TMC Plugins

Update history

These are the update posts from the News tab in TMC Hub, reproduced as is. To get the updates, use the Update all to latest button in TMC Hub.

21 updates in the 71 days since launch24 new features
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TMC Hub & TMC Plugins – Improvements and Bug Fixes

The changes to TMC Camera, Light Rays, Clipboard and Typo Designer, along with the GPU memory improvements, that were released on Mac only in the October 4 update now come to Windows with this update.

TMC Hub Update Notes (1.1.8)

  • Applied security updates.
  • Fixed activation being lost when Hub received a response from something other than the TMC server, such as a public Wi-Fi login page or a company proxy.
  • Fixed Hub automatic updates not installing on Mac. In particular, when Hub had started automatically with your computer, pressing Update did not install the new version.

TMC Toolbox Update Notes

  • When Wave Bone finishes, the Controller is now selected instead of the last guide layer created, so you can adjust it right away.
  • Joint Bone, Physics Rigging and Pin Control now also finish with the next layer you will work on selected.
    *Joint Bone selects the IK Controller, Physics Rigging selects the Controller (after applying and after Un-bake), and Pin Control selects the guide layers it has just created.
  • Fixed Pin Control skipping one of the pins, or Wave Bone, Joint Bone and Physics Rigging applying only to the first layer without any notice, when puppet pins with the same number were selected on different layers.
  • Fixed Preview Screenshot failing to save in heavy compositions with an error saying the file was not created. It now waits up to 120 seconds for the render without holding up After Effects, then saves.
    *A message is shown if the wait times out or a previous capture is still in progress.

TMC Typo Designer Update Notes

  • NEWMin Stroke Width: Sets a minimum thickness so that thin strokes such as serifs do not disappear first when you thin the text with Edge FX Choke. The default of 0 is off.
  • NEWFollow Size: A new Word Box option. Follow Char Alpha now affects only the opacity of the box. Turn on Follow Size to have the box size shrink with the characters as before.
    *Existing projects that fade characters under a Word Box keep the box size, so they may look different. Turn on Follow Size if you need the previous look.
  • Changed how character outlines and Edge FX are calculated, greatly improving render speed. The difference is largest on text with a large Scale.
  • Fixed areas pushed outside the characters by Edge FX Spread or Rough being filled with white. They now take the colour of the nearest character.
  • Fixed the enclosed spaces of letters such as e, o and H being filled with colour when tracking was tight or characters overlapped.
  • Fixed semi-transparent ghosting on every other frame, or Word Box and Edge FX appearing to jitter, when Motion Blur was used with stepped animation such as Animation FPS.
  • The Edge FX Rough pattern now moves together with the characters when they shake or move.
  • The Choke (+) / Spread (-) slider range is now ±5% (in 0.01 steps), and the Rough Amount slider maximum is now 25%, making fine adjustment easier.
    *The range you can type in directly, and the values in existing projects, are unchanged.
  • Show Overlay (Comp panel) now starts off when the effect is newly applied, and redrawing the composition view is lighter when it is on.

TMC Light Rays Update Notes

  • NEWDetail: A category that carves fine strands of light into the rays. Amount, Density, Sharpness and Length Variation control the strength, density, thickness and length variation of the strands. They are drawn at output resolution, so they stay crisp even in large renders.
  • NEWContrast: Added to Rays. Darkens the dim haze of the rays so the strands separate clearly.
  • Fixed banding (concentric rings) or broken, dashed patterns appearing around the source as Ray Length was raised and the rays grew longer.
  • The default Samples for a newly applied effect has been raised from 48 to 128. Existing projects keep their saved value.

TMC Camera Update Notes

  • NEWShake Amount: Controls the whole HandHeld shake (position, rotation and perspective) at once. Keyframe it to ease the shake in, or to let it settle down smoothly.

TMC Clipboard Update Notes

  • When you paste an image, it is placed directly above the selected layers and matched to their length (from the earliest start to the latest end), the same way as TMC Toolbox's 'Add Adjustment'. If no layer is selected, it is matched to the length of the whole composition.
  • Videos, animated GIFs and audio are pasted at their original length, starting at the beginning of the composition's Work Area.
  • Fixed the newly pasted layers not being selected after pasting. Previously the originally selected layer stayed selected, so your next action was applied to that layer.

