Saber is a new FREE After Effects plug-in from Andrew Kramer and friends at Video Copilot. After a few hiccups, the free filter is now available, vastly improving on AE’s ancient built-in Beam effect. VCP Saber can be used to create energy beams, lightsabers, lasers, portals, neon lights, electric, haze, etc. It features:

• Create High quality energy & lights beams
• Dynamic Text and Mask Outlines
• Realistic Glow falloff
• Advanced Core Settings
• Built-in Distortion
• 25 Presets
• Stackable connectable FX

Beware uncreative moods: job screeners will spot Video CoPilot default settings, tutorial looks, and approaches on demo reels!

There a Trailer and tutorial too. One odd claim about the free filter is that “it’s so dense, every single setting has so many things going on.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os-qqVrMc-Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reSXGxkyr0k

By the way, an update to VideoCopilot’s FREE Color Vibrance plug-in is also available. Here’s the Intro:

https://youtu.be/BgTNtuCiHhA