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Posted at 1:19 pm on July 5th, 2011 by Andrew Kramer
I want to thank everyone for their patience as we get closer to launching our new Plug-in Element. I know there are many questions about the plug-in and I expect many more after watching this video.
With this short demo, I want people to get a sense of the plug-in and what kind of speed and quality to expect since this was our primary goal from the beginning; To offer 3D quality at the speed you expect when using After Effects.
There is still tons of cool features to demonstrate so believe me when I say, “You haven’t seen anything yet!” The price and availability are still undetermined but it will definitively be competitively priced as well as offer unrivaled value and powerful 3D features.
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This is looking cool !!
Andrew you never sease to amaze me. You have outdone all ur AAE rival website by creating an awesome plugin like Element. Well done on all your hard work. I check every day twice a day for updates and todays payday for me cause i caught a peek at whats in store! Can’t wait to buy it!
YES…ELEMENT looks great!
Would be good, if the individual 3D were objects transparency… If you can see Objects in the background
through the front objects.
Oh man. Very bad “english” ;O) Sorry guys.
Wow, this is what we have been waiting for, looks amazing, will you be able to apply textures to the 3D objects.
Wow!!! I also can’t wait to buy it. That’s an amazing plug-in!!!
Great plug-in! I’am italian fan and I can not wait to buy it!!!
Really just really amazing, very good job for those programers
Amazing, I can’t wait for the release !
My piggy bank is soon to be smashed!
hey not yet ………… let see later wt it is
hey Andrew i am from India and wanna get training in your studio…….please suggest me the next step ……and one thing more– “you r just like god of vfx for the people like us” it’s true.
very cute plugin and andrew is master for us his tut.. is very use full to everybody and my team learn this kind of effets only from andrew we are very proud to andrew thanks , thanks a lot
What date will this plug-in be released?
Holy oh my god! Why haven’t you released this bad boy? This is better than all Red Giant’s plugins put together. Andrew Kramer (and CO) you are a genius. This is going to be the coolest plugin ever. Could you make a version without the dependence of a good graphics card as well. Could you please add a graphic card check to the installer?
When are you going to release this bad boy? Element is going to be the most awesome plugin of all. It seems better than all the Red Giant plugins put together. Could you make it with some kind of graphics card checker and a version were you don’t need a really good graphic card?
WHEN DOES ELEMENT COME OUT!!!!!!!! Really need it NOW!!!!!!
This is FREAKIN’ AWSOME…
thnk you Andrew. You really helpt me for going into this whole 3D and animation world. Although you make tutorials for After Effects, I went further and came by 3Ds Max, but now I’m learning Maya. So thank you. I really hope I become as succesful as you are now!
Chris
This looks good, Thanks AK
AWESOME!!! You are the best man!
awesome i m wanna buy this with the new cameratracker hope this plug is cheap
It’s really cool! Thank you for your work!
I’ve been looking forward to this, Video Copilot are just brilliant. Thanks, guys. Spending money with you is a pleasure…!!
That looks stunning!
Mutha FWaka that’s AWSOME ! ! !
AWESOME!! Looks nice!
Well done Andrew! Awesome as usual.
Want, want, want!
Looking amazing as per usual. Fantastic work!
Really great job Andrew.
Should save a lot of time.
Will Element be easily integrated with live action footage so we can create explosions and debris that react to our scene?
AWESOME! CAN’T WAIT TO GET IT!
Simply awesome!
Can’t wait for the next preview: this product could seriously change the visual effects, or at least the heaviness of 3d integration.
seriously: looks amazing.
I had an vfxgasm watching this
Haha!
I am lost for words… Literally speechless
I want to make love to those water dropplets. Great stuff as usual AK.
Maybe you could start off slowly by taking my bathroom tap out to the movies?
Wow, reflections, fresnel, refraction, material options?! This is mad insane, especially for After Effects! Definitely buying it the first day it’s released.
Bravo! This is amazing!
o my god
this would save me a lot of time.
first i was making a lot of water drops each one different.
and here it will be lots easier
THANK YOU ANDREW!!!!!
That is incredible. Adrew you are a BEAST! I can already imagine the possibilities of this plugin. Will it be possible to do thinks like camera projections onto the 3D elements?
This looks awesome. Can it bounce already on a solid or is that already too much asked. None the less impressive already and really worthy of buying. You never seem to fail in creating things that are actually useful instead of some crap programs and plugins that’re out there. Can’t wait to see more presentations.
This is so awesome!! Cant wait for it
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awesome. saves a lot money cuz i don’t have to buy a expensive 3D Program. great!
Very impressive.
I was originally quite skeptical that this would not be too much of a leap forward from Particular or Illusion, but this is really quite original. I am very excited to see the full capabilities of this plugin.
WoW, Andrew!!!
I’m sppechless!!!
It looks sooo freakin awesome!!!
Wow!! Looking good so far Andrew!
Looking forward to more demos.
That is simply amazing! Especially the material settings. And using the GPU that’s just beyond smart. I actually had a jawdrop while watching this…
This is just sick, man.
ABSOLUTELY MINDBLOWING.
This is an amazing breakthrough.
FREAKING AWESOME DUDE! CAN’T WAIT FOR IT!!!!
Frakkin Amazing. The performance using OpenGL is mindblowing. Quick question: Will it have option to import custom geometry?
Awesome, looks realy nice – cant wait to set up a scene like that in after effects with a few simple adjustments.
Youre the man!
incredible! you kept it up
Dumbstruck. What is the… with the… and… so amazing.
I have my credit card out. ETA, please oh please?
This plug-in is very exciting!!
Thank you, Andrew!
hi andrew, will it come out for Mac/PC or both?
i hope its for Mac
OH MY GOD! This looks bloody amazing!
Wow.
I love working in Cinema 4D and everything you can do with Thinking Particles in there. Render times though, ouch. I’m in the middle of a project right now where Element would save some serious time just from what I’ve seen so far.
I’d love to see the Element particles be able to react to Dynamics, but that’s probably too much to ask for a V.1 release. Ha ha. It would be great to incorporate something like that in the future though.
Spectacular job on developing this plugin. It is truly groundbreaking.
Collision detection, gravity, wind and turbulence would be awesome additions wouldn’t they!?!
Wow! Speechless, this is definately going to change the way people think and work in AE! I’d like to see a video working with text and all the possibilities using text with this plug-in. the only thing that is going to scare me about this plug-in is the price! But no matter what it costs….its mine, all mine. More great news to break to the wife, lol.
ANDREW SENKIU FOR EVRITHING, VERY NAIS VOIC, PLEASE SEND PUT PHOTO OF YU
I love you man, really. I do
Tears of Joy
I’m just getting to plugins programming and this is just an inspiration
I’m really exited and can’t wait for the final release of Element! I can already see some the amazing possibilities this has and this was barley scratching the surface from what I gathered.
Thank you Andrew and everyone else at VCP. The work you do makes life easier for us. I’ll definitely be purchasing this since I don’t have access to the expensive 3D Software for this kind of Motion Graphics work.
Oh my god Andrew. This is incredible.
This is amazing! Can’t wait to get my hands on it! Great job as usual guys!
Are you serious? Mr. Kramer, you are reinventing the wheel. Real 3D mesh customization in After Effects? Real-time rendering at high-speed, of 3D objects? 3D fog?
Pardon me, but this is amazing. You cannot use the plug-in without OpenGL? Who the hell cares!!!!
Again, sorry, but this is simply fantastic.
Please take your time but put it on the market.. soon.
impresionante!!!!….i follow your blog so long ago, and you always have new tolls and surprises!!!…. fenomeno!!!!
Soo coool MAN !
WOW! JUST AMAZING!!
Andrew you are taking AE to the next level every time you release a plug in!
This is awesome i can’t wait to see more from this plug-in and for sure i will be getting it as soon as it comes out. I am curious about the render time when exporting it. Also about the anti-aliasing.
This is amazing wow!
very excited!!!
Wow!! I mean WOW!!
This looks like it will soon be an essential tool for the kit.
Actually, ALL of the Video Copilot tools are essential.
Wow, I mean Just wow, I just finished watching the demo, I feel like I can give up Pflow, very very good. Waiting till you discuss collisions and stuff. Amazing. Good work
Love dat watery Effect , so easy
Looking forward to more
It seems like everyone is breaking new ground with plugs for AE these days. LOoks amazing!!! I wonder if it will be able to tie to a Newton simulation? They say they had success with it and Particular so I imagine it wont be hard with this. Congrats on this beastly plug-in!
Wow! I can’t wait to purchase this plugin. The possibilities with this plugin are endless..OBJ import and 3D lighting with AE lights..not to mention works with motion blur…this plugin will be at the top of the list of purchases on the next series I work on. Thank you VC.
al guien que descarge camera tracker y nos pase atodos jejejejejjejejje
WOW! But wait…. you can’t create whichever figure you want, can you?