TMC 3DStroke Update Notes

  • Fixed style parameters such as Color not showing their expression result in the render when Edit 3D Path was on and the parameter had an expression but no keyframes. Only the value in Effect Controls changed, or the stroke froze at the value from the moment you edited it by hand. Expressions now apply to all paths, just like keyframes.
    *Projects that do not use expressions render exactly as before.
  • Fixed textured particles (Usage: Single) being drawn larger on some frames only (and taller still with a 16:9 texture).

TMC ColorGrading, ColorGrading 2 Update Notes

  • Fixed After Effects becoming unresponsive or crashing when Browse Looks or Edit Look was opened on an adjustment layer in a heavy composition.

TMC Plugins Update Notes

  • Partly fixed a long pause before playback starts when playing an already cached preview in a very heavy project.
  • Fixed frames that fell back to the CPU because GPU memory (VRAM) ran short failing to render with an out-of-memory error, even when there was RAM to spare.

TMC Hub & TMC Plugins – Improvements and Bug Fixes

2026.10.11: TMC Hub & TMC Plugins - Improvements and Bug Fixes

TMC Hub Update Notes (1.1.7)

  • When you start your computer, Hub now starts quietly in the notification area of the taskbar (the menu bar on Mac), with no window.
    *On Windows, if you cannot see the icon, click the ^ at the right of the taskbar.
  • When an update for Hub or for a plugin is available, the Hub window comes to the front automatically. Keyboard input stays with the program you are working in, such as After Effects.
  • The Hub window also appears automatically when your licence needs attention, for example when it is not activated or has expired.
  • Corrected the remaining count on the device replacement screen: it now reads "the last 30 days", which is the actual basis, instead of "this month".
  • Fixed Japanese and some Korean text appearing in a mix of different fonts.
  • Added a "Hub does not open when I start my computer" entry to the How to use tab.

TMC Toolbox Update Notes

  • NEWCamera Billboarding: Turns the selected layers into 3D layers and makes them always face the camera head on. It can be applied to several layers at once, and works on layers that have a Parent.
    *Ctrl (Cmd on Mac) + click removes it and restores the original 2D state and Auto-Orient setting.
    *The composition must have a camera.
  • Fixed the Disk Cache Purge button showing no disk cache size, or taking a minute or two to show it.
  • Fixed the size being reported incorrectly depending on the disk cache folder location or the maximum size setting (1000GB or more).
  • Fixed closed Toolbox panels staying in memory on Windows every time the panel was closed and reopened.

TMC Stroke Update Notes

  • NEWLinear Gradient: Linear has been added to Gradient > Mapping. Rather than working from the centre of the layer, the gradient runs in the direction you choose (left to right, top left to bottom right, and so on), with Start of Ramp and End of Ramp setting the two ends.
    *Start of Ramp and End of Ramp are enabled only when Mapping is set to Linear.
  • The default for Gradient Mapping on a newly applied effect is now Linear. Existing projects keep their saved settings.
  • NEWCartoon: A mode added to Turbulent Noise. It cuts the outside of the stroke into large, angular straight edges, like a sticker roughly cut out with scissors. Gaps inside the cut-out paper, such as between strands of hair or inside letterforms, are filled with paper. A larger Scale gives long, broad cuts and a smaller one gives a finely jagged edge, and Evolution animates it smoothly.
    *Octaves and Complexity have no effect on Cartoon.
  • NEWCartoon Spikes: A cartoon style mode with sharp spikes growing out from the stroke.
  • NEWCartoon Density: Sets the density of the cuts and spikes of Cartoon and Cartoon Spikes, from 0 to 10000%. At 0% it matches a normal stroke.
  • Turbulent Amount can now be typed in up to 500. The slider range is unchanged.
  • Raised the maximum Turbulent Scale to 1500.

