Category: Mac Utilities

Aescripts CropBox 1.0.0 for Mac

Mac Utilities

Updated Aug 17, 2026

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CropBox is a compact tool for After Effects that deals with a chore every motion designer knows well. Compositions often end up larger than the artwork inside them, with wide empty borders that make exports messy and previews slower than they need to be. CropBox focuses on trimming a composition down to the content that actually matters, so the frame fits the layers instead of the other way around. It is a narrow tool, and that is the point. Updated Aug 17, 2026.

Key Features

• Crops a composition to the bounds of its visible content
• Removes empty borders that pad out a frame
• Speeds up a fiddly manual task inside After Effects
• Useful when preparing clean exports and templates
• Small focused tool that stays out of your way

How to Download

1. Open the vendor product page for CropBox and get the Mac package.
2. Install it following the vendor steps for After Effects tools and panels.
3. Restart After Effects, open a composition and run the crop on a copy first.

System Requirements

You need a Mac with a supported version of Adobe After Effects installed. CropBox is a light utility, so it asks far less of your machine than rendering or effects work does.

FAQs

Why crop a composition at all?

A frame that fits its content gives cleaner exports, smaller previews and tidier templates. It also helps when a design must match an exact output size.

Should I crop my only copy of a composition?

No. Duplicate the composition first, crop the copy and compare. That habit keeps your original framing safe if you change your mind later.

Does CropBox change my layers?

The tool is about the composition frame and its fit to the content. Review the result after running it, as with any utility that adjusts a comp.

KO BandFill 1.0.1 for Mac

Mac Utilities

Updated Aug 17, 2026

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Drawing neat band patterns by hand in After Effects takes patience, and a small change can mean rebuilding the whole stack. KO BandFill takes a procedural route instead. It is a native plugin that generates band patterns from a single set of controls, so you shape the pattern with sliders rather than layers. From the same logic you can build backgrounds, transitions, gradients and bold graphic shapes that stay easy to adjust later.

Key Features

• Procedural band patterns generated from one control set
• Twenty geometries share the same logic for fast exploration
• Variation controls break up repetition and add organic feel
• Distortion controls bend and warp patterns for fresh looks
• Native plugin performance keeps previews responsive while you work

How to Download

1. Head to the product page and Download from the official site to buy or try the plugin.
2. Run the installer or place the plugin as the vendor directs for macOS.
3. Restart After Effects, add the effect to a layer and shape your first pattern.

System Requirements

You need a Mac with a recent version of macOS and Adobe After Effects installed. The vendor lists support for recent After Effects releases, so check the product page for the exact range before you install.

FAQs

What is KO BandFill used for?

It builds patterned fills made of bands. Motion designers use it for animated backgrounds, transitions and graphic shapes without drawing each stripe by hand.

Do I need to draw masks to use it?

No. The patterns are procedural and driven by parameters. You pick a geometry and then tune spacing, variation and distortion until the pattern fits your design.

Is it a separate app?

No. It is a plugin that lives inside After Effects. You apply it as an effect and animate its controls with keyframes.

Maxon Red Giant 2027.0 for Mac

Mac Utilities

Updated Aug 17, 2026

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Red Giant is the big toolbox in many editing suites. From Maxon, it gathers the Trapcode particle tools, the Magic Bullet colour tools, Universe effects and more into one subscription for motion design and visual effects work. One day you are building a particle trail for a logo reveal. The next you are grading a short film or adding a lens flare that matches the shot.

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Key Features

• Trapcode tools for particles, 3D strokes and organic motion effects
• Magic Bullet tools for colour correction, film looks and clean finishing
• Universe library of effects and transitions for fast stylised edits
• Real Lens Flares and optical effects that respond to your footage
• Maxon Studio capsules that speed up repeat motion design tasks

How to Download

1. Go to the vendor page here: Download from the official site and sign in with a MyMaxon account.
2. Use the Maxon App installer to download and install the Red Giant tools.
3. Open your host app, such as After Effects, and find the new effects in the effects menu.

System Requirements

Red Giant needs a Mac running a recent version of macOS, a supported host app such as After Effects, and a graphics card with enough memory for effects work. Maxon publishes a full compatibility table, so check it for your exact host version before installing.

FAQs

What host apps does Red Giant work with?

It supports major hosts including After Effects and Premiere Pro, with some tools also working in DaVinci Resolve and other hosts listed by Maxon.

Is Red Giant a subscription?

Yes. Maxon sells Red Giant as a subscription, on its own or as part of Maxon One. Pricing and terms are shown on the official product page.

What is new in the latest release line?

Recent releases added a depth aware relighting tool called Scene Light, plus updates across Trapcode and the optical tools. Maxon release notes carry the full list.

Aescripts Gaussian Splatting 1.7.1 for Mac

Mac Utilities

Updated Aug 17, 2026

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Gaussian Splatting is a plugin that brings captured real world scenes into After Effects. A phone scan or camera capture of a room, a street or an object can be trained into a splat file, and this tool lets you import that file, move a camera through it and render it inside your composition. Designers use it to place titles and graphics inside photoreal spaces without a full three dimensional rebuild of the scene. Updated Aug 17, 2026.