If not…. STILL GREAT!!!
This plug in is so AWESOME I am getting very excited !!
This is unbelievable, WOW! Will this Be CS4 32bit compatible & have collision detection built in?
Just watched the video again….uh…did that say RF_liquid_01 in the list of objects…seriously if this plugin imports Realflow meshes/particles into AE I’m going to run out into the streets and tell everyone and their dog about this plugin…seriously. I will even post it to youtube. Just sayin…that is EPIC!!!!!
What ?!?!, I didn’t see no RF_liquid whatever, RealFlow meshes is a sequence of OBJ’s aint it ?.
Fair question, I noticed that as well.
Does it read obj sequences?
Only single meshes are supported, not sequences. But you can use multiple mesh instances instead of the same 1 for all.
Thanks for the clarification Andrew. Can’t wait to test it out with some RF meshes when it’s released.
Hi Andrew,
I hope you release this plugin soon. I can’t wait to let my creativity spark and use it with Optical Flares to see how they go together regarding reflection etc.
Working on a music video that could use some amazing elements like this.
IMPRESSIVE!
Very, VERY cool. This is something that AE really NEEDS!
Though, not for my outdated GPU, sadly!
Cant wait for the next Demonstration of Element!
Great Job man!!!
HECK YES!!!! THAT’S SO AWESOME!!! That’s so sick dude. Can’t wait to have it!
Wow!!! My brain is on fire just imagining what I will do with this plugin!
Great job guys!!
This is looking pretty cool, and the possibilities are endless.
I just have to pray that this plug-in is priced similarly to say the Lens Flare generator ($100) rather than Particular or Camera Tracker ($400 toomuchformetoafford)
Yo Brian! Well, it is a little early to tell about price and I should probably keep quiet. However, this plug-in constitutes a major leap forward beyond Optical Flares which currently costs $125 but our goal is to keep the plug-in as affordable as possible. I don’t expect it to be anywhere near $300-400 like some other plug-ins out there…
Sold! I had already got an estimate of $400 approved on the budget for this plug-in, so this is Great news. And the demo looks Epic!
Also, your 30% sale is great! I’ve passed on the word. I’ll have to buy some VC hats and shirts since I already got your ultimate bundle. Happy to support your crew. Keep up the great work
It sounds as though you’re going to be pricing it very well. It’s WAY more complex that the Lens Flare plugin (especially as it seems to offer a particle system as well as a faux 3D programme) but I guess if it’s over $400 you begin to ask yourself how often you actually need on the fly water droplets spinning around a room
What I really love about it is it’s on-the-fly speed. It takes so long to tweak and mess around with this stuff in a 3D programme. I’ll be getting better results much faster with this badboy – if for no other reason than it won’t take days of rendering to get the look I’m after.
well, if you have an installment plan of $20 a week then I can probably buy it. lol
I WANT IT! I WANT IT ! I WANT IT!!!
I don’t know how yet, but I’ll handle the money!!! This is so awesome, can’t stand the rendering in 3D pgms. No matter how powerful your machine is, you still need to wait for ages when you go into particles.
Real 3D in AE it`s great! Awesome Plug in!! i can`t wait to try it!
That’s looking amazingly fantastic.
Wow, I really can’t wait for this.
As you said, I’ve already started thinking of the possibilities.
Very cool…
I am very disappointed though by the fact that the motion blur, depth of field and fog parameters don’t have options for being controlled by other layers (i.e. gradients, velocity pass, z pass, etc.)
Future feature?…
Congrats anyway.
Hey Todd,
I’m not sure how that would work actually. What would the layer maps control for example? The plug-in already has real Fog, DOF and motion blur. What is the benefit of to using image passes to control them? DOF can be controlled by camera settings, motion blur has samples and shutter options and fog has depth falloff control. Maybe I’m missing your suggestion. Thanks.
Also,
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Am I wrong or does each particle not show the reflection or refraction of the others?
Does the refraction distortion amount equal an actual IOR?
I think it would help with integration…
If I already have these passes rendering out with a sequence from 3ds Max then I wouldn’t have to try and match them with Element.
I could just tell element to get the info from the pass; it can still be done as you have the plugin now but would take more tweaking.
Not sure how much work it would be to add the feature to the plugin but it’d be worth it to me.
That would be raytracing. That would kill both CPU and GPU. That would need some separate library – openGL does not have functions to allow this, nor does direct3D. It would be too good to have reflections and refractions of other particles, but have it this way. This is a fast plug-in which looks cool. If you see you can’t achieve the expected result with it, you can always jump into 3d and use a real particle system like pflow or thinking particles. Considering AE is mostly used for motion graphics, I’m sure in at least 75% of the cases you won’t see the need for this.
Oh. My. Goodness.
I saw this on my phone and watched the entire video then as soon as I got home I watched it again on a real monitor. This is mind blowing stuff! I seriously can not wait until this is released. Or at least until you tell us more about it!!!
this will be interesting to play with what i’m wondering is 1 can it be used to like say you wanted to do your 3d motion tracking in after effects and you made a model in say 3ds max or blender could you do that. I am also worried about the price it seams it would be expensive how much would it be i think it should be around 100-150
as always.. Excelent men..
=]
Brilliant! This is spectacular!
So utterly amazing, it’s not possible to describe how awesome the Video Copilot team is and we all thank you SO much for the hard work you put into this. Question: Will the particle be able to react to each other? I noticed several times the particles pass though each other, can you make them bounce off each other instead?
So you have to have a 3D rendering program to use this? IF so, i’m out. I can’t make anything 3D to save my life.
Hey Tyler,actually the shipping product will have many useful 3D objects built-in and the plug-in can use image or video textures as atoms instead of 3D objects for added possibilities.
If you do get into 3D in the future, that will open up a lot of creative possibilities as well. Good luck!
Thanks Andrew, i’ve bought all of your other plug-ins and I knew I wouldn’t be dissapointed with this one! Talk about making it easy, hahah.
Tyler, I encourage you to try Blender. You can create 3d objects very easy and it’s easy to use. It does consume time used on AE but it’s been great working with both programs.
Waw !!! incroyable !!!!!!!!!
Mr. Andrew
Can i ask what is the model of hardware (like: core, graphic card, RAM) you used in this video ? Because i am considering to buy a new pc.
awesome plugin again, thanks
Mine is a bit older, so I would check out the new geforce series. I’ve heard good things about the 500 series, there are a few good ones depending on your price range.
can’t wait for my new quadro 4000 to arrive. i’d check out the gtx 580 or 480. and since this is a gpu intensive plug-in, i’m sure you won’t have problems with the CPU nor the ram (assuming you have at least 8 and you’re running 64 bit)
very great job. i cant wait until i use it. keep moving forward. wish for u more success.
I need this in my life! What is the projected release date? When I saw the tutorials, I was hoping it would out already and I could go buy it. You sir and your team or incredible. Congrats to you all!
Wow that is stunning. REAL TIME 3D rendering! No shadows yet though right?
Andrew you’re always the best
Thanks from Italy
i cant say anything just amazing
Great, as always (and this time, even greater). That’s pure innovation. Some real 3D in After Effects is something we haven’t seen before and I think it’s the coolest idea of 2011.
i have two questions about that….
firstly….is that has mesh editing like vertex editing or something so i can change it on my own?
…………
secondly……can i add my own texture to it…like wood , metal texture ..something like that?
Meatballs, Eighties, Jello, Dragon Dice – this plug-in is really nice! Fist pump, oh yeahaha!
I’ve pretty much purchased every product VCP offers. I plan on owning the rest with your summer 30% coupon. Any chance Element will be out in the next 9 days?!?!? LOL
Andrew Kramer the AE RockStar!!!!
Amazing, I cannot wait to play with this! You do amazing work, thanks!
So.. with this plugin creating still motions should be easy right… like rain or water splashes…??
MASTER! I hope you understand! Do not speak english and i asked a friend the translation of these humble words … The product “element 3D” is only for CS5? I expect an answer from your part …. a big hug from URUGUAY “a little nook in latin america”!!!
We will offer 32-bit and 64-bit support including CS3, CS4 and CS5! And of course Mac and Windows.
Honestly, I am really disappointed and upset. You seem to have created a plugin so powerful that it could take over the entire planet if it decided to. You doomed all of us. Way to go.
Seriously, though, this looks amazing. Great work.
Hey Andrew!
As a vfx artist here im pretty impressed about this plug-in. the pre-rendering is great along with the HDR reflections. The material options is a great feature to it aswell. I may have two questions about this plugin.
1. Does element feature a deflector effect so the particles dont cross each others meshes? Such as “bounce” effect on Particular.
2. Does element have a deformation if the meshes would hit the ground so it shatters or creates a splash?
Im really excited for this plugin, cant wait to purchase it no matter what the price is.
