Red Giant 2025.2.1 MacOS
Red Giant is a comprehensive toolkit designed for video post-production, motion graphics, and visual effects. It offers rich color grading, smooth transitions, realistic visual effects, motion design templates and tools to create and edit your visuals.
What’s New
Red Giant 2025 supercharges your creative workflow with powerful new features. The Parametric Curve tool enables precise control over color and HDR video, giving artists the ability to refine footage with an intuitive HDR curve.
For fans of retro aesthetics, Red Giant & Universe now includes six new pixel dither and pixel art plugins, giving you the tools to effortlessly recreate classic 8-bit and 16-bit video game visuals.
Our December release adds 160 new Capsules to Maxon Studio that will energize your projects with 60 professional-grade film titles, backgrounds, and motion graphic designs. Perfect for digital content creators, these customizable Capsules offer the versatility and impact needed to create eye-catching content that resonates. With Maxon Studio, you can tell your story with cinematic flair, ease, and efficiency.
Instructions:
1) Install Maxon App.
2) Install Plugins.
3) Run script with (bash doesn’t have colours & zsh won’t patch correctly): sudo sh /path/to/script
Homepage https://www.maxon.net
Error creating directory …. THIS WORK FOR ME, ONLY FOLLOWING THE COMMANDS IN TERMINAL.
https://support.maxon.net/hc/en-us/articles/4687177301788-Scripted-Silent-Install-Instructions
you need to download AE version 24, once it is installed run the plugin then it will detect the directory. When it’s finished installing packages, follow the instruction. After that, you can open it with AE version 25
any luck any one i realy need universe
same error on creating directory !
Error creating directory /***unknown variable aesupportfilepath1***
I get this message when trying to run the red giant installer pls help
guys common can we get an update already
some plugin from trapcode is showing “failed to load” error in the startup screen of after effects, namely
-> tao, lux, horizon, 3d stroke, tao, starglow, mir and sound key.
Any idea how to fix it.
*this problem is with original ae 2025, not the cracked version.
its works on my cracked 2024 ae
Hi, I have a MacBook Pro M1 Max, with SEQUOIA. I can’t install the plugin file. And then the terminal says access denied. What can I do?
Ragazzi, scusate io ho un macbook pro con M1 MAX e SEQUOIA. non riesco ad installarlo. potete aiutarmi?
On Mac M4 Pro while installing red giant : Error creating directory /unknown variable aesupportfilepath1
doesnt work for me did the whole process Bob outlined. all says patched but when applied in premiere, it needs activation
is there pluraleyes and cosmo II in the pack ?
how you made it work?
Skipped: Universe_Utilities_Unmult_Premium_AE_Fx, not found.
I get lots of these messages in Terminal … I don’t understand, I followed Bob’s instructions?
Worked on M4Pro
Doesn’t work on Mac M4
Worked for a few weeks then a license error pops up and it doesn’t work anymore.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Everyone keeps talking about switching to RLM, but how? Where? I haven’t found anything called RLM.
works on M1 Pro with Sequoia 15.3.1 (SIP OFF)
PluralEyes 4.1.10 plus all…
Hi guys…. any one can help in how to install red giant in details.
Thank you in advance
m3max , sonoma !!! ok
After multiple attempts, this has worked for me for AE but unfortunately is not loading into Premiere Pro 2025.
Any idea why?
sudo sh /caminho/para/o/script.
Como encontrar o caminho do script?
Se o script estiver na pasta Downloads, o caminho pode ser algo como:
sudo sh ~/Downloads/maxon_2025.2.1_patch.sh
A principio não funcionou e pediu para fazer ativação da licença.
Mas era porque eu estava logado no app da Maxon, foi só deslogar que funcionou normalmente
Go to privacy and security in your mac and give terminal full disk access before apliing the script. it worked for me.
switch to RLM mode was the most important step.
Thanks.
It worked for me, but first I uninstalled the Maxon app, ran the patch. When reinstalling the Maxon app it automatically recognizes the license and the RLM mode appears. From then on just follow the steps as described above.
how do you do that
all good after the steps from BOB!
Thanks a lot!
BUT: switch to RLM mode in maxon app after all steps and then it works!
Read Me.txt
– Install the dmg’s
– Extract “maxon_2025.2.1_patch.sh” file somewhere on your computer.
– Open Terminal
– Write this (without “”)
“sudo sh ”
– Drag the maxon_2025.2.1_patch.sh file to Terminal window and press ‘return’
– Enter your password.. bla bla..
puedes explicarme paso a paso como lo hiciste, por favor amigo
If anyone could install C4D with this could you explain how, please…
Not Licenced , even after script run.
