Features

The core matte tool allows you to create punchy, saturated elements that still have naturally transparent edges.

Every effect you add is automatically grain-managed, so your composites are always seamlessly integrated with your background footage.

Powerful offset tools make it easy to animate your extruded paths and geometries.

Create intricate, complex geometric designs using 2 sets of repeaters.

Loop animations for motion graphics and backgrounds with Trapcode Tao’s powerful offset and looping system.

Illuminate your motion graphics with After Effects lights, specialized Tao Lumi lights, or Image Based Lighting for fast and realistic renders.

Create photoreal motion graphics with textures and included reflection/environment maps. Tao includes 14 HDRI maps for use in your work.

Create camera-realistic blurs for your Tao objects, based on their distance from the After Effects 3D camera.

Taper your paths and geometries and then animate their growth, for organic looking motion designs.

Add a second-pass wireframe on top of your Tao geometries. Great for creating stylized or vector-style imagery.

Choose from regular, Multi, SmoothRidge, Multi SmoothRidge for varying organic displacements of the Tao geometries.

Includes 25 fully-customizable presets to get you started in your motion graphics work.