesthetic without rotoscoping or frame-by-frame painting. Also relevant for broadcast designers layering stylized footage treatments.
Pricing
$49.99 for a single-user license. Trial version available. Works in After Effects and Premiere Pro 2020 through 2026. Requires a GPU with hardware acceleration support.