Maas Digital StarPro™

Maas Digital's StarPro™ is the best way to render beautiful, astronomically correct star fields - now available for Adobe After Effects, The Foundry Nuke, and NewTek Lightwave 3D.

StarPro works with any 3D package that can export camera motion to After Effects or Nuke, including Maya, 3D Studio Max, Softimage, and more!

Free demo downloads (Version 2.1):

For After Effects CS (Windows) - For After Effects 2020+ (Mac)
For LightWave 2020 (Windows) - For LightWave 2020 (Mac)
For Nuke v15.1 (Windows) - For Nuke v15.1 (Linux) - For Nuke v15.1 (Mac)
Click here to buy the full version of StarPro
DLL fix for Windows: Download from Microsoft
(use this if you experience errors loading StarPro)

Video Tutorials

Integration with 3D Scenes (Maya and Nuke)

Integration with 3D Scenes (Maya and After Effects)

Installation and Basic Usage (After Effects)

Sample Renderings

Click for larger sample images

StarPro™ uses a proprietary analytical rendering algorithm for superior image quality. Stars always render as perfectly smooth dots or streaks, with no jaggies or noise.

Integrates seamlessly with 3D scenes
Flawless anti-aliasing and motion blur; no visible "time steps"
Star positions, brightnesses, and colors taken from a real star catalog
Use the included NASA database of 297,643 stars, or create your own stars
Fully supports high-dynamic-range rendering (HDRI) with or without gamma encoding
Resolution independent; suitable for web, TV, HD, and film
Production-tested on Maas Digital's own animation

Downloads

This free demo contains the full StarPro software, except it imposes a watermark on renderings over 320x240. After purchasing StarPro you will receive a license code to remove this restriction.

Extras:

Download the massive new Hipparcos/Tycho-2 Star Database (46MB) - includes all of the Hipparcos 3D star catalog, plus over 2 million background stars!
This new database is so dense you can actually see Milky Way nebulosity... (Turn up brightness and set luminance threshold to zero to maximize the effect).

Sample Lightwave scenes using StarPro.
Tired of seeing Orion all the time? Try this randomized star database!

Purchase

Limited-time discount:

StarPro™ for Adobe After Effects ~~$249~~ $199 USD
StarPro™ for Nuke ~~$249~~ $199 USD
StarPro™ for LightWave 3D ~~$249~~ $199 USD

Click here to buy the full version of StarPro

The StarPro™ license is for one site (one company and its employees), and includes unlimited non-interactive render nodes, technical support via email, and free updates for the life of the product. One license covers all operating systems. After Effects, Nuke, and LightWave versions are licensed separately.

Documentation & Support

The StarPro™ manual is available on-line.

For technical support, email starpro-support@maasdigital.com.

Click here to read the Starpro End-User License Agreement.

We are considering offering StarPro™ as a plug-in for other 2D/3D packages, or as a stand-alone (command-line) renderer or code library. If you are interested, contact us!

StarPro™ for Adobe After Effects	~~$249~~ $199 USD
StarPro™ for Nuke	~~$249~~ $199 USD
StarPro™ for LightWave 3D	~~$249~~ $199 USD