What It Does
StyleX applies AI-driven style transfer to video footage inside Premiere Pro and After Effects. Point it at a clip and it can convert that footage into a cartoon, pencil drawing, oil painting, halftone print, or any other style derived from a reference image or video you supply. The results are processed at high resolution with temporal consistency, meaning the look stays stable across frames rather than flickering between them.
Performance is GPU-dependent. The plugin runs on both Mac and Windows, but the developer is upfront that output quality and speed will vary significantly based on your graphics hardware. A free trial is available, so testing on your own machine before purchasing is strongly recommended.
Key Features
Cartoon mode. Uses a neural network trained on tens of thousands of cartoon images to extract stylistic representations, giving results that hold up perceptually better than simple filter effects. Useful for animation-style promos, explainer content, or stylized social clips.
Style Transfer mode. Lets you feed in any image or video as a style reference, then applies that look to your footage. Useful for matching a specific artistic aesthetic, replicating a painted texture, or creating branded visual treatments.
Style scale and chroma controls. A style scale slider moves between fine and coarse application of the effect. A chroma blend option lets you preserve the original color of your footage while applying drawing or painting structure, and a luma blend slider handles color transfer independently.
60+ bundled style images. The install package includes more than 60 sample style references to get started without sourcing your own assets.
GPU acceleration. Processes high-resolution video directly on the GPU, with compatibility across Premiere Pro and After Effects from version 2020 through 2026.
Who It’s For
StyleX suits motion designers, commercial editors, and content creators who need to turn live-action footage into a consistent stylized look, such as animatic-style advertising, illustrated cutaways, or branded social content. It also works for colorists or VFX artists who want to apply painterly or graphic treatments without going through a separate compositing pipeline.
Owners of the discontinued Transfusion plugin can cross-grade to StyleX at a reduced price, automatically applied at checkout when logging in with the same account.
Pricing
StyleX is a one-time purchase at $79.99 for a single-user license. Floating server and render-only license types are also available. Transfusion owners qualify for a cross-grade discount, displayed automatically at login. A free trial download is available on the product page.