TMC Particle Update Notes

  • Depth of Field now works correctly in Paper mode as well. It can be used together with Motion Blur and Layer Occlusion.
  • Depth of Field and Use Comp Camera DoF are now on by default. They only take effect when the composition camera's Depth of Field is on, so there is no performance cost when there is no camera, or when the camera's DoF is off.
    *Existing projects keep their saved settings.
  • Fixed blur spreading too far in one direction and clipping at the edges when Depth of Field was applied to a Sprite 3D that was tilted or stretched by Aspect.
  • Fixed textures appearing broken along the grain, and Depth of Field not applying correctly, when switching to Sprite 2D or Sprite 3D after applying Curl in Paper mode.
  • Fixed Near / Far Vanish in Depth Fade & Fog only ever working as a soft fade. Adjusting Vanish alone now cuts particles off cleanly at that distance.
    *For a soft disappearance, set Start Fade nearer than Vanish.

TMC 3DStroke Update Notes

  • Fixed particles appearing or disappearing all at once some time after a keyframe, changing the amount abruptly, when Follow Trim Path was on and Trim Path was keyframed.
    *Projects with no keyframes on Trim Path look exactly as before.
  • Fixed particles born near a Trim Path keyframe jumping in position or flickering, particularly with Hold keyframes or Life Random.
  • Fixed particles that had already been born being pushed along when Trim Offset or Trim Reverse was animated. Particles now stay where they were born.

TMC Hub – Emergency Fix

TMC Hub Update Notes (v1.1.6)

  • Fixed automatic installation being blocked on Mac due to a problem with the code signing certificate.

TMC ColorGrading 2 plugin added / TMC Hub & TMC Plugins – Improvements and Bug Fixes

NEWTMC ColorGrading 2 plugin added

This is a redesign of the awkward 'Edit Look' workflow and the UI of the original TMC ColorGrading. Each correction is now added as its own entry in a stack, and you can work on that stack without opening Edit Look: turn an effect off, remove it, reorder it, or adjust its parameters for finer control. New features such as Edge Blur, Texture and Gradient have been added as well.
*The original 'TMC ColorGrading' remains as a legacy plugin and will not be removed.

TMC Hub Update Notes (1.1.5)

  • When you reach the device limit, you can now release a device of your choice yourself while activating on a new PC.
  • Added a code signing certificate for the Mac app.
    *On Windows the certificate is more involved to set up, so it is still pending.

TMC Toolbox Update Notes

  • You can now set the shortcut for the Alt+] Trim feature yourself.
  • Fixed Align run from the Ring (Pie Menu) always aligning to the exact center when several layers were selected.
  • Fixed features such as Swing Physics being applied to the wrong layer when a composition contained layers with the same name.

TMC Camera Update Notes

  • NEWShake Amount: Keyframe this to make the overall HandHeld shake feel like it is settling down.

TMC Light Rays Update Notes

  • Fixed banding that appeared as Rays Length was raised and the light rays grew longer.
  • Fixed rays becoming excessively bright and blowing out depending on Samples.
  • Added a Details category, for finer control over the number of rays and their sharpness.

TMC 3DStroke Update Notes

  • NEWGradient Anchoring: Choose where the 0 to 100% range of the gradient sits.
  • NEWDuplicate Path: Copy a selected path into an empty slot. Note that the copy is not linked to the original's Null controller.
  • Fixed semi-transparent pixels turning white in Texture Mapping.
  • Fixed textures breaking up in Texture Mapping when scaled down by Stroke Width or perspective, so detail is kept.
  • Partially fixed folds collapsing into a single point and tangling on sharp overlapping curves in Ribbon mode.
  • Texture Offset U/V can now be set over a range of -1000 to 1000.

TMC Particle Update Notes

  • Fixed Depth of Field not applying blur properly and scaling particles up instead.

TMC Clipboard Update Notes

  • When pasting an image, the image layer is now placed directly above the selected layer and matched to its length, the same way TMC Toolbox's 'Add Adjustment' creates a layer.
  • When pasting a video, it is now placed starting at the current playhead position.
  • Fixed copy and paste not working correctly on Mac while editing text input.

TMC Plugins Update Notes

  • Improved the fallback logic that switches to the CPU when GPU memory runs short or the GPU is overloaded.
  • Optimized overall performance and slightly reduced memory load.