Alldin,
Those really are great questions. I didn’t even know about bounce in Particular.
But on your two questions, very good and I’d be interested in whether or not they bounced off one another if they hit or if they deformed some upon hitting the ground (or each other).
Sure looks fantastic though.
Holy Sh… this is unbelievable!!! It will totally change lhe way we work in AFX. It will be one of those “i can’t life without it anymore”-plug ins. In the near future every AFX workstation will have it!
I’ll bet this would run ridiculously fast on my overclocked GTX 560 Ti.
I can’t wait, Andrew. My dearest chap; you have essentially redefined the boundaries of After Effects and what it can do.
Wow! Crazy crazy crazy. You should stop giving me excuses not to learn other VFX programs, like true 3D programs. But did I read that you can import other 3D elements into Element? Then I take it back.
I didn’t watch the whole video yet, but am totally impressed already.
Holy crap that amazing!!!! WOWOWOWOWOw andrew u are awesome!!!!! this is freakin incredible!!
Hey Andrew!
Im very impressed!
I cant imagine how much time that will be saved with help of this plugin and create some stunning FX through AE with the quick rendering rather than through 3Ds.
Love to see more of it! =D
This is absolutely brilliant! Whatever you set the price point to, it won’t matter as people including me will jump on this thing like flies drawn to sugar because there’s nothing out there that’s even remotely close to what you and your team have come up with. Bravo gents!
Hi… AK, Which 3D App do you would like to use?
Andew, I’ve gotta say: this is fu**ing awesome.
Killer stuff bro. Now i’m no longer embarrassed about giving you that hj in high school.
wow! this is the bridge between 2.5 to 3d for after effects thats great man
Ok here’s the real question… Does it have built in support to attach a lens flare to each particle? :p
just kiddin. looks sweet! getting excited about this!
hi Andrew.
can we use this plug in to make a broken glass element.
like the tutorial that u made with sam inside the car using 3ds max??
Looks really awesome and the fact that it’s fast just makes it that much better.
One thing I did notice though is there are no shadows? All that fancy lighting but no self shadows? And the reflections don’t reflect the particles? not even once? Never the less still really awesome.
3D rendering in AE! A dream come true!
Wow… this will change everything for those of us that know AE but not true 3D programs…
I can’t wait!
Andrew – any chance you’ll be able to take all the awesome 3D tech you’ve injected into AE and put it into a text generator of some sort?
This looks like a lot of fun! So many possibilities. You guys are doing amazing things!
-Simon
Very promising new plug-in. I look forward to it’s release.
I noticed a “text” option for the model shape!!! Does this mean we can finally create REAL 3D text in After Effects?! That would be an incredible feature compared to all the work-arounds of stacking layers, etc. With the plug-in’s ability to reflect light, the manipulation of 3D text is almost mind boggling! I can not wait.
That would be huge.
Also, is this an attempt to push into compositing territory that Nuke or Fusion currently dominate– without the nodes? I would like to see a more robust application that would allow me to potentially re-create effects presented in said programs.
If someone would have showed me a video of your examples without the explanation video, and said “I created the 3D in AE” I would have called them a liar. That demo was incredible and the speeds on full quality HD render… untouchable. Amazing work VC team. Will purchase when I can.
Man… first comment ever on your website, but I had to say : WOW !!!
(and if I could write it bigger I would…)
You guys just blew me away just when I thought your stuff was starting to look a bit the same, Don’t get me wrong I love your products and stuff, but THIS IS MASIVE !!!
This plugin looks like a lot of fun! But so far it seems like a really specialized/niche product. But that’s just so far, I’d like to see what the other capabilities are besides particle blobs!
I really dont know what to say i love cinema 4d and real flow but this plugin will save so much time i want it like right now bu ti want to know if i make a 3d object in cinema will i be able to use the object itself instead of it becoming a particle like object i.e 3d text will the text remain what it is or will the plug in do freaky things with it? i may be asking this wrong but any who i want it bad real bad GOOD FREAKIN WORK need an apprentice im game
You, sir, have created a whole new world for after effects!!!
Awesome plug-in Andrew and Team. I’m definitely going to buy it as soon as it’s available. I do hope you also spent time making it hacker proof though.
I AM SPEECHLESS!!! This is 21st century stuff!!! Thank you for your hard work and smart ideas.
Andrew, you always seem to amaze me, its like watching a young bill gates at work.
Hi AK, I’ve always been a big fan of you! Thank you for the knowledge you’ve shared to the world! But I have a serious question here, is it possible to have environmental mappings in this plug-in? like map a HDRI image and so the materials in this plug-in reflects the image weather if its raytraced or so. Reason being if yes, it will look freaking awesome when merged with live action footage. I really hope that this is possible in after effects, it will be a great help!
I like the part where it is FREAKEN AMAZING!
shgvzdkvninnknvb… Sorry, my jaw dropped and hit the keyboard when I watched this video.
This plug-in looks amazing!
This is really going to change the world of motion Graphics!!!
Adobe shuld remove freeform and “Bundle” element for CS6 (LOL).
“…One giant leap for VFX”
Ooooooohhhh my god!!!
Andrew, it’s a really huge plug-in! Really fantastic…
Thanks for that!
Hey Andrew
Can we do something similar to the liquid particles in the FRINGE intro using the element or we have to use cinema4d or 3dmax to create them ?
and what is the minimum requirement(process, RAM,…) so the plugin will function at high speed ?
HI Andhrew, Is the Element rendering have raytrace lighting for the particles
Is it possible to render out the element with reflection/refraction but without the environment background? Means with alpha channel?
Yes. In fact that is the way Element works. The background was created separately and is not generated by Element.
Awesome Work!
Any chance of Elements for Nuke ?
It would be possible to do something like the 3d glass shatter time freeze-thingy right?
Looks really awesome! Looking forward to the release!!!
This looks great, and is truly groundbreaking for after effects! I can’t wait for it’s release, is there a set date or is it a suprise?
OMG! you’re going to do with trapcode particular the same thing you did with knoll light factory!
Thats look so sick, awesome.
Hey!!! Andrew congrats on this great plugin….i’m really looking forward to buy this…this may be my first VC product and i’m excited…but i’ve one problem though…you see i’m all the back in India here…so can i use my credit card or my debit card???? and will the shipping cost extra???….thanks man…waiting for it to go on sale…hope a cross continent sale won’t be a problem for you guys….
AK. Im sure this has already popped in to peoples mind and I know yours. But im not sure you have fully answered this anywhere. So I will ask here:
From a motion graphics artist point of view speaking comparatively. Is this “similar” to particular? I know I might get a politically sensitive answer from you so I will ask a yes or no question:
Can I go back and do all of you tutorials involving particular using just this plug-in?
It’s very different than Particular and Particle world. Some tutorials you can do and some you cannot. We will be publishing more details soon and you will see the way particles are created is much different and animating has a very unique system. Particular will still be part of my toolbox but Element offers some fun creative possibilities!
Hey Tony, do you think Andrew should go into Politics? He’s already nailed how to convolute a yes/no answer
I’m just being naughty because I’m excited about this plugin. You guys are really pushing my After Effects envelope and I thank you for that.
woow.. andrew ..you are awesome man..
Adobe had never thought that someday our software will have 3d geometry,i expect they didn’t included 3d because they restricted them self for not going into 3d stuff. but Andrew opened the stretched the doors of after effects.and closing the intensive work of going to 3d and making stuff and then integrating in after effects..
Andrew the killer..you are all my guru
One question: whenever you supply a after effects project file and people customize and sell it ,is it wrong to to do or violation of video copilot !!
Epic, this is mean. Talk about the future! Your right in it and out the other side. Amazing!
Does Element come with default shapes or do you have to make ur own?
This is a very nice basic 3d particle system. The major advantage of it, that I see, is that you won’t have to go to 3Ds Max, Maya, C4D, Etc. just for a simple particle effect. This is going to speed up certain workflows quite a bit.
A certain feature I recommend including are metaballs assuming it’s not’s already in the feature set. This would allow us to have particles that interact within your 3d system.
Good job! Keep up the good work!
I just switched from Shake to After Effects after being on the fence for about a year…..it’s been awesome…….. I picked up the lens flares and twitch… and all the tutorials are amazing….. learned so much so far………. I think this plugin could be a real game changer.
I love following the innovation guys, can’t wait to get my hands on this
Bri
can i do tornatos with this particles..
wow,it’s cool, thx a lot, i can’t w8 to buy this plugins
thanx andrew we are wating 4this
Cogratulations, this new product is a BIG, BIG MONSTER!!!
I cant wait !!!
I wanna buy it!
it’s very Nice ,thanks but *I CAN WAIT*
Because I don’t Have Enough Money for Buying it Now.
At All ,I’m used to forward the my total work.
(AWESOME)
Wow, this will be a game changer for (formerly) 2D motion designers.
