About Zoetrope FLOW

Zoetrope FLOW, developed by Zoetrope Software, is a generative design plugin that builds curving, flowing structures in 3D space using any video clip placed on the timeline. The tool operates in After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X and Motion through the FxFactory platform. Users can animate forms manually with a precise looping slider or automatically via built‑in LFO behaviors, while shape sliders control resolution, growth, complexity and scale. Three raster modes—Direct, Tiled and Streaked—determine how source video is mapped onto the geometry. All parameters are keyframeable and can be driven by behaviors, and the 3D object can be translated and rotated along X, Y and Z axes. The plugin runs on macOS with both Apple Silicon and Intel CPUs, requiring the free FxFactory runtime.

Features

• Manual or automatic animation: Auto mode controls LFO type and speed through built-in behaviors, while manual mode provides a looping slider from 0.0 to 1.0 with floating point accuracy per axis
• Shape parameters with sliders for resolution, growth, complexity, and scale that affect how the form curves and distorts
• Three raster modes: Direct maps source video onto the shape, Tiled applies a tile effect, and Streaked uses a motion blur algorithm with alpha transparency
• 3D rotation and translation, with X, Y, and Z parameters exposed for each
• All parameters are keyframeable or controllable by behaviors
• Uses any video source in your timeline as input

Best for

Graphic design, visual arts, live performance, and motion design.