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TMC Flare
A plugin for adding beautiful flares, with a range of templates to work from.

TMC Toolbox – New features & bug fixes

TMC Toolbox changes

  • NEWRing (Pie Menu) has been added. By default, pressing Tab + Space opens the Ring (Pie Menu), which lets you run any Toolbox feature instantly. It also has a built-in Effect search, so you can search for an effect and apply it to the selected layer right away.
    In Toolbox - Settings you can customize which Toolbox features go into the eight buttons.
    You can also change the Ring (Pie Menu) shortcut to any key combination you like.
  • NEWIn Toolbox - Settings, you can now choose to have Alt+] trim the layer exactly at the playhead position instead of leaving one frame, as it did before.
  • Memo panel: Fixed copy/paste not working on Mac when using web-based memos.
  • Added new grid templates to Add Grid.

TMC Plugins – Emergency Fix

TMC Plugins General Update Notes

  • Fixed an issue on Mac where a UTF-8 error appeared and the plugins did not work on After Effects 2025 and earlier.

TMC Plugins – Emergency Fix

TMC Plugins General Update Notes

  • Fixed parameters showing nothing, or crashing, in languages other than English.
    Since After Effects 26.2, the character encoding that third-party plugins use has changed. In TMC plugins and in a number of other third-party plugins, this left parameter names blank or caused a crash when they were displayed in Korean, Japanese or Chinese.
    This update matches the new encoding, so parameters display correctly on 26.2 and later.
    *There is no effect if you work in English, or if you are on a version earlier than 26.2.

TMC Plugins – Major Update (New Features, Bug Fixes, Improvements)

TMC Toolbox Update Notes (v1.1.0)

  • NEWRigid Layer: Applies a physics simulation to the selected layers. Works on 2D layers only. Set the physical properties of each object, run the simulation, then apply it to bake the result into keyframes.
  • NEWBETAText Decompose (Shape): Text can now be split not only per character but also per stroke, with an animation added to each stroke automatically. Stroke splitting follows the stroke order rules of each language, based on your language settings.
    Click: Splits each character into its own Shape Layer, as before.
    Ctrl + Click: Splits each stroke into its own Shape Layer.
    Ctrl + Shift + Click: Splits each stroke into its own Shape Layer and applies a stroke-drawing animation.
    *This feature is in beta and not yet complete. We will keep improving it.
  • NEWBETAImport Master: Select a folder to import all of its resources with the folder structure intact. PSD/AI files are imported in an editable form, and if you enter the frame rate you want, every image sequence is imported at that same frame rate.
    *This feature is in beta and not yet complete. We will keep improving it.
  • NEWFolder Setting: Creates your preset folder structure in the project, so you no longer have to build folders one by one before starting work.
    Click: Set up folders using your structure
    Ctrl + Click: Edit the folder structure
  • NEWBETALayer Replace: When a selected PSD/AI file has been modified (same file structure, with only the shape of certain layers changed), replaces it in place. This is a beta feature and is not yet complete.
  • Preview Screenshot: Remembers the folder where you last saved an image and opens that location first the next time you save.
  • Wave Bone: Fixed an issue where 'Wave Delay(sec)' was not applied correctly.
  • Swing Physics: Fixed an issue where physics driven by Rotation would kick in the opposite direction of motion.
  • TMC Toolbox (Memo): Fixed an issue, caused by the previous Mac patch, where Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V did not work in the Memo panel.

TMC Plugins General Update Notes

  • Plugin parameter names now follow your After Effects language setting.
    English is the default, with Korean, Japanese and Chinese supported depending on your AE language.
  • Optimized overall GPU memory usage and addressed some performance issues that could occur.

TMC ColorGrading Update Notes

  • Fixed an issue where 'Edit Look' occasionally showed a previously cached preview.

TMC Stroke, Color Overlay, Shadow Update Notes

  • In the Gradient Editor of TMC Stroke, Color Overlay, Shadow and more, 'Cycle Repetitions' repeats the gradient, and 'Phase Shift' lets you animate that repetition.

