3D MODELS
I know workflow tutorials and tips aren’t as fun as blowing up a speed boat as it flies off a building but they can be very useful when you are working on a movie called Speed 3: Air Force One. Which is still in development, no stars attached… yet. In any case I wanted to promote a few useful scripts that are available for After Effects.
Great tool for duplicating a comp and all of the pre-comps to make an independent comp for experimenting or building graphics based on a single design. The great thing is how easy it works, just select a comp you want to duplicate and the script makes copies of all the dependencies within.
This script is actually similar and better than our the Trim Compose script we just released and if I knew about it 2 months ago, I probably would have used it instead. Basically it gives you some cool ways to pre-compose layers, including a batch option for multiple selected layers.
This script is pretty insane, especially if you have a decent computer. It allows you to render stuff without having to stop working in AE. Check out the help info to see how it might fit into your workflow. If you find yourself, staring at a progress bar all day, this might be helpful. Unless you want to stare at them… in which case you shouldn’t be reading this.
Another option-based pre-compose script that let’s you decide what stays in the current comp and what goes through to the pre-comp. If you ever thought about leaving the transform settings but moving the masks or whatever, this gives you the options.
This script actually is hard to explain. But the way I understand it, is that it Saves a Comp as a Project 
AE3D Export Camera from AE to 3D
This script exports the AE camera into a variety of formats for your 3D program. This allows you to match camera information for better integration. Check out the 3D ledge tutorial for some tips.
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Awesome work Andrew, keep it up! Looking forward to what you have in the coming weeks
Cool. Thank you!
Thanks Andrew.
Very useful stuff.
will be looking those up for sure thx
Well now we know what movie it is! yay! Andrew What do you think of Blender 2.5x?
yeah – like it, thanks a lot andrew!
Thanks AK, it’s always cool when you post stuff to make artists’ lives easier.
These are very exciting, thank you!
Thanks Andrew………but i was wondering about something in canon blog show but i got nothing back…………i ordered canon but i heard that carry some technical problems….so i bought Panasonic sdr-s45 …..is that good? you know good quality for green screen…i need
Finally Kramer found Ae scripts
Andrew for president!
I Agree. Andrew for president!
But really he is great, I learned how to use After Effects through his tutorials. Thanks Andrew!!!
Very useful stuff.
Thank u so much Andrew!
Sweeeeet!! So helpful. Thanks for all the great stuff you post.
Ts, ts …
If Ae Scripts would not exist, many Ae Artist would sit in the fire.
Adobe is so lame on Ae and they still build that Application on old code … so terribly lame and expenisve.
Are there any free network render scripts out there?
Great roundup!
A couple more scripts i use daily, and highly recommend:
Reposition Anchor Point:
Reposition the anchor point of any type of object in Ae! I use this one when i’ve already animated an object, or when the ‘pan behind tool’ won’t do the job for me!
http://aescripts.com/repositionanchorpoint/
Ease and Wizz:
For when you have a motion graphics job with an extremely tight deadline! Check out the Video, this is an really cool script!
http://aescripts.com/ease-and-wizz/
Exactly the two scripts I was about to recommend
This is a powerful set of time savers. I know you guys do a great job with products, but this is such a cool thing to release. I have to try out the BG Renderer. Wow. That’s impressive and I hope you guys keep up the level of work that you have provided here, as a great example. Interesting export AE Camera to 3d, I might be using a 3d program for rotating around an architectural model soon for a project. Also excited about the Smart Precomposer, I love experimenting with AE and this tool seems versatile. Once again, you guys did a great job and I couldn’t be more impressed. Thanks for the tools.
really Useful Sir…..
Thank you very much
These Are really useful……
Thanks Andrew….
Freakin awesome, cheers mate!
Great! Thanks
When it rains it pours. Haven’t heard from you in a while,and than all of a sudden, all these goodies. Thanks :^)
Great stuff … Now get back to blowing up a speed boat as it flies off a building.
Very useful, great!
Thank you so much Andrew.
Thanks Andrew.
Very useful stuff.
great thank you sir!
any word on CS5.5, maybe little review from the king Andrew ?
So, I use the “True Comp Duplicator” on a comp (lets say MASTER_COMP) and it has several sub-comps with their own comps inside of them, does it copy everything?
