It's an Adobe After Effects project file, commonly known as a 'template' because the work is already done and the user needs only to insert their footage and make their own adjustments. The Watercolor Painting Effect template is not a plugin.

Music and footage in demo video are not included.

You can change the frame rate in the 'Composition Settings' panel, or if you like the look of a reduced frame rate, but need to export at a higher rate like 29.97fps or 25fps, create a new comp with the higher frame rate, and place the watercolor painting effect comp into that one.

The reduced frame rate also speeds up render times considerably.

The watercolor effect comps in this template are 10 frames per second, giving them the choppy stop-motion look seen in the demo video.

The effects work great on photos, text, and graphics with transparent backgrounds, but it is not designed for exporting images at a higher resolution than 4096x2160.

Two versions of the template are included: HD (1920x1080) and 4K (4096x2160).

Be sure to read the written instructions in the template - they are thorough and up-to-date. The video tutorial was made prior to the update and some elements may look or work a little differently.

This template was upgraded and updated in 2018.

The template may partially work in foreign languages in CS5, but with some errors.

This template has been universalized, so it will work for users running After Effects in other languages, as long as they're using CS6 and up.

This does not affect functionality, and the controls will work as intended). (CS5 and CS6 users will notice a label on all customization controls that says 'Missing'.

Compatible with Adobe After Effects, versions CS5 and all later versions (including Creative Cloud).

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