TMC 3DStroke Update Notes

  • Fixed an issue where Texture Mapping applied to the Stroke was also applied to Particles.
  • Fixed an issue where 'Trim Path' was applied after 'Taper'.

TMC Particle Update Notes

  • When Emitter Type is 'Layer', particles are now generated naturally following the layer's Mask animation and Feather.
  • Fixed an issue where Emitter Type 'Layer' did not work on Shape Layers or Text Layers.

TMC Plugins – New Features, Bug Fixes & Improvements

TMC Toolbox Update Notes (v1.0.4)

  • NEWShape Merge: Run with two or more Shape Layers selected to merge them into a single layer.
  • NEWShape Separate: When a Shape Layer contains two or more shapes, splits each shape into its own Shape Layer.
  • NEWVector to Path: Converts Illustrator (.ai) and SVG (.svg) files into editable Shape Layers. SVG conversion requires After Effects 2026.0 or later.
  • Text Decompose (Layer/Shape): Fixed an issue where expressions on the text layer were lost.
  • Add Null, Camera & Null, Add Adjustment, Fit Solid Layer: Layers created by these tools now use the label color you set in your 'Label' preferences.
  • Change Bit Depth: Now displays 'bpc' instead of 'bit'.
  • TMC Toolbox - Settings: Fixed the 'Change Bit Depth' icon not displaying correctly in the 'Hide' tab.
  • TMC Toolbox (all panels): Fixed Cmd + C / Cmd + V not working on Mac depending on the active keyboard input source.

TMC Plugins Update Notes

  • Fixed an issue where some TMC plugins did not work correctly in 32bpc.
  • Fixed a "max_result_rect" error in Stroke, Shadow, Blur, Extrude, LightRays, and Glow when the layer had no pixels to draw.

TMC Hub, TMC Particle, TMC Glitch, TMC Paper – Features & Bug Fixes

TMC Hub Update Notes (v1.1.4)

  • A Privacy Policy for TMC Plugins has been added. You must agree to it to use TMC Hub.
  • When an install or update is blocked, a notification now appears immediately on any screen.
  • The manual install guide now shows the list of prepared plugins and their versions.

TMC Particle Update Notes (v1.0.4)

  • You can now draw the over life graph freehand with the Pen tool.
  • Fixed an issue where particles would jitter or jump when Emitter Position was keyframed.
  • Fixed an issue where the emission position trembled slightly when following a fast-moving layer with Emitter Type = Layer (Fit To Layer).

TMC Paper Update Notes (v1.1.2)

  • Fixed scattered white pixels appearing when using a large layer as the Paper Layer texture.
  • Fixed a band about one Radius wide appearing duplicated near the rolled edge when Roll curled more than a full turn.

TMC Glitch Update Notes (v1.1.2)

  • Fixed colors in the preview not matching the final render when working with the preview resolution set to Half/Third/Quarter while using Scanlines, Pixelate, or Signal.

TMC Particle, TMC ColorGrading – Bug Fixes

TMC Particle Update Notes (v1.0.4)

  • Fixed an issue where Emitter Position moved the entire existing particle cloud (like World Transform) instead of changing where new particles are emitted.

TMC ColorGrading Update Notes

  • Fixed an issue where the preview would not appear in Edit Look and Browse Look on some systems.

TMC Hub – Bug Fix

TMC Hub Update Notes (v1.1.2)

  • Fixed an issue where the license authentication data could become corrupted if a Hub update failed unexpectedly and the computer was force-restarted, making license activation impossible. The Hub now repairs itself automatically if this data is damaged.

TMC Hub, TMC Toolbox, TMC ColorGrading – Features and Bug Fixes

TMC Hub Update Notes (v1.1.1)

  • macOS: closing the app no longer leaves it sitting in the Dock. (It keeps running in the background.)

TMC Toolbox Update Notes

  • Add Null : Ctrl (Cmd) + click now creates a Null at the exact center of the composition and parents the selected layers to it.
  • Toolbox Motion: graph shapes can now be applied as Overshoot as well.

