by Rowbyte·VFX
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Sits in the toolfarm library as a focused channel-separation effect for After Effects and Premiere Pro, with a release history reaching back to its 2009 debut and updates continuing through 2025.
Rowbyte Separate RGB operates on the red, green, and blue channels of a clip inside After Effects and Premiere Pro. It offers lens distortion applied per channel for easy chromatic aberration, and it automatically grows boundaries as the effect is applied.
Beyond the per-channel distortion, the plugin can blur an individual channel and blend each channel with the original, two features added when it became a native After Effects plugin.
Compatibility spans a wide range of releases, from CS6 through recent versions of both After Effects and Premiere Pro, on Mac and Windows. Later builds added multi-frame rendering support in After Effects, Apple Silicon support for Premiere, and floating license server compatibility. A demo video is available, and the plugin is listed here as free.
Rowbyte Separate RGB is best for artists building chromatic aberration and per-channel color effects in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Rowbyte Separate RGB is completely free to download and use.
Rowbyte Separate RGB supports a broad span of host versions. In After Effects it lists compatibility from CS6 through CC, CC 2014, CC 2015, CC 2015.3, CC 2017, CC 2018, CC 2019, and the 2020 through 2024 releases. In Premiere Pro it covers CS6 up through the 2020 release across the same intermediate versions. Both are supported on Mac and Windows. If you run a version outside this range, check the developer's page to confirm the current installer covers your setup before installing.
Rowbyte Separate RGB added Apple Silicon support for Premiere in a later build, so it can run on Apple Silicon Macs within Premiere Pro. The same update introduced multi-frame rendering support in After Effects. The plugin runs on both Mac and Windows across its listed host versions. For details on which specific release added native Apple Silicon handling and how it behaves on your machine, the developer's page is the best reference.
Rowbyte Separate RGB is listed here as free. Pricing and licensing can change over time, and its release history also references floating license server compatibility, so the arrangement may vary depending on how you obtain it. For the current licensing terms, download options, and any conditions attached to use, check the developer's page directly rather than relying on a static figure. That page reflects the most up-to-date status for both After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Rowbyte Separate RGB added multi-frame rendering (MFR) support in After Effects in a later build. The same update also brought Apple Silicon support to the Premiere version. To take advantage of MFR you'll need an After Effects release that includes the feature. For the exact build that introduced MFR support and any related setup notes, refer to the developer's page.
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