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3D Falloff

3D Falloff is the subject of this new tutorial/preset that will give 3D layers a new dimension in After Effects.

The Falloff we are referring to is specifically distance falloff.  When a layer reaches a certain distance away from the camera, it begins to fade into the background the further away it gets. Many Video Games feature atmospheric effects that act as falloff for geometry that is far away and this occurs in real life too.  For example ,underwater objects and sea creatures can fade into the darkness as they descend  or a person can disappear into a snow storm only to emerge as the abominable snowman.

This new preset makes it easy to automatically calculate falloff based on a layers distance from the camera. There are many great settings like when to start and end the falloff as well as color and opacity settings.

In this video there are over 50 layers that react properly to the distance as the camera approaches. Keyframing this manually would take forever and if you change the camera the animation would have to be adjusted. More soon.

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BTW, the Pro Scores promo was not rendered with this preset but it is a good example to illustrate this effect, the tutorial will include several techniques as well.

53 RESPONSES TO “3D Falloff”

Nice teaser… :P

:D

mmmmm :rolling eyes:
Hi
There is nothing here !!!
in fact i can not see anything but the title !

I can’t see anything… =S

Lol, what ever it is, im excited about it.

get some sleep. lol.

relax guys, relax!

…mother of god…

HAHA.This Christmas VideoCopilot presents….
THE 3D Falloff

This blog seems to be lacking something. =P

Yeeehaw! It’s so great… wait a minute there’s nothing there. LOL :) ))

Sergey (Russia)

im here … lol

Andrew go to sleep men…
Don’t do that for us.
never mind , do it !!! keep going lol
We Love u men…
Brazil, Sao Paulo

Madona will be here this week yahoooo
i hate Madona lolol

Bad joke I guess…

you killed my cat with that one

Lovely andrew! Such a teaser thought.

Very nice, after another 28 hour stint on after effects it’s cool to see others burning the midnight oil. Buenos Nachos from old blighty ( I think madona’s from here now? ) Anywho, cup ‘o’ tea for me then bed, or more AE, I think my dreams have alpha channels now.

very nice andrew!!!

Hey Andrew!! Arent you tired? Well, here in Germany it is 1:22 pm but when I look at the comments I can see what time it is in the USA and i guess you are kidding us.
That shows how hard you try to satisfy us. Keep it up man hope you come up with a great tutorial about title scenes soon. (By the way i was happy when i heard about Pro Scores. I was thinking about your Products some months ago and tried to find out what we can expect next. I thought it would be great if you come up with some orchestra sounds and stuff like that. Sounds that are good to intensify a situation. And then I have seen the Promo and i felt crazy because I was thinking about that and you come up with it………..

thx for great tutorials Andrew,you amazing…
respect from mother Russia :>

Awesome Andrew

meow!

Yo Andrew, awesome idea!!!

BTW how is that blurry ring in the Pro Scores promo created? Is is possible that you create a tutorial covering some of the techniques used in the promo? Much appreciated.

Thanks

Yes I agree with Tony….Can you please make a Tutorial on how to make that blury colorful ring around the videocopilot title in the beginning

Hey Andrew, thanks for the preset. How is the rendering with this one? Will the falloff reduce the rendering time?

Very interesting.

Thanks,
Ryan

This is awesome! Great job

Dear me lookig good awesome. Mr.Kramer Idea is pretty

How did you get a camera to fly so close over the top of Sam’s hair–and all that dandruff–poor guy.

Silliness aside, this is a powerful tool for the box and I cannot wait! Thanks, AK.

Andrew,
BIG THANKS!!!!

Where’s Tahna? ;)

I feel for her in the supposed loss of her fiancé Sam… poor guy… We need a follow up ;)

i cant get the video to work!

nice video!

Can’t wait :)

Make sure you have the latest version of QuickTime.

Nice travelling in Sam’s hairs…

what I want to know is who’s greasy hair was used for the fly-through? can even see the dandruff floating all about!

:O

I think you’ll be surprised what that actually is… the tutorial will have all the info!

wow stuff coming soon, this will be awesome andrew, waiting deperately for the tut. thnx in advance. u r a genius. Regards —- Sandy

Looks great Andrew, especially when I pause the QT video and then use the slider to go through it slowly…very impressive!

What it actually is???? ….well, my guess would be that it is an image from the Evolution product line, one of the swirls, but rendered out using 3DSMax to give it the 3D effect….then duplicated hundreds of times over.

Love your TuT’s A.k .. And i loved the promo for Pro Scores.. And i will buy Pro Scores as fast, as i can.. xP

By the way, TnX for the preset and all TuT’s man ^^,

Andrew,
How is “falloff” different than the AE depth-of-field camera settings?
Seems to be the same result or very close to it.

Lou …

how to do that light at upper left DVD???
so cool^^

Coooooooooooooool
Thanks andrew
very useful preset

hey andrew.. does rendering out in quicktime lead to loss of quality as compared to the raw footage..
cause i see some pixelation. sometimes..

@Lou: the different is it renders much more faster.

@ASKry: Knoll Light Factory man.

haha, you probably won’t read this far down…but it reminds of in the Lion King when they are in the bones…yea…kind of classic…

btw, bought Pro Scores…feels so good…all warm and musical…thanks again!

Andrew! I totally agree! After making it I though, “what does this resemble?” I tried to find a reference pic to the wasteland but I couldn’t…

great stuff thanks for the presets and tutorial :)

Wow!Thanks Andrew

You’re the BEST

Ouch! 2142, bf2, COD no problem but rendering these latest tutorials is really taking a long time.

I need to get hold of CS4 and the put these GPU’s to work :s

gracias por los excelentes tutoriales
son importantes las estructuras, luego a trabajar la imaginacion

Thanks Andrew!
i think that the Skin Displacement is one of the
bests.

Leon.

by Distance Mariner

Andrew Kramer, you sir are nothin’ short of a champion. It’s great to watch tutorials that don’t bore me to tears or go straight over my head. This is just well explained good stuff. Just wonderin’ if you’ll be doin’ anymore 3DS Max tutorials, the “Trapped Inside” one was fantastic.

by Distance Mariner

Oh okay, you’ve loads of 3D tutorials! Sorry. I just got s excited!

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