v2.2.3 Video Copilot Element 3D

Nijat Ibrahimli shows After Effects users some cool 3D text in After Effects using Element 3D and Animation Composer, free from Mister Horse.

In this tutorial, flomotion impales his brain with arrows using advanced 3D Object tracking, a 3D arrow, and some stock blood spatter in AE.

In this week's episode of VFX & Chill, Seth and Hashi recreate effects from The Mandalorian! You'll learn a lot. This is the Way.

Space, the final frontier! Learn to create stars, galaxies, moons, and more for your next space-themed film or science fiction short.

Ben Eshagpoor shows some basic physics simulations with Newton in After Effects, with Element 3D, attached using null objects.

This is a new Element 3D and After Effects tutorial from Voltage Tutorials. Learn to animate a soft drink can coming through a hole.

Learn about creating particles in After Effects with plugins including Particle Illusion, Trapcode Particular, Rowbyte Plexus, and more!

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Daniel "Hashi" Hashimoto creates a quick and easy CGI character in his Maxon NAB 2020 Rewind. He composites a giant monster onto the Las Vegas Strip!

Hashi of Action Movie Kid has been doing a mini-series on Game of Thrones effects, and it's extremely entertaining! This tutorial is filled with great tips.

This 3D Pre-Compose Free Script comes from the creative minds at Video Copilot. It makes it easy to pre-compose 3D-aware layers. It's free!

Dennis Wei explains some of the techniques he used to create an X-Wing Hologram animation using Cinema 4D and After Effects, using the awesome free X-Wing model from videocopilot.net.

Charles Yeager shows us how to make a tiny planet from 360° footage utilizing Mettle Skybox, Element 3D, and Adobe After Effects in these 2 tutorials.

Andrew at Video Copilot has a new tutorial showing you how to create some super cool deform effects that look organic and plastic.

Need a better workflow for sending projects and files from Maxon Cinema 4D to Video Copilot Element 3D? We know, there are a lot of numbers and fancy words in that sentence but the process itself, as it turns out, is not that difficult!

Andrew Kramer from Video Copilot is notorious for having some of the best tips around! Let him show you how he prefers to handle lighting in Video Copilot Element 3D V2!

Film Riot has created a clever short film entitled U.F.Oh Yeah, Directed and written by Ryan Connolly and starring Josh Connolly, the film is about a U.F.O. enthusiast and conspiracy theorist who has an encounter with extraterrestrials that doesn’t go quite as one might expect. After the film, learn about how some of the effects were made. There are a whole series of videos here and they’re fantastic!!

In this tutorial Andrew Kramer from Video Copilot shows you how to create an intricate deform animation using 3D Noise & Twist with Element 3D V2  inside After Effects.

In this tutorial Andrew Kramer from Video Copilot shows you how to create an intricate deform animation using 3D Noise & Twist with Element 3D V2 inside After Effects.

Andrew Kramer shows you how to make some really cool 3D texts and emblems similar to those found on classic cars.  And do it all in Element 3D V2.Tips in this Tutorial:Extruding Text & Adjusting BevelsOutline Bevel mode for creating EmblemsDynamic Reflection ModesCreate fake car paint flake material.Tips for adjust render quality

Charles Yeager leads you along in this tutorial on how to do some key things when using OBJ files exported from 3ds Max and used in Video Copilot Element 3D. He also uses ReelSmart Motion Blur from RE:Vision Effects.

Adobe.tv has posted Andrew Kramer’s presentation from NAB 2013, showing his VFX title sequence for the Revolution TV Series. Learn from the master!

We love a new Video Copilot tutorial on Tutorial Tuesday! Andrew Kramer explains how he created detailed bevels with Element 3D and added lens flares, light rays and camera movement for the Lionsgate Logo.

VFX Flight Instructor Andrew Kramer teaches you how to use After Effects & JetStrike to create intense aerial photography through dynamic compositing & animation.

by Adam Taylor at AEtuts+ "In this tutorial I will be going over the steps of setting up a 2d physics simulation in Motion Boutique's Newton, and then tying 3D models to it using Element 3d. Then I'll go over how to tweek the keyframes to make the physics appear to be more 3D. I'll share some tips for animating a 3D camera. Finally I'll go over making the shots looks good. "

Create a Simple Car Rig with Element 3D! This technique will work well for almost any 3D vehicle model. Be sure you are using Element 3D V1.6

By Harry Frank: "CInema 4D has a couple ways of baking textures for your objects and this is one of them."

By Andrew Kramer/ Video Copilot: Use the new Metropolitan with Element 3D to create a realistic city title, Use Randomize Angle feature to distribute buildings into the scene

Post by Andrew Kramer/ Video Copilot: "In this tutorial we will create a realistic set extension for the surface of a far away alien planet. With the help of the Matte Painting challenge we will be compositing the background along with adding 3D rocks with Element 3D and pulling out the Roto Brush tool."

Check out this great new example and tutorial by Andrew Kramer at Video Copilot: “Here is another fun example using Element 3D with live action footage and 3D Camera tracking… for the explosion, I used some Action Essentials 2 along with some colored lights to create the fire illumination.

Post by Serge Mustu on Vimeo: “Here are some MoGraph like animations I’ve done with Element 3D (plugin from Video Copilot). I broke up the text inside of Cinema4D and imported the models into E3D.”

Video Copilot has a new tutorial out about how to use the replicator options in Element 3D.

New Video Copilot Element 3D Tutorials: Beyond the Basics: Everything you need to know to get started! Importing Objects & Building Materials: C4D tips, OBJ exporting and more!