by Andrew Yang·Motion Graphics
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YY_ShockRing earns its place for handling ring creation with a full set of controls — blend modes, thickness, feathering and opacity — while the 2.1 update brought Multi-Frame Rendering and native Apple Silicon support.
YY_ShockRing, by Andrew Yang, is an After Effects plugin built for making rings. It covers blend modes, thickness, feathering and opacity, and suits shockwaves, motion graphics, or anywhere else rings are needed.
The plugin exposes controls for the ring's center point, radius, expansion (thickness), feather (softness of the outer edge) and opacity. Two color settings define the tone near the outside and near the inside, and a smooth option interpolates colors instead of using a linear blend. A scatter parameter adds noise to the ring on CS5 and later. Blend modes include None for transparent output, Normal over the background, Add for additive blending, and two stencil modes — Multiply and Multiply+Alpha.
Version 2.1 added Multi-Frame Rendering, native Apple Silicon support and improved speed. Compatibility spans After Effects 2024 back through CS4, and a demo video is available.
YY_ShockRing is best for shockwaves, motion graphics, or anywhere else rings are needed in After Effects.
YY_ShockRing is completely free to download and use.
YY_ShockRing lists compatibility with After Effects 2024, along with 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and the CC releases back through CC 2014, plus CS6, CS5.5, CS5 and CS4. That range covers most current and legacy installs. Version 2.1 also added Multi-Frame Rendering and native Apple Silicon support, so it runs on newer Apple hardware. If you are on a specific build, check the developer's page maintained by Andrew Yang to confirm the current requirements before installing.
YY_ShockRing added native Apple Silicon support in version 2.1, released March 12, 2022, so it runs on M1 Macs without relying on translation. The same update introduced Multi-Frame Rendering and fixed a slowdown bug reported in earlier releases. For the exact hardware and operating system a given build needs, the developer's page is the place to confirm details before you download and install the plugin.
YY_ShockRing is listed as free here. For current licensing terms and any conditions around use, the developer's page maintained by Andrew Yang is the best place to check, since terms can change over time. Downloading from the official source also ensures you get version 2.1, which includes Multi-Frame Rendering, native Apple Silicon support and improved speed over earlier releases of the plugin.
YY_ShockRing includes a Scatter parameter that adds noise to the ring, and this feature is available on CS5 and later only. Alongside scatter, the plugin offers control over the ring's center, radius, feather, expansion and opacity, plus two colors — one near the outside edge and one near the inside. If you work in an older release such as CS4, the scatter option will not be present, though the core ring controls remain available.
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