The gold standard of
metallic effects
A GPU-accelerated After Effects plugin that turns any logo or text into physically accurate metal — or glass. Real PBR shading, 9 HDRI environments, Smart Edge detail detection and a full tritone color system, all rendered in real time on Windows & Mac.
Aurum
Aurum is a real physically-based shader — roughness, specular, Fresnel and anisotropy — that reflects nine built-in HDRI environments, carves your own detail into the surface, and can even turn solid metal into transparent, dispersive glass.
Carves your details into the metal
Automatically detects the inner details and edges of your layer and carves them into the metallic surface, adding real depth and dimension. Works with any logo, text or shape.
Real-time on Windows & Mac
Native C++ plugin with full GPU acceleration — Metal on Mac, OpenCL on Windows — and a CPU fallback for maximum compatibility. 8 / 16 / 32 bpc.
3D Depth · Layer Duplication
Make a diamond in one click
The Diamond preset ships with a dedicated HDRI environment and a dispersion color palette that splits light into a prismatic shimmer — so one click turns any logo or text into a sparkling diamond, with no setup or compositing.
One shader, endless light
Nine built-in HDRI environments ship with Aurum — here are six of them.
Warm, balanced reflections
The default all-rounder — soft warm highlights that flatter gold and every warm metal.
Clean product lighting
Neutral, even studio light for crisp, commercial-looking metal.
Bright, glossy showcase
High-key reflections with punchy contrast — made to show off.
Soft, wrapping highlights
Gentle, wrapping light for premium, elegant reveals.
Dramatic edge separation
Bright rim highlights against the dark for depth and drama.
Studio softbox reflections
Structured softbox strips reflected across the surface.
9 Presets · Gold to Diamond
Metallic sheen over your own colors
Apply Aurum with Add blend mode over any colored logo or text to add a metallic sheen while preserving the original colors. Chromatic Dispersion and the Diamond preset add a prismatic, gem-like shimmer.
Any color, instantly metallic
Shadow, midtone and highlight color controls with saturation and tint blend — tune the metal to any brand palette in seconds.
Aurum Plugin Tutorial | Gold, Metal & Glass Effects in After Effects
Key Features
Real PBR Shading
Physically based roughness, specular, Fresnel & anisotropy for genuine, photoreal metal.
9 HDRI Environments
Gallery, Studio, Showroom, Beauty, Rim Light, Strips, Panels, Dramatic & Diamond — plus custom map.
Metal or Glass
Raise Transparency to turn solid metal into transparent, refractive glass.
Smart Edge
Detects inner details & edges and carves them into the heightmap for real depth.
9 Presets
Gold, Silver, Rose Gold, Bronze, Copper, Platinum, Brushed Steel, Black Chrome & Diamond.
Custom HDRI
Load your own HDRI or any layer as the reflection environment — beyond the 9 built-ins.
5 Bevel Profiles
Smooth, Round, Chisel Hard, Chisel Soft & Mesa.
Anisotropy
Directional brushed-metal streak for steel, aluminum & more.
Lighting Controls
Light angle, height, specular & roughness.
Built-in Glow
GPU bloom with intensity & radius — no extra layers.
Tritone Color
Independent shadow, midtone & highlight color with saturation & tint blend.
Dispersion
Chromatic edge dispersion for a prismatic, gem-like shimmer.
Every parameter, at your fingertips
Aurum exposes the full shading pipeline through clean, grouped controls — tweak anything, keyframe everything, all in real time on the GPU.
Bevel
Inner bevel · 5 edge profiles (Smooth, Round, Chisel Hard, Chisel Soft, Mesa) · Depth · Softness · Smart Edge detection & strength.
Environment
9 HDRI maps + custom layer · Blur · Scale · Exposure · Contrast · Displacement · Rotation X/Y · Metal amount · Transparency (glass) · Dispersion.
Lighting
Light Angle · Light Height · Specular · Roughness · Anisotropy for brushed-metal streaks.
Glow
Intensity · Radius — a real GPU bloom baked into the shader, no extra layers.
Tritone Color
Independent Shadow, Midtone & Highlight colors · Saturation · Tint Blend to recolor the metal to any palette.
Workflow
Native C++ · GPU accelerated (Metal / OpenCL) with CPU fallback · 8/16/32 bpc · every parameter keyframeable.
Instant delivery, easy activation
Buy
Your license key and download link land in your inbox instantly — and the key is shown on screen right after checkout, ready to copy.
Install
On macOS, run the installer. On Windows, copy the plug-in into your After Effects plug-ins folder — a step-by-step guide is included. Works with every AE version.
Activate
Apply Aurum, click Options, paste your key — done. Your license works on up to 2 machines.
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Real metal, native to After Effects
One-time purchase. Commercial license. Windows & macOS.