The Trapcode Sound Keys Plug-In by Red Giant is an electronic download of a plug-in for syncing motion and sound effects in After Effects. This version is a volume license, requiring a minimum purchase of 12 units. You can mix and match activations between Mac and Windows, and the plug-in can reside on a network. The plug-in supports both Windows and Mac platforms, and it only works with select versions of Adobe After Effects.
This plug-in automatically generates keyframes for animation or effects within After Effects based on your settings. You have the option of selecting the amplitude or frequency of the audio track to trigger the keyframes. Audio is displayed visually on a 32-band audio spectrum, making it easier to isolate the part of the audio to drive your animation/effects.
When you integrate Sound Keys with other available effects within After Effects, you create a powerful combination for modifying your video, quickly adding to the visual impact. You can open more than one instance of Sound Keys and apply it to the same audio clip, allowing you to have different parts of the audio trigger different effects. Since the plug-in is applied as any other effect, the settings are saved within the After Effects Project.
- This version of the plug-in requires a minimum purchase of 12 units.
- The plug-in is cross platform, and you can mix and match the licenses across the Mac and Windows platform.
- For those using host applications across a network, the volume license also works across a network allowing you simultaneous uses up to the number of licenses you have purchased.
- Trapcode Sound Keys is a plug-in that generates audio based keyframes.
- You can sample from up to three frequency ranges to create the keyframes.
- You can also choose to sample from the amplitude of an audio track.
- Use the 32-band visual display of your audio to help you choose which sounds to use to trigger your keyframes.
- You can open multiple instances of Sound Keys and apply them to the same audio; this allows you to have many different sounds within the same audio track create keyframes.
- Choose from Instant, Linear, or Exponential falloff controls to modify the keyframes.
- Use the keyframes to trigger other effects in the host program, and have it all happen in concert with the music based on keyframes generated by your settings. For Example:
- Make glows pop and fade.
- Drive complex animation effects.
- Speed up or freeze a video clip.
- Generate and modify particles.