TMC ColorGrading Update Notes

  • macOS: fixed a color difference between what Edit Look displayed and the actual preview.
  • Fixed the 'RGB Parade' scope colors breaking when the UI scale was changed in the Edit Look window.
  • Fixed changes occasionally not being reflected when you added a layer and reopened Edit Look.
    We have also added a 'Refresh' button at the top of the window, so you can update the current preview yourself if a change does not come through for any reason.

TMC Plugins & Hub – Intel Mac (x86) support test and fixes

TMC Hub Update Summary (v1.1.0)

  • TMC Hub now runs on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
  • All TMC plugins now work on Intel Macs (x86) as well.
    This has not been fully verified yet, so please keep that in mind while using it.
    If you run into any problem, please report it to us by email.
  • On macOS, the installer volume created during an update or installation is renamed from "TMC Hub" to "TMC Hub Installer" to avoid confusion.
  • On macOS, TMC Hub now quits properly before being replaced during an update.
  • Improved server connection stability through TMC Hub.

TMC Toolbox Update Summary

  • Parallax now works on a single layer, and a plain click now applies the Parallax effect only.
    If you want the layers pushed along the Z axis automatically as before, Ctrl + click lets you customise that.
    Click: applies Parallax.
    Ctrl + click: opens a settings window that arranges the layers along the Z axis for you.

TMC ColorGrading Update Summary

  • The "Browse Look" window is now sized to fit your monitor.

TMC 3DStroke Update Summary

  • Fixed a problem where, with Trim End at 0%, the stroke would suddenly disappear the moment Trim Start reached exactly 0% or 100%.

TMC Particle Update Summary

  • Fixed a problem where particles did not take the shape of the image when Emitter was set to 'Layer'.
temacaworks@kakao.com

TMC Hub, TMC Toolbox – Bug fixes

TMC Hub Changes (v1.0.12)

  • Fixed an issue where the installer hid the window.
  • When a plugin update or installation fails, the Hub now guides you through installing it manually.

TMC Toolbox Changes

  • Fixed an issue where Remove Unused Footage did not work.

TMC Toolbox (Memo) – Bug Fixes

TMC Toolbox (Memo) Changelog

  • Fixed an issue where pasting into the Memo panel with 'Command + V' did not work on macOS.
    Other functions that were not working, such as Cut, have also been fixed.

TMC Particle – Bug Fixes

TMC Particle update changes (v1.0.2 build 16)

  • Fixed an issue where keyframing Emit Per Sec caused particles to behave incorrectly.
    When Emit Per Sec was reduced with keyframes, particles that had already been emitted disappeared regardless of their Life, and the remaining particles were pulled back toward the emitter. This has been resolved by correcting how each particle's birth time is calculated.
  • Fixed an issue where Direction X/Y/Z behaved like a left/right flip rather than a direction control.
    Even a small change in value flipped the direction abruptly, and moving the slider barely changed the angle. Direction Angle (0 to 360°) and Direction Tilt have been added for specifying the direction by angle, and are now the default input method.
    The existing Direction X/Y/Z can still be used by setting Direction Input to Vector (Legacy), and saved values are preserved.
  • Fixed an issue where Rotation X/Y/Z under World Transform had no effect.
    Position X/Y/Z worked correctly, but changing Rotation X/Y/Z was not reflected on screen. Rotation is now applied to the entire particle system, and deformers, force fields and the bounce floor rotate along with it.
    World Position behavior is unchanged.
  • Fixed an issue where the value of a keyframed parameter was not displayed immediately in the Effect Controls panel.

TMC Plugins – After Effects 2024 Support Test

Previously, TMC Plugins did not support After Effects 25.1 or earlier.
The exact cause remained unidentified for some time, but it has recently been found, and we are now releasing patched update builds that support 2024 through 2026.
In theory there should be no problems, but we have not verified that real-world use is 100% issue free, so please keep this in mind.

Update Summary

  • All TMC Plugins now work on After Effects 2024 and later.
    However, as this has not been fully verified, please keep that in mind while using them.
    If you run into any issues during use, please report them by email.
temacaworks@kakao.com

TMC Hub – Emergency Fix

Thank you so much to everyone who has shown interest in and purchased the plugins.
Server status is very stable, and it should handle the current load without issues for the foreseeable future.
Additionally, there were cases where repeated activation attempts were flagged as "suspicious activity," triggering the rate limit and locking users out. This meant some of you were unable to activate despite having purchased, and had to wait 6 hours before trying again. This has now been fixed.

