FFRender Free allows the user to render 8-bit H.264 at the layer level using an external FFMpeg installation.

FFRender Free allows the user to render 8-bit H.264 at the layer level using an external FFMpeg installation.
A list of free plugins on this site.
Handwriting Effect provides tidy, squiggly and painterly animated styles that transforms a given stencil matte.
Certain effects require the usage of a hidden layer as a matte. Matte selection controls are common to such effects.