FAQ¶

• Check that you copied the plugin to the correct folder: Plug-ins on Mac, or Support Files\Plug-ins on Windows.
• Restart After Effects after copying the plugin.
• Look under Effect > CubeZeero > Beamscan.

Beamscan has been tested with After Effects 2026. See the system requirements for supported environments. It supports 8/16/32bpc and Multi-Frame Rendering.

• In Vector Signal, adjust Contour Level. Threshold has no effect in Luminance mode.
• In Pixel Walk, adjust Threshold. Low-contrast footage may not produce clear edges.
• Try Scan Source = Luminance for white line art or Alpha Outline for a logo on a transparent background.
• If live-action footage produces many tiny, noisy strokes, increase Min Stroke Length and Smoothing.

Pixel Walk automatically chooses the stroke closest to the current endpoint next. Vector Signal aligns contour starting points, directions and spatial ordering. Use Trace Start to control the starting position and Trace Reverse to reverse the direction.

Try Trace Engine = Vector Signal. For black-and-white footage, start with Contour Level = 50%, Min Stroke Length = 8px and Persistence = 0%. Drawing order can still change when contours merge, split or become occluded. See Trace for more details.

• Check that Audio Layer points to a layer with audio, or that the layer receiving the effect has audio in its own source.
• Audio is read from the layer's source item. For a precomp, audio inside the precomp is used.

The mode that uses those parameters is not selected. For example, Wave parameters are available only when Scan Source = Audio Waveform.