You can add a static 3d object that reacts to camera movement in less than 5 minutes.Įach element 3d layer has up to 5 different “groups” that you can control. add a “solid” layer and drop element 3d on to it.Typical workflow to add a 3d object to video is this: Additionally there is a world mask that works great with lens flares so they are masked when the object is in front of the lens flare. You also have several rendering options such as fog, AO, and DOF. The 3d objects you add react to aftereffects lighting, so you can match the 3d object to your video lighting. While you have control over the position, rotation, and scale of your 3d object, you can also attach a 3d null to it which makes animating position, rotation, and scale a lot easier. The sphere would stay locked to the null position no matter how position, rotate or scale the cube (even when animated). An example of this might be importing a cube, attaching a 2d null to a corner of the cube, then parenting a sphere to the 2d null. You also have the ability to add 2d nulls (empties) to your imported 3d object and they attach themselves to the 3d model. For example if you have a car and make the body one material, the tires another, and the doors another, you can animate each separately.
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That being said, you can separate a mesh based on materials and manipulate each individual piece that way. For example, if you fracture a sphere, you can manipulate all the pieces together (scale, position and rotation), but can not take an individual piece and move that single piece. I must add though, you cannot manipulate individual meshes individually, you have to do it as a group. If you have multiple meshes it also allows you to manipulate the meshes. Element 3d accepts diffuse, specular and normal maps. Combined with the 3d Camera Tracker you can easily add 3d objects to video.
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Once in the layer you have the ability to replicate, rotate, scale, move, and place into an aftereffects scene.
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Combine that with the fact that very few post production and VFX teams use Blender and you kind of have to turn to different software.Įlement 3d is a VideoCopilot plugin for AfterEffects ($149.00) that lets you create 3d objects in Blender (or any 3d software that exports OBJ files) and insert them into a AfterEffects layer. With the 3d Camera Tracker you press a button. In Blender you have to set up track points, add a floor, camera, etc. While Blender can do just about everything the 3d Camera Tracker can do (some things better), the workflow is a lot more difficult in Blender. I was searching for a way to combine the AfterEffects 3d Camera Tracker with Blender.