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Mantra earns its place in the aescripts library for pairing 360/VR VFX with AR content creation across both After Effects and Premiere Pro, backed by Mettle's own 3DNA rendering engine.
Mantra is a Mettle plugin for AR content creation in After Effects and Premiere Pro, and includes 360/VR VFX to stylize footage. It supports rectilinear (flat), monoscopic and stereoscopic (over/under) formats.
At its core is Mettle 3DNA, a proprietary 3D rendering engine that enables volumetric workflows. Spherify transforms a layer into a sphere, while the Mobius Transform effect adds a Virtual Dolly and Virtual Jib to stationary 360° footage. You can create 360° Wormholes and Little Planets from 360° footage, and drag and drop effects onto footage to interpolate from 0% to 100% with keyframeable, customisable controls.
The built-in Mantra Node Panel stacks and layers effects and handles scripting automatically, and the Globe Preview Panel lets you work in 360° mono and stereo while previewing the sphere and HMD POV. Audio-reactive features link the VFX to your audio, and Mantra can also create procedural textures for use in 3D programs. It runs on Mac and Windows. Version 2.25.3 was released on December 24, 2024.
Mantra is best for 360/VR VFX and AR content creation in After Effects and Premiere Pro, including audio-reactive 360 music videos.
Mantra is completely free to download and use.
Mantra supports a wide range of After Effects versions, spanning CC 2015.3, CC 2017, CC 2018, CC 2019, and 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, up to After Effects 2026. It also works in Premiere Pro across releases from CC through CC 2014, CC 2015, CC 2015.3, and up to 2023. If you need to confirm your exact release before installing, check the developer's page for the current compatibility list.
Mantra runs on both Mac and Windows, and works inside After Effects and Premiere Pro on either platform. It supports rectilinear (flat), monoscopic and stereoscopic (over/under) formats, and includes a Globe Preview Panel for working in 360° mono and stereo along with HMD point-of-view previews. The Mantra Node Panel takes care of scripting automatically as you stack and layer effects, so you can build setups on your platform of choice.
Mantra is listed as free here in our catalog. For current licensing terms and download options, check the developer's page on aescripts. Beyond licensing, Mantra bundles a broad toolset, including the Mettle 3DNA rendering engine, Spherify, the Mobius Transform effect with its Virtual Dolly and Virtual Jib, plus 360° Wormholes and Little Planets, so it is worth reviewing the full feature set on the developer's page as well.
Mantra version 2.25.3, released on December 24, 2024, added 2024 compatibility. Earlier entries in the changelog brought native Apple Silicon support, multi-frame rendering support, and successive host-version compatibility across the 2021, 2022 and 2023 releases, along with the integration of the 3DNA ray tracing engine and various bug fixes. For the complete version history and the latest release details, check the developer's page.
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