Looking for good magic effect plug in

Hi-
Was looking for a good magic effects plug in, things like aura, energy beams, force fields, ect...I am willing to pay $$$...
Thanks in advance,
Matt

Best advice as Mylenium says is to look at as many tutorials as you can - I'd start with the excellent and fully featured tutorials from www.videocopilot.net and also http://library.creativecow.net/tutorials/adobeaftereffects
Getting to grips with particular will also give you some creative options with particles.
Paul.

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