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Element 3D After Effects Plug-In: Free 1.5 Update Released, Plus a Tutorial for Metropolitan Model Pack

01.29.13 @ 4:05PM Tags : adobecs5, adobecs6, aftereffects, cs5, cs5.5, cs6, element3d, plugin, tutorial, videocopilot

If you thought Video Copilot’s Adobe After Effects plug-in Element 3D couldn’t get any better, then check out the new features the free 1.5 update is sporting: support for importing animated 3D sequences, real-time glow, new particle ordering and repeating options, ambient occlusion improvements, layer grid mode, and more. Feast your eyes on Andrew Kramer’s video below for a complete tour of what’s new in Element 3D: More »

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Element 3D: 3 New Tutorials and How to Start Making Your Own 3D Content

11.28.12 @ 7:30AM Tags : adobecs5, adobecs6, aftereffects, blender, creativesuite, cs5, cs5.5, cs6, element3d, plugin, videocopilot

This past summer I wrote about the release and initial tutorials for Video Copilot’s awesome Adobe After Effects plug-in, Element 3D. Andrew Kramer has been slowly but surely releasing new tutorials for the plug-in that show off more aspects of its functionality and practical applications in After Effects projects. His three latest Element 3D tutorials delve into image based lighting, using video clips as textures to create screen animations, and making a field of random rocks as a part of a set extension. As an extra bonus, I’ve included some tutorials for the free open-source 3D modeling and animation program Blender, to get you started making your own objects for Element 3D. More »

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Element 3D Tutorial Round-up: Environment Maps, Particle Replicator, 3D Compositing, and More!

08.6.12 @ 9:30AM Tags : adobecs5, adobecs6, creativesuite, cs5, cs5.5, element3d, howto, plugin, tutorial, tutorials, videocopilot

Last month I wrote about the new Adobe After Effects plug-in from Video Copilot: Element 3D. The initial demo videos were pretty amazing, but Andrew Kramer is delving deeper into Element 3D’s functionality in his most recent tutorial videos, covering the creation and manipulation of materials, powerful animation options in the Particle Replicator, environment maps, and 3D Compositing. And if that wasn’t enough, there’s also a tutorial from Serge Mustu on a Cinema 4D to Element 3D workflow and animating titles: More »

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Video Copilot Releases Their Stunning New After Effects Plug-in: Element 3D

07.11.12 @ 9:00AM Tags : adobecs5, adobecs6, aftereffects, creativesuite, cs5, cs5.5, cs6, element3d, plugin, videocopilot

If you thought the new 3D capabilities in Adobe After Effects CS6 were impressive, you haven’t seen anything yet. Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot just released the Element 3D Plug-in for After Effects CS3 through CS6 on both Windows and OSX. It’s a 3D object based particle array system with a fast Open GL render engine, and a simple yet powerful animation engine. Check out these demo videos to see Element 3D in action: More »

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How to use After Effects

06.3.10 @ 5:48PM Tags : adobe, ae, aftereffects, cs5, howto, tutorial, videocopilot

Adobe After Effects is an incredibly deep compositing program that often flusters first-time users with its myriad panels and switches. It’s not the most intuitive program, and as such I don’t recommend taking the approach I did: banging my head against the wall until it made sense. Instead, why not take advantage of two hours of free training from Video Copilot? This video series came out a while ago (circa CS3), but 99% of it still applies to CS5. More »