Damn! This is totally insane !!!
This is SO ABSOLUTELY INSANE that you have just engineered the next level of 3D creation! Andrew Kramer and co, YOU ARE SUCH BOSSES!!!!!!!
Gimme Gimme Gimme
How much will it cost?
Andrew, I was impressed by the speed, the concept, and the fact that you were rendering actual 3d objects in After Effects, but what took my breath away was the lighting demonstration. As usual, awesome job!
All I can say is this “OMGâ€!!!
And the single question I want to ask for now is when are you going to put the Element on selling?
This plug-in looks really good and is definately one to have in the toolbox. Tell your Missus you’re bringing home the bacon as I too will be purchasing…
Simply, first day purchase.
Hi AK,
Its More than expectation, really cool stuff n sure it will help lot to achive stunning look in minimam time without using 3D. hope it has simulation to achive liquid flow or similar kind of effect.
cool idea I think you relex but it dont true!
Woooww very cool
Amazing.
mind blowing product! i guess it will be used a lot in the upcoming movies, just like OF.
btw, did any staff from Adobe contact you yet? if not, i bet they will soon! (i am sure they want this to be included in CS6!)
Congrats, AK!
Hi Andrew
You’re Fabulous…
Wow! I can’t help having the most goofy smile on right now
Awesome plug’in! A must have!
Cool.. really really cool.
But i think that there is something wrong. Distortion, in the refraction options shouldn’t be “index of refraction”? I mean.. if I want replicate glass or something what king of distortion I should set in? If there is IOR values are known such as a range between 1.4 to 1.5 (more or less). But in distortion values?
VC Team,
congratulations with this cool innovation. Adobe should be
grateful – looks like element3d opens up more possibilities for AE and makes it a more attractive package and potentially a bigger part in a 3d workflow. Considering packaging it up with the standard AE release ?
Stop watch on the “Atom Type” ? O.o
muy key6bopard is drenchged in drool so0 its kindwa difficu4lt to wri7te..; I’ll limit this t8o 3 words: industry revolutionizing stuff!
Shake it, baby!
Claus
Seriously… i have no idea how you kept your restraint.
Personally wile watching the video introduction i was crying hysterically simultaneously.
that is one the coolest AE plug in i have ever seen.
and now i need to go to the toilets and clean my self up.
THIS IS EPIC!!!!!!!!
You’re a genius man !!!!
Andrew, would we be able to use Element to import a single higher res 3D model?
Thank you so much for everything, your teachings your passion and the drive to further the industry. I have a regular office job and stumbled on to this site about a year ago and it blew my mind. I could never afford to go to College and honestly I don’t think it would do me any good, its just not for me. Watching your tutorials and learning why and how things work, I mean I had already learned so many of the fundamentals before I even had enough money to buy the program. I’m not painting a nice little sob story, I’m just saying that I found something that I want to do for the rest of my life. I wouldn’t have One-Quarter of the insight and knowledge if it wasn’t for you this site and your amazing team. Element looks Amazing, Please don’t stop making amazing products, and I promise I wont stop buying them. Once again thank you, oh by the way your work in Super 8 was Awesome!, not sure of all the shots you did, but I have a Good guess that the smoke clouds scenes were your handy work.
Elements looks amazing Andrew! Will the particles be able to reflect/refract from each other in the future?
OMG!!!!! Best Plug In of the Century!
Well, that was expected. Like you said, the video definitely answered a few question while raising a bunch of other ones. Kinda like the WiiU after the initial demonstration of the controller.
I’m diggin on the fact that you can manipulate 3D mesh in AE and I love how fast it seems to be going. Looking forward to seeing more. I’m sold on the plugin so far.
You guys at Video Copilot deserve all the rewards for your hard work!
I thought you cant make anything better than Optical flares but i was WRONG! This is really revolution in all AE stuff.
Fabulous work you all!
this is friggin’ cheating…i love it!!
what about physics, self collision and stuff like that? will it be possible in this plugin?
awesome job andrew…
You just knocked my socks off! And I’m wearing sandals!
All I have to say is WOW video copilot team! but,in element is it possible to control the placement of each single object?
If you needed pinpoint control i suppose you could create separate element layers and just have one or a few “atoms” per layer
Just my guess though, but it seems likely, AMIRITE ANDREW??? :p but holy sh!t this plugin is so crazy awesome and groundbreaking. I never thought this was possible before adobe made AE support 3d geometry natively.
*never tought this would be possible before adobe MAKES afterFX support 3d geometry natively.
Ah man this is great! I had to pause and breath to get it all in watching the demo. Can’t wait to try it out.
Questions :
- DOF
- Physics ? (bounce, collisions, gravity, etc.)
- Materials ? (textures, displacement or normal maps, etc)
- Shadows ?
Enough questions for now, now the cheers :
Amazing work Andrew, keep the good yourk with your team!
A.
Very intresting and shows how creative you are in videocopilot. Your backgrounds looks amazing too. Videocopilot products have good tutorial contents always. I have tender wish that you could include short tutorial about making backgrounds too in Plug-In content. Greetings from Finland.
hey ,
cool plug-in Amazing, I cannot wait to play with this! You do amazing work,
IS it possible to import obj like a charecter from 3ds max as 1 particle and use element to make a turntable
is mr andrews the socks !!!!!!!! wow ! wow ! is make the elemrtns the 3d ??? yes ?
VideoCopilot !!! You Are My Soul !!
It’s an amazing utility, congratulations!
By the way, I use AE in my laptop because it has more RAM than my Desktop computer, but my laptop has Intel graphics, whereas my Desktop computer has a Nvidia 1gb Card but 2,5 RAM.
Which computer would Element work better in?
Excuse me if I make mistakes, I’m spanish so probably I’ve made some gramatical problems
Hey!
This is absolutely awesome! Truly amazing. Guess there are some pro coder here! ^^!
However, when you push the reflection to max to obtain a Chrome Material, the BG does reflect, but what about the other particle? I do not see them in the video demo. Is there a way to see them reflect in each other? Maybe it’s way too greedy for the GPU.
By the way! I can’t wait to see the build in animation system!
Other question. Could we export a Single Mesh already textured in 3D Software to obtain more personalized object or no? Yeah Yeah I know! It’s After Effects, but you & your team do such a freakin job! Just Asking.
See you soon.
Manuel
This looks like a revolution!
Maybe in the future we will be able to make all the 3d stuff inside of after effects.
it s nais
how to lonch date of ELEMENT 3D ???
Wow!!
simply amazing!!!
it ll have a Mac version, 64bits??
keep that good work!!!
cheers!!
i.
Outfuc***gstanding! Real 3D! At last!
So I;m sure this has been asked, but I have not seen an answer yet for it. Can you see the atoms reflect each other? I assume the answer is no, based off the brief description of how you said this plugin works, but it would be nice to get a definite yes/no answer. Thank you very much for this awesome plugin!
Amazing this is a game changer Andrew…a REAL SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER,or winter i’m in South Africa! What a leap!
I HAVE NOT WORDS !!!!!
AWESOME ANDREW !!!!!
YOU ARE UNIC !!!!
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP :=) :=)
Impresive work.
Does it mean that i can import any obj model into AE?
But if i want to import only one object to animate and control it, is that ok too?
Interresting to see how heavy the 3d model could be before freezing my dear AE.
can’t wait to see all the other functions (blending/inertia of motion/etc..)
And maybe, in a future version; maps from objects, etc…
I like very much your concern about speed, it’s always the hard stuff, you know…they want everything/right now/at the best!
“Opital flare” establish himself quickly on the place, and i guess “elements” will do so…
That looks like a very handy tool! I expected nothing less from VC.
Is element capable of using HDRI as environment maps, so superbright reflections can stay white even if reduced by fresnel effect?
Hey Andrew… you have brought a new revolution in AE. I’m very happy to see your passion & love towards AE and the new perspective that you bring to it. The more I visit VC the more I start loving AE. I have been following VC since 2006 and since then I have been a big fan of yours and I make sure to visit VC every week awaiting for new tuts . I have learnt a lot from you and I would like to say this that at whatever posotion I’m professionally today, I would like to give you the credit. I haven’t had any teacher or guru for AE but you have always been the one teaching me with your tips & tuts and I’m glad to say this that I take you as my guru. Thank you very much for all your teachings and cool tips Andrew. You are the BEST!!!
This plugin is just out of this world. Eagerly awaiting for this.
wa!I like it .thancks! AK
You have some incredibly talented devs working for you Andrew, I’m sure you know that
Very nice idea to put in After Effects a Plug-in like this. It save a lot of time to make some particles good to view! I only have a question. There’s also the possibilty to place some textures on the particles like 3ds Max does?
Hello Andrew,
is there any future plans for “OBJ Sequence” Import? or any other Import format´s like fbx, collada?