TMC Hub Update Notes (v1.0.10)

  • Improved the system that treated 10 failed activation attempts as "abnormal behaviour". Ordinary activation failures no longer result in a ban.
  • Fixed an issue where error messages were shown only in Korean.
  • Added support for connecting through proxy and VPN environments.

TMC Plugins & Hub – Bug Fixes

Ahead of the final release, we reviewed the feedback recently received from our customers and fixed the issues with the greatest impact.

TMC Hub Changes (v1.0.7)

  • Update failures are now reported so their cause can be identified by the administrator
  • Whenever a new Hub or plugin update is released, it can now be seen as a notice on the 'Licence' tab
  • Added a notice recommending an update when After Effects 25.4 or earlier is detected.
  • Improved the reliability of plugin updates

TMC Plugins Changes

  • TMC 3DStroke: The texture now holds on its last frame even when the Texture layer is shorter, and a button has been added to keep Particles from being affected by Physics.
  • TMC Glow: Fixed the aliasing that appeared when the layer had semi-transparent or soft edges, caused by those edge pixels being boosted.
  • TMC Particle: Fixed video Particle Textures not playing their frames correctly, and fixed the camera not being applied when the timecodes of the layer and the composition were out of step. The same problem was found in every plugin that uses the camera, such as 3DStroke and Glass, and has been fixed in all of them.
  • TMC ColorGrading: Improved the stability of the 'Edit Look' window.

TMC Paper, Toolbox, 3DStroke, Particle – New Features & Bug Fixes

TMC Paper update notes (v1.1.1)

  • Added a Shadow feature. Paper layers now cast shadows onto each other and onto the floor, following the Floor and the World Light direction.

TMC Toolbox update notes (v1.0.3)

  • New Change Bit Depth button (System & Project): each click cycles the project color depth 8 → 16 → 32 bpc, and the button shows the current depth as a number.
  • New Parallax button (Rigging & Setup): converts the selected layers to 3D and lays them out in depth around a reference layer. Live position/scale expressions keep every layer's on-screen size and position exactly as they were, no matter how far you push it in Z. Depth only shows when the camera moves, and it survives field-of-view changes.
    Click: settings window (reference layer, Z step, background gap, shuffle depth order)
    Apply Apply again: re-roll the depths
    Ctrl + click: restore the original layers
  • Memo panel - Improved file organization: Folders can now be nested inside folders, and dragging a file to move it is now visualized.
  • Memo panel - Improved web page access: Fixed an issue where some web pages were being rejected, so most web pages can now be opened.
  • Memo panel - Per-text size adjustment: You can now set a different size for each piece of text you select.

TMC 3DStroke update notes (v1.0.2)

  • Pen / Draw modes: create paths directly in the comp view, no mask needed. Pen works like the AE pen tool: click for a point, drag for handles, click the first point to close. Draw lets you sketch freehand; points are placed where the line bends and straight runs stay straight.
  • Shift + drag = depth (Z): grab a point with Shift and drag up or down to push it away from or toward the camera. Its on-screen position stays put.
  • Move / Rotation gizmos: select a point to get X/Y/Z axis arrows or rotation rings. Rotation round-trips with Null controllers (Create Nulls carries it over, turning a Null updates the path), Shift snaps to 10° steps, and the current angles are displayed.
  • The Import button is now Import Mask. It appends to a non-empty path list instead of replacing it, and no longer creates Nulls automatically; use Create Nulls for that.
  • Fixed the overlay path and the rendered stroke drifting apart when a 3D camera is used.

TMC Particle (v1.0.2) Changelog

  • Fixed an issue where the emission position offset of particles shown in the preview was inaccurate
  • The Path Motion category is now collapsed by default
  • Fixed an issue where applying a video (composition or file) as a particle texture caused the playback start timing to be off, with only a few frames rendering instead of playing back properly on the particles.
  • Added a Back Face option to Paper, allowing you to assign the back side separately. Note that it is applied uniformly to all particles.