Red Giant Annual Subscription from MAXON bundles Trapcode, Magic Bullet, and color plugins for After Effects, Cinema 4D, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro and Autograph, with particle, lighting, terrain and 3D stroke tools, requiring Windows GPUs with at least 4 GB VRAM.
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About Red Giant – Annual Subscription
Red Giant Annual Subscription consolidates MAXON’s Trapcode, Magic Bullet, and color plugins under a single yearly license. The suite includes Trapcode Particular with over 355 presets, Form with 150+ presets, Mir for fractal terrain, Shine for camera‑aware volumetric lighting, 3D Stroke with 40 shapes, and Tao for ribbons. Host support covers After Effects CC 2025/2026 (full toolset), Premiere Pro CC 2025/2026 (selected tools), DaVinci Resolve 19/20 (e.g., Magic Bullet Looks, Cosmo), and Autograph 2026. The 2026.4.0 update added WinARM builds for After Effects and Premiere Pro plugins and a Render to Comp option in Depth Generator. Windows systems need an NVIDIA Maxwell‑generation or newer GPU, or a discrete Intel/AMD GPU, each with at least 4 GB VRAM and OpenCL support. The subscription is listed as free in this catalog, but licensing terms may require purchase.
Features
- Trapcode Particular: over 355 fully customizable presets, plus particle grids for organic, flowing effects and audio-driven particle animation
- Trapcode Form: more than 150 fully customizable presets
- Trapcode Mir: realistic or alien terrains built with fractal displacement mapping
- Trapcode Shine: adds light to motion graphics and VFX with natural effects, 3D camera-aware volumetric output, and customizable presets
- Trapcode 3D Stroke with 40 preset shapes such as stars and grids, plus Trapcode Tao for geometric shapes and ribbons
- Host coverage across After Effects CC 2025/2026, Premiere Pro CC 2025/2026, DaVinci Resolve 19/20, and Autograph 2026
Best for
Motion graphics and VFX artists who need a broad set of particle, lighting, terrain and color tools across After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Autograph.
Frequently asked questions
What GPU does Red Giant require on Windows?
Red Giant requires, on Windows, either an NVIDIA GPU of the Maxwell generation or newer with at least 4 GB VRAM, or a discrete Intel or AMD GPU with at least 4 GB VRAM and OpenCL support.
Which Red Giant tools work in DaVinci Resolve?
In DaVinci Resolve 19 and 20, Red Giant provides a subset of tools including Magic Bullet Looks and Cosmo; the full list of supported plugins for those hosts is detailed on the developer’s page.
Do Red Giant plugins support Windows on ARM?
The 2026.4.0 release added Windows‑on‑ARM (WinARM) versions of the After Effects and Premiere Pro plugins, though Primatte Keyer, Shadow, and Reflection are not yet supported on that platform.
Is Red Giant – Annual Subscription free here?
The catalog lists the Red Giant Annual Subscription as free, but the actual licensing model may require purchase; users should verify current pricing and subscription terms on MAXON’s website.
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