So if I would start working on “MASTER_COMP_2″ and change a comp inside that comp, the original MASTER_COMP and its sub-comps would not be affected?
Thats a lot of comps there, haha.
That is correct, it will make a copy of the entire hierarchy. Will save you a lot of time when you need to make versions of a deeply nested comp. That is a lot of comps but thankfully with the script it’s not a lot of work
Awensome as always!!!!!!
Thank all of you in VC. We really appreciate your work and help. Take care.
Sounds fantastic! One question – will this work for AE7?
Hi Andrew !
Thoses Scripts are great, especially when you open them and try to understand how it works =)
I have a question. I’m often working in 3D with 3DSmax, and recently I used your preset Sure Target 2, which is a very helpful preset. But the problem is that it creates “moving” information on a null object, not on the camera. So when I tried to import my camera path into 3DSmax with a similar script than you’re offering here, it worked but the camera, unanimated, didn’t work properly, cause of no information of mouvement.
So my question is the following one : how, with Sure Target, can I transform the “moving” information of my null object into “moving” information for my camera that will be used in 3DSmax after exporting ?
Thanks by advance for reading, and “bonne continuation !” as we say in french =P
You rock Andrew =)
Have you tried baking the camera?
Sure Target has this feature located at the bottom – it will take a while, and create a camera with a lot of keys, but I guess it would work in 3ds max
Oh that’s true !!
Thanks a lot man, maybe it’s gonna work ! I’ll try this tonight and see if it can save my project, thank you a lot anyway =)
Np. hope it works
Can you make a tutorial of how to create this 3D titles with this super-mega colors?
Haha great! By the way Andrew, did you create the article image in 3d just for this?
great inspiring tutorials can u suggest tutorials for adding sound effects to AE projects
Thanks, you safe my life! really helpful
thank’s andrewww !!
thank’s for all this scripts !!
see, now you’r doing it right. sharing you’r knowledge on a regular basis, instead of a few blog posts every 2 week or so.
if ppl were able to come here every week and expect new content, it would help you’r site grow.
at the moment, i’m willing to guess the majority of you’r visitors comes when a new tutorial is released -roughly around 1 each month.
The most awesome thing in that is the 3D image. I wish I could get my 3D text to look as good as this one!!!
Anyway, thanks a lot for sharing those scripts it will make people save a lot of time!!
Try out Blender for your 3D text. There are tons of tutorials on YouTube and on Blender’s site to get you started with it.
http://www.blender.org
I heard about a new program called “ND video editor” and something about “forget after affects” and “now final cutters will cry” in the propaganda.
:/
I can’t found the link
so good
I think I would use this
Hi.
That’s Cool.
Thanks Andrew.
I’m sure most of you already know, but you can render individual comps from AE in Adobe Media Encoder. So, in a sense, it acts as a background renderer. Just point it to the AE project and it will allow you to select a comp(s) from within your project. Sorry if this is common knowledge. Just thought I’d let everyone know.
Hey thanks! This is very useful!!
The save comp as project seems extremely useful, wow!
Hey Andrew,
you could make video TUTORIAL like this
We want to see you man.
Think about it
See ya
Hey Andrew,
you could make video TUTORIAL like this
We want to see you man.
Think about it
See ya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n586MmN44EA&feature=player_embedded#at=38
not really
Do you really think AK should change his hairdresser?
(bad) Joke off.
AK’s tutorials exactly have what a perfect Tutorials needs:
Teaching us in an efficient way, that’s his Strength.
I’ve never seen more tought-out Tutorials, so fluffy presented.
That’s the real great Job of AK and exactly that should be honored.
my two cents.
sincerely
Mirko
I got juice all over my pc because of the save project as a comp script!!
haha… Andrew youre the best!
The last one is most useful.
There’s a free plugin called UNCROP… works like motion tile, but try to create the lost part of an image, it sounds impossible but works fine.
Don’t know if it runs in adobe products :/
A.K., Thank you so much for being the Mother Teresa of the AE People.
M.
AWESOME Now my only question is, is the script in the graphic just an “s” you extruded.
Cool !!! .. Thanks for sharing it Mr. Kramer
Very Great!
it’s help ME!!! … A lot
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BUT
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i don’t know what can i say?
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…i am Sorry.