Instructions:
1) Install Maxon App.
2) Install Plugins.
3) Run script with (bash doesn’t have colours & zsh won’t patch correctly): sudo sh /path/to/script
Please Upload Proper File.
THANK you Bob! The whole problem was that the internet was on! If anyone mentioned that from the start it would have saved us lots of time!
I’m using Little Snitch to block ALL internet connections.
still not working on M1 Monterey
did what others said;
getting “FAILED: License needs activation
Please go to Maxon App to assign your license.” on AE.
even though terminal said that license was valid and activated.
Logre que funcione en Sequoia.
Previamente en los settings de seguridad hay que habilitar que Terminal pueda modificar las apps.
License not working Mac OS M1 Sequoia
Hope someone had this issue before: when I open Maxon app and then I login says login ok and freezes. HELP
Very Thanks Mater, you are mu saviour. Thank you
This worked perfectly for me. (Macbook Pro, M1 Pro, MacOs Sequoia) Here’s how:
1. Install Maxon App. (You’ll need to sign in. Just create a Maxon account if you don’t have one.)
2. Block all internet traffic. Either by using Little Snitch, or turning off wifi/ethernet.
3. Install Red Giant plugins.
4. Run the script by:
a. open the Terminal app from Applications/Utilities
b. In the Terminal window type “sudo sh” (remove the quotation marks and use all lower case letters) then press SPACE.
c. drag the script file (maxon_2025.2.1_patch.sh) from Finder into the Terminal window.
d. Press ENTER.
5. MacOS might give you an error that Terminal wants to change an app/program. Follow the prompts to give Terminal access to changing apps/programs. If you get this error, you’ll have to run the script again.
6. Make sure the Maxon app is turned on as a Startup Item in System Preferences. (This should happen automatically.)
7. I don’t know if this will continue to work without Little Snitch blocking the plugin’s internet traffic, so I would probably not do any of this without having Little Snitch installed. But I could be wrong, so please comment if you did this without Little Snitch and it continues to work after a reboot.
You’re done.
Wszystko działa!!!
Killing Maxon.
Killing Red Giant Service.
Maxon patch already applied.
Red Giant Service patch already applied.
Shine patch already applied.
Particular patch already applied.
Primatte6_x64 patch already applied.
OpticalGlow patch already applied.
Looks3_AE10 patch already applied.
Colorista-IV patch already applied.
MaxonStudioAE patch already applied.
ParamCurve patch already applied.
Looks3_OFX.ofx patch already applied.
Universe_Utilities_Unmult_Premium_AE_Fx patched.
Universe_Glow_Glow_AE_Fx patched.
Universe_Utilities_Unmult_Premium_OFX_Fx.ofx patched.
Universe_Glow_Glow_OFX_Fx.ofx patched.
License found and valid.
The license is not working. Even though it was successfully patched, the unlicensed version is still out there.
Not working on M1 2020 ” FAILED: License needs activation ” or ” After Effects error: This effect cannot be applied because it cannot be initialized. Try reinstalling or contacting the plug-in developer. (25 :: 3) “.
It is running now after a bit of work. The key is – after running the script in terminal- to turn on the Red Giant agent in Settings – General – Login items..
Exactly.
Install the Maxon app
log in with a email and a password created for this purpose
Install the plugs you need
close Maxon app and allow connections if asked
Place the script in your app folder if you like.
Then in terminal type sudo sh /
(Space after the / )
then drag and drop the script from your app folder into the terminal window
Press enter
all done
Master is a really nice guy, arrogant and unfriendly. Even if one completely understands how it works, he is condescending in a very despicable way. Keep up that disgusting attitude and you will come a long way….
Do this instead of what instructed in point 3:
– Open Terminal and type chmod +x
Do not press Enter after typing it. Leave it like that and drag the patch file to terminal next to what you just typed
– Press enter
– Now that it “chmoded” the file, drag the file again to Terminal and press Enter.
– It should work now. It did for me.
go too terminal. Type in sudo sh (leave a space) then drag and drop the patch folder onto terminal and hit enter. Enter your password. All done and sorted
Calm your tits Mr.
work perfectly 🙂
It worked for me. Did what the master said. Worked fine. use chat gpt to clarify the steps if you dont know.
Doesn’t really work. The app is installed and activated, but all plugins are missing and therefore cannot be used. Although it appears that the plugins have been installed, they are not. So this app is useless.