by Vranos·VFX
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Lockdown ranks 23 on toolfarm and earns its spot by keeping planar tracking, cleanup painting and 3D export together across After Effects and Cinema 4D.
Lockdown handles warping and planar surface tracking inside After Effects, letting you clean up and paint within a stabilized composition. Its Paint Link workflow supports frame-by-frame animation and lets you apply Photoshop's A.I. Generative Fill to moving footage. Composite Brush adds a precise color selector and modifier for After Effects.
On the 3D side, Lockdown exports tracking data to Cinema 4D as a C4D file, or to other 3D applications such as Blender via Alembic. You can attach objects in 3D and relight your mesh. The plugin runs with After Effects 2022 through 2025, Cinema 4D from R15 through 2025, plus a wide span of Blender, Houdini and Maya releases.
Lockdown is listed here as free. Per the developer's notes, the free version includes 3D planar tracking and everything the paid version offers, except for mesh tracking. A demo video is available.
Lockdown is best for tracking warping and planar surfaces in After Effects and moving 3D tracking data out to Cinema 4D, Blender and other 3D applications.
Lockdown is completely free to download and use.
Lockdown supports After Effects 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. For the 3D side, its stated compatibility extends to Cinema 4D from R15 through 2025, Blender from 3.2 through 4.4, Houdini 17 through 21, and Maya from 2017 to 2025, though 2021 isn't on the list. If you work across several of these applications, the plugin covers a wide span of releases. Check that your specific version falls within these ranges, and confirm the current compatibility on the developer's page before installing.
Lockdown exports 3D tracking data to Cinema 4D as a C4D file, and to other 3D applications such as Blender via Alembic. Alongside export, it lets you attach objects in 3D and relight your mesh. For the full list of supported destinations and formats, the developer's page has the details, and it's worth confirming that your target application reads the exported files as expected.
Lockdown is listed here as free. Per the developer's notes, the free version includes 3D planar tracking and has everything the paid version does, except for mesh tracking. Licensing terms can change, so for the current details on the free and paid versions, check the developer's page. This card doesn't carry pricing figures, so confirm what each tier includes directly with Vranos before relying on a particular feature.
Lockdown works with Cinema 4D across a long range of releases: R15, R16, R17, R18, R19, R20, R21, S22, R23, S24, R25, S26, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Both older R-series builds and current versions fall within the stated range. Confirm your exact Cinema 4D build against this list on the developer's page before installing, since compatibility can shift between plugin updates.
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