Key Features

• Imports Gaussian splat files in ply format into After Effects
• Combines up to ten splat models in a single scene
• GPU rendering for smooth real time scene playback
• Camera moves and animation with normal After Effects tools
• 3D Null Generator tool for placing elements in the scene

How to Download

1. Open the vendor product page for Gaussian Splatting and get the Mac plugin package.
2. Run the installer for your After Effects version.
3. Restart After Effects, add the effect to a solid and load your splat file.

System Requirements

You need a Mac with a supported version of Adobe After Effects and a capable graphics card, since scenes render on the GPU. Large scans with millions of splats run best on Apple silicon machines with generous memory.

FAQs

Where do splat files come from?

Capture apps and tools such as phone scanners and desktop trainers turn photos of a real place or object into splat files you can import.

Can I animate the view?

Yes. The scene responds to the After Effects camera, so you can keyframe moves through the captured space like any other three dimensional layer setup.

Is every ply file a splat file?

No. The ply container also holds meshes and point clouds. You need a ply that contains Gaussian splat data from a splat training tool.

Bean Word Processor 3.7.8 for Mac

Mac Utilities

Updated Aug 17, 2026

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Big word processors can feel like piloting a plane when all you want is to write a letter. Bean takes the opposite path. It is a small, free word processor for Mac that covers the writing most people actually do. You get proper rich text, a page layout view that shows how the printed page will look, and a live word count that ticks along as you type. It will not replace a full office suite for complex documents, and its maker says so plainly.

Key Features

• Live word count keeps track of your progress as you write
• Page layout view shows the document as it will print
• Reads and writes rich text and plain text formats natively
• Imports and exports Word and OpenDocument files with care
• Full screen writing mode keeps focus on the words alone

How to Download

1. Visit the Bean website and Download from the official site to read the help pages and get the app.
2. Open the downloaded folder and drag Bean into your Applications folder.
3. Launch Bean, open a document or start a new one and begin writing.

System Requirements

Bean runs on modern Macs with Intel or Apple Silicon chips and current macOS versions. It is a tiny download and needs very little memory.

FAQs

Is Bean really free?

Yes. Bean is distributed free of charge from its official website. There is no subscription and no locked tier waiting behind the writing features.

Can Bean open Word documents?

It can import and export Word formats, but with limits. Images and some layout details from Word files may not survive the trip, so check shared documents before you send them on.

Who is Bean not for?

Anyone who needs citations, complex page layout or tracked changes should use a full word processor instead.

GPUDog Deep 1.4.2 for Mac

Mac Utilities

Updated Aug 17, 2026

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Most effect plugins give you a fixed set of looks and a few sliders. GPUDog Deep goes further. It is the top tier of GPUDog, a GPU effect collection for After Effects and DaVinci Resolve, and it adds the Den, a studio in your browser that stays in sync with your comp. You wire nodes together, watch the result update live on your footage, then use the finished build in your timeline as a normal effect.

Key Features

• Builds custom GPU effects by connecting nodes in the Den studio
• Shows a live preview on your own clips while you shape the effect
• Includes the full GPUDog collection of ready made GPU effects
• Works in both After Effects and DaVinci Resolve with one licence
• Lets you save, share and reuse the effects you build

How to Download

1. Use the download button on this page to get the installer for your Mac.
2. Run the installer and follow the steps for your host application.
3. Open After Effects or DaVinci Resolve, apply GPUDog Deep, and open the Den to start building.

System Requirements

GPUDog Deep runs inside a supported version of Adobe After Effects or DaVinci Resolve on macOS. Effects run on the graphics card, so a capable GPU gives the smoothest live previews.

FAQs

Do I need to write code to build effects?

No. Deep is built around nodes, so you connect blocks and adjust values. If you do want code, the graph can be converted when you need it.

What is the difference between Pro and Deep?

Pro unlocks the full ready made effect set and shader editing. Deep adds the node based Den studio, live sync and effect sharing on top.

Can I use one licence in two host apps?

The vendor presents one download and licence as covering both apps, so you can move a look between them.

FireAlpaca 2.16.3 for Mac

Mac Utilities

Updated Aug 17, 2026

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FireAlpaca is a free digital painting app that has earned a loyal following by being easy to pick up and light on older hardware. Open it and you get a clear canvas, a solid set of brushes and the tools most illustrators reach for daily, without a steep learning curve. It is popular for illustrations and comics, and its simple animation support makes it a gentle first step for artists who want to try moving drawings. Updated Aug 17, 2026.

Key Features

• Preset brushes plus room to build your own brush styles
• Layers with blending modes for clean and flexible painting
• Perspective and symmetry guides for structured drawing
• Comic panel tools and templates for page based work
• Simple animation support with onion skin preview

How to Download

1. Use Download from the official site and choose the Mac version.
2. Open the downloaded file and move FireAlpaca into your Applications folder.
3. Launch the app, pick a canvas size and start with a test sketch.

