• Adobe After Effects

  Plugins vs Presets!!

  Posted by Ahmad Ali on January 21, 2009 at 10:35 am

  Hello,

  I’m very beginner into After Effects. And I’m wondering! What is the difference between a plugin and a preset?!

  Thanks,

  Sébastien Périer replied 17 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Sébastien Périer

  January 23, 2009 at 1:19 am

  Well:

  A presset is just a pre-established setup for an effect. It does not create anything, it just sets parameters for an effect.

  Exemple: You have a “rain” presset for the effect Particule World, which allows you to easily add a particule rain without creating it from scratch (even if you can create it from scratch. pressets are just time savers).

  A plugin is a suite of effects, that was not developped by adobe, but by third parties developpers. A plugin can even come with presset for its effects.

  Exemple: Trapcode shine is a plugin that adds a lighting effect, and it comes with several pressets for it (fire light, blue light, ….)

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