FXAA brings fast industry-standard anti-aliasing to After Effects for free.

There are lots of ways that you can anti-alias images, with some sampling methods being more resource-intensive than others. Fast Approximate Anti-Aliasing or FXAA doesn’t need a lot of computing power, and as the name suggests, it is speedy too.

FXAA for After Effects.

Thanks to the folks over at Plugin Everything, you can get the FX anti-aliasing algorithm right in After Effects with a new and free plugin.

FXAA is useful if you’ve ever had a case of crunchy edges (aka jaggies, stair-stepping, aliasing) in After Effects. These issues are particularly common when doing motion-trails or motion smears using the Echo effect or Cartoon Moblur.

Get FXAA for Free.

While the terms “free” and “After Effects” are rarely used together, Plugin Everything is offering the new AA plugin for nothing. Get FXAA here. The plugin is compatible with AE CS6 and up for Mac & Windows.