System Requirements

The official download page lists macOS 12 or later for the current release. FireAlpaca is a light app by modern standards, and a drawing tablet is optional but makes brush work far more natural.

FAQs

Is FireAlpaca really free?

Yes. The standard edition is free for personal and commercial work. A paid SE edition exists with extra brushes and features for artists who want more.

Can FireAlpaca open Photoshop files?

It works with common formats including PSD, which helps when you share files with artists using other painting apps or finish work elsewhere.

Is it good for beginners?

Yes. The layout is simple, the brush set is friendly and there is a large pool of free guides online made by its long running community.

Rclone 1.76.0 for Mac

Mac Utilities

Updated Aug 17, 2026

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If your files live in five clouds at once, moving them around in browser tabs gets old fast. Rclone is a command line program that treats cloud storage the way classic tools treat local disks. You can copy, sync, move and check files between your Mac and dozens of storage services, or between the services themselves. It verifies transfers with checksums, can encrypt files before upload, and mounts remote storage so it behaves like a local drive. It is free and open source.

Key Features

• Syncs and copies files between local storage and cloud services
• Supports dozens of providers including major names and S3 storage
• Mounts cloud storage so apps see it as a local drive
• Checks transfers with checksums to catch damaged data early
• Optional encryption protects files before upload to any provider

How to Download

1. Read the setup guide and Download from the official site to get the current macOS build.
2. Follow the install steps for macOS.
3. Open Terminal, run the config command and connect your first storage service.

System Requirements

Rclone runs on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs and works on current macOS versions. It is a single small program with no heavy runtime, though mounting a remote as a drive may need extra software.

FAQs

Is Rclone free?

Yes. Rclone is free and open source software. You pay only for the storage your providers charge for.

Do I need to know Terminal commands?

Mostly, yes. Rclone is driven by commands and config files. The official docs walk through setup step by step, and once configured, simple commands do the daily work.

Can Rclone move files between two clouds?

Yes. You can copy or sync directly between two remote services, as long as both are set up in your config.

Bullet Time 1.3.64 for Mac

Mac Utilities

Updated Aug 17, 2026

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Slowing footage down is easy. Doing it without choppy steps, smeared edges and strange warping is the hard part, especially when the subject moves fast. Bullet Time is a plugin by Blace Plugins, sold through aescripts, that uses AI frame interpolation built for large motion. It creates the in between frames your camera never shot, so a normal clip can play as smooth slow motion or stretch to a new timing.

Key Features

• Creates new frames with AI interpolation for smooth slow motion
• Handles large and fast motion that breaks simpler retiming tools
• Stretches time so clips fit a new duration without jerky playback
• Offers settings to tune fidelity and clean up problem areas
• Works inside After Effects and Premiere Pro on your timeline

How to Download

1. Use the download button on this page to get the installer for your Mac.
2. Run the installer and follow the steps for your host application.
3. Open your editor, apply Bullet Time to a clip, and set the speed or stretch you need.

System Requirements

Bullet Time needs a supported version of Adobe After Effects or Premiere Pro on macOS. AI frame creation is heavy work, so a recent Mac with a strong graphics card processes long clips much faster.

FAQs

Can Bullet Time fix footage shot at a low frame rate?

It can help a lot by inventing plausible in between frames, but results depend on the shot. Fast crossing motion and busy backgrounds are always the hardest cases.

Does it work for time stretching as well as slow motion?

Yes. The same interpolation engine can stretch a clip to a longer duration, which is handy when a shot must land on a music beat or a title.

Is my footage sent to the cloud?

Blace tools run their AI locally on your machine, so your clips stay on your Mac during processing.

MacCleanse 15.0.1 for Mac

Mac Utilities

Updated Aug 17, 2026

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MacCleanse is a cleanup utility from Koingo Software for Macs that feel full and cluttered. Over months of use, caches grow, logs pile up and apps leave files behind long after you delete them. MacCleanse gathers those jobs into guided scans, shows exactly what it plans to remove and lets you untick anything worth keeping. Used with care, it is a tidy way to reclaim space and clear private traces like browsing histories. Updated Aug 17, 2026.

Key Features

• Scans caches, logs and other space wasting system clutter
• Clears web and app histories for better privacy control
• Removes unused language files that apps carry along
• Custom scans and schedules you can shape to your habits
• Detailed removal lists shown before anything is deleted

How to Download

1. Start from Download from the official site or the Koingo site to get the current Mac build.
2. Open the downloaded file and move MacCleanse into your Applications folder.
3. Launch the app, run a first scan and review every item before cleaning.

System Requirements

MacCleanse needs a Mac running a recent version of macOS; older builds for older systems are listed by the developer. Grant it the disk access macOS requests, or some cleanup areas will stay out of reach.

FAQs

Is it safe to delete everything a scan finds?

Review the list first. The app shows what it intends to remove and lets you untick items, which is the sensible way to use any cleaning tool.

How much space will I get back?

It varies. A long uncleaned Mac can hold gigabytes of caches and leftovers, while a tidy machine may free only a little.

Does MacCleanse remove apps as well?

It helps clear files that uninstalled apps leave behind, which is where much hidden clutter comes from.