Also, will we be able to place textures with UV onto the geometry?
THX for such great stuff you guys create.
With Best Regards, Dieter/ djart
Well, Andrew is it posible to importe a high poly model inside Element ? Like à character ?
This plugin looks amazing !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOdWxf1tRmI
Really impressive as always!
Congrats Andrew!
Fantastic work! I can see this becoming very useful in my work in the future! thanks a lot AK!!
i always has dreamed with those images, the posibilities are huge, you can simulate a very slow motion rain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hafgHp64GL4) or Flying Stones like Dragon Balls (I didn’t find references haha)
It’s a very cool, easy and with complex results plug-in
The TV it’s full of optical Flares, now will be with ELEMENT
Holy Cow! Andrew, you have just revolutionised the future of visual effects !
I’m very excited about this plugin, i think it is a very nice addition to any mograph artists toolbox.
Is there an upper limit for polygons per atom?
And can the objs be textured?
I’m asking this because if sky is the limit for polycount and you can have your own textures, this could be a huge step for the compositing game.
Well this plugin is very veeery powerful.Seeing those effects nearly in real time is absolutely great.What’s bad about this plugin is the timing.if it should be launched before,for instance 2 years ago we can eat our brains alive to see those effects especially in after effects.But nowadays with nvidia cuda powered rendering systems in maya and max,iray renderer,vray rt,and soon mental rays new version,the rendering systems is really working in real time with those anti alising,glossiness,reflection,refraction…and many more.Don’t get me wrong,i am not complaining it,i even can’t imagine how this plugin was built,and it has to be an art of very hard working.RESPECTING THE DEVELOPERS AND THE PRESENTER.Mr. Andrew you are like offering the blue and red pill,and you and everybody knows here,we will take what you are offering,you are really opening our minds and offering to go to never never lands.The journey is about how we will use it,how efficiently will be used…Everytime you say ”imagine the possibilities”,i am thinking about this plugin and there will be unbelievable results.what i am curious about this plugin is controling the particles or meshes 1 by 1,or for example making a selection of 35 of 100,or grouping meshes so we can animate them as we want it and not only the animation,we should be able to deform them,or destruct them or how about adding an inside feature of ”ray fire” likely destruction module to the meshes.so we can have some more powerfull features all in 1 packed.And another question is about obj file format,how will this plugin will handle with a huge amount of polygoned shapes or models?any idea about the optimization of that?and how about when adding textures,how will this plugin will handle with uvw maps of the object for correctly placed texturing? I know i asked many questions,but knowing those will give ideas about what we can do,or what we can’t do with this plugin.
and @ Matt : Yes it should probably be possible to add textures to particles,cos while Andrew is presenting the plugin,there you can see diffuse map,or other maps,so you can add textures
TWO-HUNDRED-AND-FOURTH!!!!
I’m very keen to see how it animates, and also whether you can have multiple .obj objects in the one scene.
I know you showed a little about material options for the atoms(?) in the scene, but I wonder if bump-mapping might be an option…
hmmm after effects is not a 3d program,but well if there will be bump maps,normal maps should be another useful feature as hell…
so i can import a obj. file and have control over it????
When we could buy it?? And will be there a more basic 3D render plug-in. (The cool stuff with materials)
This is really amazing!! cant wat to have it
https://www.facebook.com/#!/VinceIgnacio
So watched the video – sold make it already. Ps can we somehow blag this for 3D text as jumping in and out of 3D max is apin and shatter doesn’t cut it – the expressions are a nightmare and zaxwerks is slower than my grandad talking war stories.
Brilliant. I’m very interested to see in what ways the particle systems will be emitted and animated. Lovely work VC, you’ve quite outdone yourselves.
If you were in England – you should be “knighted” for producing something like this! Can’t wait to buy it!!!
All I can say : ITS A “MUSTHAVE”!
go ahead guys! buy it ! play around with it & post it in youtube! LOL
Simply amazing. This also opens up the possibility to just import an obj file and add lights and rotate it once in AE. it would be a single particle. Might be easier to intergrate it into your work then.
Holy cow, this looks REALLY promising!
Good job!
LeVideo
http://www.levideo.tv
http://www.vimeo.com/levideo
Basically video games work on the same real-time basics. Object normals play an important role here, because if they would be messed-up, the reflections, refractions and even shine would look crappy.
A really cool plug-in, though. Will save lots of time
This plus cameratracker is going to make a world of difference to some of the things I do.
This is it!! Element looks very powerful and the speed is amazing! Are there any physics built in like collision controls?
You have changed the game entirely for FX Video Editors. What we had to bounce between two programs for, we can now do in 1. My mind is racing with possibilities and just hoping I will see a release date soon.
Andrew for President!!
Just one word.. AWSOME!! Really incredible. Andrew, whit this you will revolutionize de world of ae. I use in the past some plug-ins that make some similar features (what´s arent good), but what i see is that element is GREATER! Congratulations to you. I raise a glass to drink for your success. Sorry for my inglish. A big hug from Argentina.
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn its Greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat, Whe it Will release & hove match it will cost?
This plug-in must have trapcode shaking in their boots.
If you price it right and well I can see it being bigger than particular.
Love the fact it works on CS3 & half decent GFX card.
Cannot wait for release date.
The question is: “Why not to render this stuff in the 3d editor?”
Hello from Africa exactly Algeria , I’m really impressed by this Plug-in nice job Mr.Kramer ! I’m running 64-bits system for 3G RAM and Core 2 Quad (Q6600) , ATI 4550 HD ( 1 GB) is it compatible ?
The environment is HDRI right ? now we can import HDRI on AE this is marvellous idea !
Good Luck for the futur man
Hey Mr.Kramer,
Very nice indeed. I am curious.
Do the particles that “bump into” each other collide or do they just pass through each other?
Was tired. Was going to bed last nite. Was plugging my phone in to charge. Saw announcement. Could not sleep. Could not sleep. Showed it to my wife. She said “that’s nice” and went to sleep. She just doesn’t understand.
Looks great.
But, hey, big sale and then this big news. I’m guessing people will be holding on to their cash for this plugin. I know I will, but that doesn’t really affect you, because I already own all the other VC products. Now I’m eager to have this one too!
Here’s to VC’s continued success! Nice job, Andrew!
this is absolutely groundbreaking plugin, amazing ! I’ve got question – can it be used for creating 3D text ?
Andrew you are honestly a pure genius!:)
Element looks unbelievably awesome…
It left me speechless
This plugin will be very expensive.
So awesome Mr. Kramer!!
This looks absolutely brilliant. But is there a way to take what I made with element and export it into a Cinema 4D file or 3Ds Max file and edit it further? Or is everything strictly ae? that’s really my only question, because this just looks so incredible.
I must get this! whola!
Is there particle collison detection?
that’s great andrew, doing almost everything in AE is so cool! can’t wait to see it…
my god … u r god !!!!!!!!!!!!
I think, this plugin will make a radical change in the vfx industry, making an evident before/after
Nowdays u can see andrews’hand in comercials all the time (at least here in Chile) with this pluggin I think we will see his hand in movies, series, business presentations and FOR SURE in mtv fillers
Reallly Really I mean REALLY good work Andrew, hoping the pluggin is affordable, it looks pretty expensive 
but worth it
Will I be limited to the given 3D models or can I import models from 3Ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D etc.?
Mind = Destroyed. Nice job sir, nice job.
This plugin looks AMAZING!
One thing that I don’t understand is if you can have near realtime rendering on this product using the GPU, then why can’t this be incorporated into 3ds max, C4d, blender?
Realtime GPU rendering is something that I would love to see in 3ds max!
Think of it like high-end video game graphics. Real 3D programs require more accurate ray sampling and rendering, with Element we just try to make things look really good!
The difference between a Game and Element is if you die using Element, you die in real life.
actually, it is possible. new 3dsmax features iray, a gpu accelerated renderer from mental images (the creators of mental ray). it’s not real-time because you need more quality so you don’t really use openGL, but it uses GPU for rendering also. just check it out!
Not only that, but Blender has it’s own CUDA/OpenCL accelerated rendering system called Cycles.
“The difference between a Game and Element is if you die using Element, you die in real life.” AK
By far the most dangerous plugin created :0) Use at your own risk.
I’m gonna use this plugin sooo much, looks VERY promising – amazing work, Andrew!
Question:
Will we only be able to render and animate (read: Particle World-ish animation) batch of 3D models, or will it be possible to fully animate a single 3D model?
OMG!!!
My socks blew off!!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
what a plug in !!!
how do u make the background with that camera movement? cuz it doesnt look like a flat 2d layer
This is straight up beast, mad props to Andrew & the VC crew! This makes it so much easier to create an array of unique, full 3D effects, that were previously not achievable in AE.
