Paint Stick
paint and stick plugin
Download Paint & Stick v2.1.2 for After Effects on Windows and Mac, a revolutionary painting plugin that lets you draw directly in your composition window with custom and Photoshop brushes, featuring revolutionary “Stick” technology that magically attaches your paint to 3D rendered footage .
Key Features of Paint & Stick v2.1.2:
- Comp Window Painting: Unlike After Effects’ native paint tool which only works in isolated layer windows, Paint & Stick lets you paint directly in the comp window with full context of all layers, effects, track mattes, and adjustments—see your final result instantly as you paint
- Photoshop Brush Support: Export your favorite Photoshop brushes using the included export tool and use them directly in After Effects, with support for popular brush parameters including Scattering and Shape and Color Dynamics
- Custom Brush Creation: Hold a modifier key and click any part of your comp to instantly capture it as a new custom brush, complete with transparency, and add it to your brush library
- Cel Animation with Onion Skinning: Finally, customizable onion skinning directly in the comp! Perfect for frame-by-frame cel animation, and can be applied to adjustment layers to help tweak any animation
- Revolutionary “Stick” Technology: Using a patented process, paint on a single frame of 3D rendered footage and it will magically “stick” to the entire animation—no 3D objects required inside After Effects
- Fast Draw Mode: Created specifically for cel animators, Fast Draw prioritizes smooth painting performance by drawing on the UI without rendering in your comp until you’re done—super fast even at 4K resolution
- Custom Toolbar: Dedicated Paint & Stick toolbar appears directly in the comp window for fast, easy access to all painting controls
- Keyframe-Based Painting: Paint using keyframes for easy re-timing—linear keyframes show for that frame only, hold keyframes hold until the next key, allowing animation on 2’s, 3’s, or any custom timing
- Free C4D Exporter: Included free “Sticky Pass” export plugin for Cinema 4D makes it easy to export your 3D animation for use with Paint & Stick, with fast renders since no lighting or fancy rendering is required
- Important Note: Does NOT support Apple Silicon machines; works with After Effects 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3
Version 2.1.2 Specific Updates (January 21, 2019):
- Fixed all reported crashing bugs
- Fixed issues loading brushes with special characters in their names
- Added support for Floating licenses
Perfect For:
- Cel animators needing frame-by-frame painting with onion skinning
- Matte painters working with 3D rendered footage
- VFX artists adding painted elements to tracked 3D scenes
- Motion designers wanting custom brush capabilities inside After Effects
- Anyone who’s frustrated by After Effects’ limited native paint tools
System Requirements:
- Adobe After Effects 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3 (*Note: Does Not Support Apple Silicon)
- Cinema 4D R14-R20 for Sticky Pass exporter (optional)
- Windows 10/11 (64-bit) or macOS (Intel only, no Apple Silicon support)
- 4GB RAM minimum (8GB+ recommended)
- 100MB available disk space
License Options:
- Paint Only: Full paint features with “Stick” functionality watermarked
- Paint & Stick Full: Complete license with no watermarks, includes patented Stick technology
- Render Only: Special license for headless render machines (requires owning at least 1 full license)
Installation:
- After Effects: Copy plugin files to
Plug-insfolder - Cinema 4D: Use included exporter plugin for R14-R20
- Free demo available after logging in for testing before purchase
Paint directly in comp with your custom and Photoshop brushes plus onion skinning (great for cel animation). “Stick” your paint on 3D renders. You gotta see it to believe it!
Please note Paint & Stick is not compatible with Apple Silicon machines
What’s new in Paint & Stick 2?
You can now “Stick” live compositions!
What is Paint & Stick?
Featured work done with Paint & Stick
Check out the tutorial for this shot here!
Paint Features
Draw directly in the comp window, in context of all your other layers
After Effects’ built-in paint tool only lets you paint in the layer window where you have no context of you comp. Paint & Stick lets you paint directly in the comp window with any effects, track matters, adjustment layers, etc so you can paint and immediately see the final result.
Cel animation with onion skinning
Finally you can have a customizable onion skin in the comp! By the way, you can apply Paint & Stick on an adjustment layer and user the Onion Skin feature to help you tweak any animation not just cel animation.
Custom toolbar directly in the comp window
The Paint & Stick toolbar appears directly in the comp window for fast and easy access.
Use your Photoshop brushes
Export you Photoshop brushes using our provided export tool and use them directly in After Effects with Paint & Stick. Our beta testers were really excited about this!
Easily create and use custom brushes
Simply hold down a modifier key and click on any part of your comp to capture it as a new custom brush (with transparency!) and add it to your brush library. You will love it!
Paint using keyframes for easy re-timing
Animate on 2’s or 3’s or any custom timing, it’s super easy and familiar.
A linear keyframe shows for that frame only, a hold keyframe holds it until the next key.
Super fast, even at 4K resolution!
We worked really hard (and long!) to make Paint & Stick super fast. Fast Draw was created for cel animators, who just want smooth paint performance, and don’t need the effects in real time. When using Fast Draw, your paint is drawn on the UI, meaning nothing actually renders in your comp until after you’re done drawing your strokes. By the way, drawing without Fast Draw is also pretty fast!
Stick Features
Paint your scene in After Effects with no 3D objects inside After Effects required!
Using a patented process and algorithm you can paint directly onto the rendered image, no 3D object is necessary.
Magically “Stick” paint to CG renders
Paint on one frame and it will stick to the whole animation. It really feels like magic.
Stick before and after
Slide back and forth to see the raw CG and Paint & Stick result.
Remember you only need to paint on one frame of your render!
Click here to see the Advanced Matte Painting Tutorial for the shot above
Free “Sticky Pass” export plugin for Cinema 4D.
It’s very easy to export your 3D animation for use with Paint & Stick. And because there is no lighting or fancy rendering required, the render is super fast. If you are using R20 please use the R20 plugin bridge to run our exporter plugin
Compatibility
Works with After Effects CS6 and above.
Purchase Options
We realize that not everybody has a need for the “Stick” functionality so in order to make it accessible to as many users as possible we have split the license into 2 affordable options:
- Paint Only (Stick features are watermarked)
- Paint & Stick (Full license with no watermarks)
No matter which option you choose you will get the same full featured plugin but if you get “Paint Only” any “Stick” stuff will be watermarked. The full “Paint & Stick” license does not watermark anything (please note that all watermarks created with the demo or paint only version are permanent). Upgrade details below.
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