Video Copilot Element 3D v2 is an advanced 3D object and particle render engine. High Performance After Effects™ Plug-in for creating Motion Design & Visual FX! Group Symmetry Creation Mode. Dynamic Group Folder Reflections. Matte Reflection Mode. Updated UI with speed improvements. Matte Shadow with Alpha Channel.REAL 3D OBJECTS!

- Import 3D Objects & Textures
- OBJ & C4D Formats
- Animation OBJ Sequences
- Textures: PNG, JPG, HDR, EXR

NEW: Automatic Texture Importing:
- OBJ with MTL
- C4D Files

Video Copilot Element 3D v2 Capabilities:
- 3D Rendering in After Effects
- Create Complex Animations
- Physically Based Materials
- 3D VFX and Motion Graphics
- 3D Particle Shapes
- Wireframe
- Sub Surface Scattering
- Shadows and AO

3D SHADOWS - SOFT SHADOWS AND AMBIENT OCCLUSION:

OPENGL Shadows: (Faster)
- Supports Spot Lights & Parralel Lights
- Soft Shadows for Spot Lights
- Up to 8K Map Resolution & Sample Quality
- Shadow range based on map size

IMPROVED SSAO: (Faster)
- New SSAO includes quality presets
- Tighter contact & SSAO Color Tint

Ray Trace Shadows & AO (slower)
- Supports All Light types
- Accurate Soft Shadows
- Renders slower & Requires more memory
- Ray Trace features require OpenCL GPU

Ray Traced AO: (Slower)
- Accurate contact edges
- Slower that SSAO

DISTORT YOUR 3D OBJECTS
- Multiple Distortion Noise Modes
- Advanced fractal settings
- Combine with transfer modes!

REDESIGNED INTERFACE - PRODUCTIVITY STARTS HERE:

FEATURES:
- New Group Folders
- Combine 3D Models in groups
- Transform objects inside
- High Quality preview with reflection
- New Texture Levels control

NEW PARAMETRIC OBJECTS
- Create Primitives objects
- Edit segments and size
- Use as Particle Replicator shape

BEVEL & EXTRUDE - CREATE INCREDIBLE 3D TEXT:

FEATURES
- Extrude Text & Mask Shapes
- Built-in Bevel Presets
- Animate Individual characters
- Multiple Bevels per Object

TRANSFER MODES & WIREFRAME MATERIALS:

WIREFRAME
- Control wireframe settings per material
- Great for UI design or HUD graphics

MATERIAL TRANSFER MODE
- Set materials to ADD or SCREEN
- Composite Smoke and fire with ease
- Objects blend in 3D Space

Release Notes
After Effects 2022 Ready!
The new version of After Effects features Multi-Frame Rendering, which allows AE to render multiple frames at the same time to speed up rendering!

UI Scaling for Element 3D & Optical Flares:
We’ve added support for larger scaling when using the UI on 4K monitors!

MFR Performance Benefits:
Plug-ins that rely on your CPU will be even faster now that AE can start rendering multiple frames on all your processor cores! The new render pipeline is more intelligent than previous methods since it shares memory and distributes tasks dynamically for better performance. Another big improvement is GPU focused plug-ins like Element 3D and Optical Flares that already take advantage of your Graphics Card will NOT hold back your CPU from processing heavy tasks like Keying & Motion Blur so your projects will render even FASTER!


Supported Systems:
- After Effects CS5, CS6, CC
- Windows 7 SP1 & up

Image Formats:
- HDR
- EXR
- DDS
- JPEG 8-bit
- PNG 8-bit 16-bit
- After Effects layers can be used up to 32bpc

3D File Formats:
- OBJ
- C4D R12 & up

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