One question, is there a way to add multiple “Element” plugins to one layer (or multiple layers) so that the geometry from the multiple plugins avoid collisions and cast reflections on to each other from all Element plugins enabled?
Also I assume that you could create 3D text in Maya, for example, and then stylize the text/ animate it through element?
THIS IS EVERYTHING I’VE EVER WANTED IN A PLUG-IN. wow. Andrew Kramer, you are damned amazing! I can’t wait!!!!! Thank you!!!
hmmm, my openGL has been turned off since september when i bought cs5, i thought it made AE crash…the adobe forums said to turn it off!!
You have to have the right video card to support opengl. Probably you had a video card that was not supported by adobe.
OpenGL previewing in the AE comp view is completely different beast. The Element Plug-in accesses the OpenGL resources from within so you can turn AE comp openGL on or off.
Awesome stuff looking forward to its release…Hope its not as expensive as Plexus particle system…
I am 3d generalist. This plugin will help for those who don’t have 3d knowledge. It is much easier to use and straight forward. You don’t have drop $4k to buy a 3d program. You can just use blender for free and create the necessary meshes for your project and export as obj and make use of this plugin.
I am not sure if this plugin can use .hdr or openexr files.
That would be great.
If this plugin can support obj sequence that would be fantastic. That a future feature to think about for Andrew and Team. That creates endless creative possibility and marketing capability for this plugin to be used industry wide.
Hari
As many have said here, obj sequence support would really take it to the next level, but I understand that is much more hardcore 3d than using only a static mesh.
We still have to wait to see this baby in action (maybe the mesh can be distorted at will over time), but I already can think of ways of cheating to achieve the sequence thing (though also much slower).
Anyway, I’m sure they’ve thought of this. Let’s just hope the best from them, as always.
Are you able to provide an approximate suggested retail price on this plug-in?
Hey AK,
I am wondering if element will have any physics like Reactor or RayFire, will collision effects be possible?
I will totaly buy it.
Can I do 3D text with it ?
nice work
Awesome stuff looking forward to its release…Hope its not as expensive as Plexus particle system which also have this option of importing .obj meshes
I just thought of a feature that I think you might be able to implement fairly easily (if you haven’t already).You are already able to use noise to deform the mesh. What about some sort of image-based displacement modifier: letting users use an image’s luminance value to control the high/low points of the deform. It could even be animated and have the option to start it on a different frame.Even without this, the plugin still looks amazing.
awesome, can’t wait!!!
Super cool plug-in Andrew
How do you make the sphere BG image for the envorinment???
Holy crap michael jackson? your alive?!!!?!??!!! howwww???
AWESOME!!! Really cool plugin again.
Nice work my boy
This is truly revolutionary Andrew. Great job man. Definitely look forward to purchasing this!
Impressive. Always enjoy your products. You guys seem to outdo yourselves with every plug-in. Glad to hear it will be compatible with CS3.
Great job Andrew Thanks for the releasing new plug in
if this is has good has it looks…it´s the greatest thing that has happened to after effects and its users.
Andrew Kramer i salute you,
Ever since i created you i knew that you were going to revolutionize this program called “After Effect”.
Amen.
~GOD (happyface)
Really cool…Thanks for the video Andrew
nice i like it or should i say i love it,
Sensacional man
Well that is looking pretty interesting. I manage to see the text option in the model pulldown.
Can’t wait to see what this pony can do when it comes to animation! It can seriously cut down time on certain projects instead of using Cinema like I do.
Good job Mr Magic Andrew sir.
Ahhh! cant wait for it, all i have to say is jiz in my pants lol
BAM ! this will rock AE.thats what i was allways looking for in AE. any information about the cost?
Hi Andrew!
This really looks awesome… Very revolutionary.
I have a couple of questions, hope you can answer them.
is reflection of other particles posible? I understand particles use a single 3D element but not pre-rendered…
And finaly, is posible shadows in other particles…
Hope you can answer this, im really exited about this plugin!
Awesome!! when do you say will be available?
MIND BLOWING, ITS LIKE TRANSFORMERS,TRANSFORMING TO 3D
This is just what i have been waiting for.
I’ve already watched the demo and I’m kinda freezing crazy. This is so incredible and unespected to be real in 2011!!!
If I were Adobe people I’ve been ringing your bell to have a little chat about this plug in to include it in CS6!!!!
I deeply congratulate all VC staff for this amazing work. You are really out of this world!!
Hi again, I have two questions.
Can I use Obj made by me?
You didn’t say nothing about the depth of field, only the fog but not the Blur. What abaout that?
This Plug-in is gonna be HUGE-GREAT, etc
3d video copilot..
big mr kramer
well done m8.
Ouchhh ! it’s not a plug in , it’s a software. It looks so powerful.
During your video specially when you turn around the “rain” I’m remember another creation with Sam when he brokes the car glass. Maybe we could make that with this plug in now?
please forgive my english
I was wondering how long it would take before someone came out with an idea like this.
It’s like Particular, Plexus, Invigorator, Youveelizer, and Normality all got it on and birthed Element.
Unfortunately my computer (laptop) has an integrated video chip card. I’ve got no open GL to speak of. I’m way overdue for an update, but I just don’t want to spend the money on a new hardware when there is so much cool software out there.
Wow…This is really cool..I just hope its as expensive as Red giant’s plug in.. Will it be shipped or Download only like twitch?
please someone tell me how he created the background so that it moves when the camera moves? cuz i dont think its a flat 2d layer…
EXCELLENT DUDE, JUST AWESOME!!!
It’s an impressive work,
You make 3d rocks in After Effects, it’s an impressive development for AE.
Keeps the good work !! and cheers to your family ..
Bazinga! The Waterdrops look excellent – this would take forever to render in a 3D app…
This tool looks mind blowing! As a 3d guy I was most impressed especially with the mesh noise. And it even has evolution slider!
Just one question though. Will it be possible to use maps for diferent material values such as bump, specular, color map?
Wish you best of luck and success with this tool
Yes, bump / deformation maps would be epic
it will have a browser interface like optical flares?
Good call, this would be very cool
I wonder if there will be a way to use text as particles and be able to control them for actual 3D Text in AE…
The would be cool!
Wow,Perfect. Tanx a lot man
So u can do like normal 2d particles in this too right?
I mean.. who wants to now, but rlly haha.
Amazing. Just amazing!
Breathtaking. This is what happens when an excellent artist partners with some good folk to create the means of production.
Any hints on what month or day we should be looking for this to be available?
Whenever it is I hope your servers will be prepared for all the DL orders. LOL.
Amazing AK! It looks so freaking good!
I second MadMike’s question: will it be able to use maps?
Crazy awesome. This is a complete gamechanger.
Andrew, this is utterly exceptional mate. Really.
With a development like this, I wonder if it’s time to go inside at Adobe and help them FINALLY develop their own native, full feature set 3D app, which they desperately need to do at some stage to complete Creative Suite. Or, just buy C4D !
I was just wondering a couple of things:
- Will you be able to create individual particle geo by ‘shattering’ one, larger poly geo ?
- Are particle ‘collisions’ possible ?
- Will there be any faux physics sim features ?
Again Andrew, this really is an exceptional development for AE and possibly even represents a new paradigm for the program overall.
Take note Adobe – THIS is the kind of dev you should be doing.
WOW WOW WOW!!! Very awesome. Can’t wait to see more.
THIS IS WHY I LOVE VC!!!!! Andrew if you need someone to wipe your desk i’ll quit my job and go there
this is
the Single most impressive product
from video-copilot .
GAME CHANGER !!!!
andrew just made multi million companies go
ruh rohh ( in scooby do voice)
your are by far the most innovative and game changing after effects artist ever !
As a 3D-artist myself for over 15 years now i have to say, this is awesome to be able to do a lot of stuff from inside the plugin inside AE, looking forward to more!
This is so awesome! I can’t wait to get it! You all are the best at Videocopilot. Ok.. Its After Effects time with Andrew. Got to go.
wow… i like it dude….!!! very very great job….!!!
Hey Andrew, would this have been a more simpler way of achieving your 3d glass window smashing effect? Can’t wait to buy it. You have a guaranteed first sail.
muy bueno todos sus totoriales; pero no entiendo el ingles
HO….LY…..CRAP…..
great plugin.
but i think there is a problem that everyone knows in AE.i mean 3D text.so when i want to create a motion graphics animation using ELEMENT i can’t includ extruded text.so 3D objects + non extruded text. i think ELEMENT better will be able to create 3D extruded text with all its featues (reflections,lighting,motion blur) .thanks andrew.
Awesome,………. you are the best………..
this is going to be very useful plugin!
I’m a 3D generalist and ae/nuke compositor,
and I can tell you my friend this is going to be really good,
especially in today’s demands of commercial industry when everything is needed to be done in a very short time and impossible deadlines, great work!
Andrew Kramer sir …
Can we preorder this bad boy or what
Looks SLICKTASTIC.
