Pen Texture Engine
Ballpoint is a GPU-accelerated plugin for After Effects and Premiere that transforms your footage into dense, expressive linework — like it was hand-sketched on aged notebook paper. Inspired by the raw charm of ballpoint pen doodles and technical drawings, Ballpoint redraws your frames using reactive strokes that reveal motion, detail, and texture in a completely new light. Choose from distinct styles like Robocop, Curls, or Web, each with a unique feel ranging from frantic and mechanical to loose and organic.
Hosts
Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro
OS
Windows, Mac OS
Try
Trial has full functionality, but renders a red cross and has a limited resolution. Once a license key is entered, the limitations are removed.
Interactive
Ballpoint is fully interactive. As you tweak parameters, the results update in real-time — letting you sketch out your look live without waiting for renders. From bold outlines to chaotic scribbles, every element is keyframable, and many settings are brush-sensitive, so you can modulate complexity, flow, and texture directly in the timeline. Whether you’re aiming for a punk zine, a forensic diagram, or a daydream in ink, Ballpoint gives you the pen — and lets you take full control.
Presets included!