Workflow isn’t boring, everything you write about is interesting and usefull, I want to see more tutorials about workflows, this helps alot man! Thank you Andrew!
Thanks a lot man
Andrew, you have done me a GREAT justice!!! Thank you!
I just wanted to throw a comment down. Thanks for finding these. You are a man of your trade. Now excuse me. I just popped in to grab something from the Medical Zoom tutorial.
These are incredibly helpful scripts! Thank you!
Good, thank you!
I don’t care what people say work flow tutorials and tips are the best! I think for the intermediate user looking to step up their game these are where it’s at. Thanks for posting these.
Really awesome thank ya andrew!
Hope ya’ll come up with a new blog show soon its great to learn and be entertained at the same time!
awesome scripts!! all of my success is because of you! we’re doing a new demon movie and i think that this will really help! click on my name and check out the blog for details, oh, and comment!
True Comp Duplicator = key to life.
relly all there is in this page is amazing, Iam university and would like to knw the career that made Andrew Kramer. please
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anybody knw?
I want follow in his footsteps
Awesome! I’m glad to see aescripts.com stuffs here on videocopilot! Keep together guys and continue to bombing us, ae users, with free and cheap stuffs
i would like to invite all of you to my channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/khentrocks?feature=mhee
oh yeah!! still the best mr.kramer! I’m impatient about your great project you’re working on! greetings from France!
Hey Andrew, check this out. REAL LIFE!
http://www.wimp.com/particleanimation/
Thanks a bunch dude. As a professional vfx artist, these scripts will go nicely with my others. Any way to make a project more efficient is worth loads.
okay…. I love VC and am/was super excited about there upcoming projects…..but when are we going to see something? I understand the AK is mega talented and his talent is getting him projects for motion pictures, but I am starting to forget about VC.
Is this the beginning of the end of VC?
I feel the same
Yeah its very quiet around here lately, even in the comments section there seems to be fewer people each time. But I know one thing for sure, that the video copilot team is working hard a some new stuff. Andrew mentioned that a short while ago. They hired sound designers, 3D modelers and some PR people, (I think) and knowing Andrew, everything will have the quality that video copilot produces… I think he also mentioned that they are working on more than 1 plugin. Now imagine all the epic demo videos he has to make for those plugins, The tutorials that accompany the plugins as well and so forth. Obviously waiting sucks but I’m happy to wait and see what’s next from these guys.
Agreed. I’m a web analyst by trade, and every sign points to a diminishing audience as a result of the lag between posts. Even a quick tip or trick would do a lot to hold the audience. This post was part of a flurry of activity around May 4th, and then *crickets.*
Don’t get me wrong, I love VC and have been a follower for years. I also know that AK is in high demand which is awesome for him, but sucks for VC Fans. A vid here and there of some behind the scenes stuff would be awesome. It would definitely keep the hype going.
I still think this site rocks and AK is still the top dawg when it come to tutorials, nobody is as good at keeping a tutorial fun and entertaining as he is. AK if your reading this, your still the man!……. But a release date would be nice.
Omg, Toby Turner just mentioned Video Copilot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLjzpBXOxcc
Thank you very much for the info Andrew…
It would be amazing to see a tutorial about Linear and Logarithmic workflows with ‘film out’ in mind… there are a few on the web, but all af them are quite confusing…
thanx again….
I know about Super 8
What do you mean?
hi . i love videocopilot.net :-*
this is amazing on the single “JOHN” by lil wayne ft rick ross there is some elements of action essentials 2!!!and the video is pretty good!u’re a genius kramer!!!!!
Thanks for this pack!
Oh My Frigging Goat!
They look sweet all of them. I don’t know how many times I’ve virtually torn my hair out making duplicates of comps and accidently working on the original nested comps.
You guys are saints!
hai,i live in china.I looks your tutorial.I looks amazing.Thanks a lot.
http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2007/04/22/exporting-camera-data-from-after-effects-to-cinema-4d/
Found this Gem the other day…. converts your AE cam to C4D… you can find the link to download somwheres on that page
You know what i like most about videocopilot ?? is that people here really wants to help and it’s not just a website for money.
Thanks a ton for these useful scripts.
Does any one know why the Ae scripts site is down. I really need that true comp duplicator scripts but the site isn’t working…
ae3d doesnt seems to be working anymore to export to maya!!!