Looking forward to it, you’re a wild boar.
Thanks.
i am interest if this would be released for nuke too in some near future?
congrats man.
Can I do extruded texts in element?
So amazing …. any idea of how much it will be ?
Please, please, please make this for Nuke.
Andrew, you are Siiiiiiiick ! ! ! Did you say the “.obj” can be imported directly in?
You and your team just single-handedly changed the way we play the game. Mind Blown.
Wow.. without a doubt one of the most creative people I have ever come across. I’m curious if this will have a 3d text function that can be manipulated? Really impressed..
WOW simply unbelieveable…
Andrew… really excited to see how this pushes everything forward. congrats man!
I have never seen better tutorials!
Thank you Andrew and team. You have such an inspiring way of presenting your work. I hope I can afford “Elements”. Genious solution…beyond words!
wicked. can’t wait!
I hope this will be out soon, I will buy it.
Esta excelente,
saludos desde Lima- Perú
Sorry if I missed it, but what was the supported 3D model import formats?
You’re very excited when you’d create this in a 3D program, but it’s pretty interesting when created in AE? Andrew… that’s got to be the understatement of the year!!! This plugin is unbelievable!
Adrew,
IT IS AWESOME !!!
Will the particles be able to have collision detection or smthng like that.
It would rock if some penetration prevention is implemented in it.
Anyways burning to see the rest of the explanation videos.
And the release date is ….. ?
Awesome!! I cant wait for the lauch!! Great work Andrew
This is really cool! But the raytracing and reflection doesnt allow for other particles to show up? E.g. the particles dont reflect eachother?
I have a ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series Graphics card with a Intel(R)Core(TM)2Duo CPU 3.10 GHZ Processor……Will my Computer run Element Smoothly?……Please Reply….I am thinking about buying it but i need to know if it will work
wow this just blew after effects out the water!!!!!!! Adobe will soon want the services of the Video copilot team!!
This is great Andrew, After Effects becoming heavier and heavier hehe ALL in ONE.
This is unhumanly AWESOME!!!!!
Dope.
Definitely gonna buy.
Will element have any environmental interaction options? Similar to the wall or floor impact features in Trapcode Particular.
Will I be able to make things bounce?
This looks amazing! It will change my work flow. I look forward to seeing how to integrate obj’s into the plugin. Any chance of having transparancy on the 3d elements?
Also, what’s the cost of the plugin
Can not wait for a play with this!! Now for the awkward questions… Can it do caustics?, Can it do real 3d smoke??
/\ Awesome /\ /\ Amazing /\
Gonna buy it anyway tho me thinks.
I agree with this question…I doubt caustics will be enabled in this version but do you think caustics might be coming down the road?
Also, I know you said only a set mesh(no animations) can be imported. Do you think in the future you might have a Morph feature similar to that or morph from 3ds Max? Allowing single meshes to morph into others or open doors for doing speech or something similar in after effects?
Just curious…
AWESOME!
This is a real 3D … o my GOD!
Realy the best.
Do not worry, because introduction is a great.
And my impression, of course, wonderful.
really cool
maybe in definitive version a graduated ramp in fog with 2 colors, as option will appear ?
MASTER ANDREW!
Plz what the minimum CPU config(duelCore or core2due or high )
and the RAM
plz MASTER ANDREW.
This looks sooooo AMAZING!!!!
THIS IS THE ULTIMATE PLUGIN FOR BOTH MOTIONGRAPHICS AND VFX!!
You can like the thing you showed for MG and you can import rocks for when you break stuff in with VFX!
amazing plugin andrew! Ill defo get this ASAP!!
So is it at all possible to make the 3d particles intersect with other 3d elements in the comp? That is one of the biggest gripes I’ve got with particular, having to cut up your layer to get particles in front and behind of an object.
That would be a very cool feature.
If i had to imagine the plug in for AE that i would want above all others, this is it!
you always seam to have an uncanny ability of giveing AE uses exactly what they realy need.
fantastic work as ever by the VP team. cant wait to get my hands on element.
BTW is there any news on a release date?
I SAW ‘TEXT’
I hate going into 3d apps just to render out a text animation…
Congrats to VCP team, I can see so many possibilities its making me go nuts.. Camera projection capabilities, Element morphing,.. better I don’t get started. This is a real breakthrough in AE technology…
PS: Fresnal reflectiona and refraction in real-time… ORGASMIC!!!
shock and awe! and I fell on my knees
Such power! Such awesome power!
This looks amazing! Keep rocckin VideoCoPilot!
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for coming out with this. I hope your final release will include some tutorials for incorporating with Maya.
Thanks
Hi Andrew,
Can I just add my two cents worth here.
YOU ROCK, MAN.
You showed the world and turned heads at how it should be done in terms of lens flares…
You showed the world how it should be done in terms of Tutorials…
and
Now you have done it again…with ELEMENT.
I hope that you will be remebered long after you have died…
Alex roman…does his name ring a bell…u know the guy that created the third and the seventh…his work has changed the Archviz scene forever…
Bright Photon has changed the world with his mystical and magical approach to motion graphics…
The list goes on and on…Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Cridiuck( i think thats his name ), you know the linux guy…
With Optical Flares and now Element, you have now joined the elite, purely for the one reason…and that is INNOVATION…
I wish you well with your plug in and i hope to buy it very soon and of coarse use it…
Yours Truly,
MARS
Is there any chance for a kind of inter-particle interaction? meaning can the particles bump into each other as they float around? looks amazing, btw….looking forward to more demos!
My mind had just been blown away! :O
Can’t wait to try this plugin at work!
Thanks a lot Andrew for helping us with your amazing tools!
Andrew- Will there be a glass preset?
I certainly am excited about this even with just that little demo! I wonder what this little baby will cost? Any estimates floating around?
I think we should start the “Let’s make Andrew Kramer a millionaire overnight” campaign by getting After Effects folks from around the world buying this up the moment it is released.
I’m in.
Eric Kirk
Kirk Productions
am i right in saying the better the graphics the better the performance? or is there a limit as to performance?
this could be great for 3d text. i think alot of people forget about team work. i dont use 3d programs but the cgi guys i work with do
hi!
looking good!
But i have a question:
Is that the 3D elements are reflected or refracted themselves?
Thanks for all !
My mouth is agape with awe and wonder!
1 – real 3D OBJ particles! OMG, so much potential (even without raytraced reflections (I’d be willing to bet we will see true 3D in After Effects soon)
2 – the Fog is a great feature. Similar to DigiEffects “Atmosphere”. A great thing to use. Will this work with regular 3D layers or only those inside of Element?
3 – lighting effects and reflections will definitely come in handy for that natural look. Especially the Refraction effect!
Can’t wait for this release and more tutorials!
AAND, will it be more than 150$?
how much can you mess with the meshes and the 3D point data?
will it have modular capabilities like mograph or will it be more for bigger amounts of particles like in particular?
do they ever beta-test their products and if so, am I up to that?
will it auto-update if I make any changes to the particle mesh in my 3D package or do you have to re-import it?
will he be able of incorporating Sam loya into the tutorials for this?
Aah.. I guess we’ve only seen 20% of what has to be seen to figure how powerfull can it really be. Specially regarding the animation which is the key of the plugin. I can sense this is gonna be much huge than just real-time-water-drop/debris-fly-throughs.
Keep it up VC people!
This Looks Great.
Hey Andrew Kramer, I wonder if you could make tutorial on zbrush
This looks awesome!! And to do real time Reflections and Refractions is crazy!!
Great work!
Hey Andrew,
this looks awesome. I´m wondering how you can use Element in special effect shots!?!
Is there a physic-engine for creating chunks and debris with correct enviroment interaction or things like that??
Congrats! Keep it on AK!!
Greeting from germany!
PS: with element it is shurely possible to add 3D-texts and titles for compositing in AE or am I wrong?
…
DUMBSTRUCK!
Guru Andrew Kramer
I see new titling for FRINGE coming with this plug-in. Way to show your value, Andrew!!!! Rock On, Dude!!!
YES! Yes I will marry you! You had me at “.obj”!
Andrew,
Couldnt read through all the posts but what is your time table for release?
You people are gods.
A cool thing you should do, would be to allow bounce on a floor layer, and then be able to export the dynamic creation data or objects and place them back in a 3d package as baked anim or make it a rigid body. Then use that as a FX tool for both applications. I hear $$$ in the air. lol Awesome stuff and very revolutionary. Game Changer!
So having said there’s the ability to import your own obj. Could you use this plug in to simply modify and animate one particle like for instance a piece of text or logo?
OMG!!!!!!!!!!
awesome
WOW!! awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Jaw on floor!!* this is looking sweeeeeeeet guys. Can’t wait to see more
Andrew, that looks so good. It amazes me so much to see how you make tools that actually expand what we can do with After effects. So I’m grateful to you for that.
One QUESTION I have, since the plug-in cannot import sequences, would it be possible to import a lot of single objs of each “frame” of animation and generate the particles in sequence in the same XYZ position, thus generating an animation?
wow! u r awesome man, cool plugin!!
Woooooo. Can’t wait to torrent this.
Hi.
Is there any chance to use more advanced material settings (or light settings) like DISPERSION or CAUSTICS? That would be awesome feature looking awesome:) Now i’am waiting for a presentation about animation in element, i’am very interested how it works. And one thing… did trapcode offerred you some ferrari’s or bentley’s for that plugin?;)
Cheers, and sorry for my eng.
Wait, I’m a little confused. Is this a stand alone plug-in where the particles are generated in AE with the help of Elements? Or do you need a 3D software program in conjunction with Elements in order for particles to be generated? Other than that, this looks like a fascinating and useful program.
Andrew Kramer is a genius! This the craziest and coolest thing I have ever seen! Please publish more!
Wow – i’m blown away. This is just awesome.
I just have one question regarding one of the demonstrations – how do you make the background-layer? It’s not just static but seems like a “3D room” if you get my point.
kind regards,
Theo
ya ive been looking around on how to find that. I hope AK shows us how in the first element tutorial
As he says, it’s an HDRI image (light probe I think?) used for reflections. You can create your own with a nice camera and a chrome ball, or via softwares like HDRI-Studio, or even photoshop and most 3D programs.
There are a few different kinds and stuff, but you can start by giving it a search, there’s many free HDRI packs out there you can download and play with.
I’m really looking forward to diving into this fantastic new plug-in. You are a very smart man Andrew. Keep up the good work. I will be buying the plugin soon.
Cheers
looks awesome. will there be a option to import 3d models from other programs into the plugin? i cant even imagine the possibilities somthing like that would create ^^
SO GREAT!!!.. I’m crazy!!!… congratulations for all news alternatives that you show in your blog… many thanks!.. many many thanks!
Oh man! Andrew, you have my creative juices flowing. Apple, orange and grape flavors. Can’t wait for this plugin to drop!
Thanx so much for your involvement and innovative ideas!
A powerful contribution to motion graphics’s world. Congratulations to you and your team, Andrew. THANKS A LOT!!!
Andrew, no words for the plugin to explain. Its the best to count with.
Thanks.
Amazing – i just ordered 2x gtx560(2gb) silent edition –
Andrew my bet is that you will be able to include raytracing in the materials for the next gen graphics cards
look slike a lot of fun
Looks really cool. I would love to see how you can incorporate this into a scene (i.e. these 3d objects floating all around a person). Not sure if that’s possible, but if I see some sort of example/demo like that, I will buy it
dear, Andrew Kramer
i got a couple of question like do your gpu have to be nivida or ati can this plugin work with intel based gpu like intel HD and will this plugin be like the acctual 3d program like im doing water in 3dsmax and if i save it as an obj file can i move it like in 3dsmax
i’ll pay for this with my first child if i have do. amazed.
Plugins like this are going to bring new possibilities to the world of motion graphics. The way this plugin was designed will hopefully trigger other plugin manufactures to utilize some of the same methods to improving our speed by not slowing down our workflows.
This is very innovative and I am extremely thankful for Video Copilot actually creating plugins that are so desperately needed in AE.
I greatly appreciate this.
WOW…I almost cry !!
HOLY S*IT OMG, MOTHER ****** CANT WAIT FOR IT, OMG DUDE, HOLY
)
I WILL GET IT !!!!!!, THAT IS ONE OF MY MUST GET PLUGINS,YOU ARE MY GOD ANDREW KRAMER!!
If there is no “Best plugin award ever” somebody will have to invent it – for ELEMENTS. We all know what 3d rendering takes, so what you showed us is just beyond the boundaries of the “normal” particle rendering. My deepest respect guys.
This is the most exciting news I have received since I discovered recently that a guy in Perth (Australia) can make a driveable replica of the Batmobile Tumbler!!!
In all seriousness, if I understand this plug-in correctly, I will be able to easily incorporate 3D models I create in Maya into a scene in After Effects (which is MUCH easier to use!)
I am crap at Maya and find the animation side of it very difficult. I think this will help and I look forward to buying it SOON!!!
Thanks Andrew and team! This promises to be your best yet!
CS
PS: If this will do what I think it will, I will kiss you – and Sam too!!! (Despite REALLY not wanting to
wow!!
this plugin is revolutionary!
this is really particular in 3d! amazing i can’t wait to have it
actually it is more like trapcode form
Oh my…halfway through I was grinning like a little kid! This is brilliant! You guys do fantastic work, I have nothing but confidence that this will blow everyone’s mind.
WOW… this might not a videocopilot but videopilot..
Awzem..
I was wondering, that when u made the water particles, there was no transparency, or see through the behind particles through the Foreground Particles, as it happens in real 3D water particles. Is that level of Transparency or Refractivity possible in the plugin?
This looks amazing and I have a lot of respect for the people who come up with these sort of products, but I’m not entirely sure what I would actually use it for. Looking forward to see some more useful real-world applications for this product.
Christ, this has blown me away, and will be purchased as soon as available. Great work by all the team, pushing the AE boundaries again, and making everyone raise their game. Can’t wait!
Cheers!
Byrnee
insane !!!
If something does not exsist, call Andrew Kramer.
Looks Amazing!!!
O_O This is God’s plug-in !
That looks so awsome guys, great work =D Where can i get it xD
VCP Team! Awesome!
There came also more lightning options in CS 5.5 and I would not wonder if AE is getting much deeper in to 3D in the future. I will 100% sure buy this.
I imagine animating explosions with this, meaning blowing away walls etc. (with AE only crazy)
Fire is not really a ‘particle’, but is there something in development?
Andrew i love youuu!!!
thank you so much for all these tutorials, they had helped me a lot
A lot of talk about this product and we are all curious of course about the price but I am especially curious about the release date.
Andrew Kramer – The Man, the Myth, the Legend……do you have an estimated date of release?
Thanks,
Eric
Kirk Productions
This is fantastic speed for 3D rendering a great attribute for designers. Does element render at 1080p well and can you use texture maps?
Paul
Merlin Animation
A super plug-in…
Pretty Cool Andrew! I´m really looking forward to get my hands working on this…
WOW!!!!! I want it now
…or tomorrow…
Andrew: you and your team are just perfect…
Man you done a very good job keep it up.
- would like to know if I can export the animated objects that created by Element back to 3D app ..
- Optical Flares and Element, will work together(Mean in 3d space).
- and Finally if I do matchmove and Take my HDR image, will be possible to use Element animation inside it to match the video
Sorry for My English I hope that my question clear enough
Best,
Anwar
Hi Andrew sir…
how to make a TRANSFORMER MOVIE ROBOTS in 3D i know it’s very tuf but sir u give me this information please…i am waiting for your answer …
I am ready to buy let me know when available, I see a lot of uses for this plugin. I have several other videocopilot plugs and stuff and use them a lot, the tutorials help also.
Waiting with credit card in hand,,,,lol
Can’t wait to explore this plug-in. I just tried to recreate this: http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/6159/comp10000001.jpg
but the plug-ig makes it soo easy and look goood
AMAZING. I am so impressed and excited by this. You and the VideoCopilot team have outdone your selves. Thank you. I will definitely be an early adopter. Thank you for bringing 3d to AE. We’ve actually had a video project on the self for a few years waiting for a way to make animated water droplets. All the Best.
Wen
Blurry Reflections would be an amazing addition to this plugin
You can achieve this look.
@Fern Based on what I’m seeing at 11:07 in the video, I think all you have to do to get blurry reflections, is to add a blur effect directly to the Environment Layer.
what about blurring the environment?
can you use a precomp as the environment map? if so, you can even add Element in that comp and blur it so you can also fake the particles reflecting each other.
I predict this will be VC’s most successful product.
I agree with you on that!
Wow! That’s more amazing than I initially thought it’d be!
It’s going to bring lots of traffic to Video Copilot!
Andrew, you never cease to amaze me, I’m actually pretty jealous, haha…
Did you go to University? If so, what did you study?
I’m almost finished my last year at school, so next year I’ll be at Uni.
Excited that this has both 3d geometry and image based particles, fresnel settings, real fog instead of BS work arounds, wireframe toggle, clean motion blur, noise is able to be keyframed, AE light integration, and independent reflections. Love your other products, but I don’t have Particular because of cost, don’t have 3d programs because of cost, except fiddling with Blender. I use AE every day and this will add some interest to any project. Keep up the good work.
This really inspire me to practice more in AE. Your a great inspiration. Continue sharing your talents. I hope sometime you have free tshirt of Video Copilot. haha
-Joash
Philippines
This is Revolution of AE. You did again since Optical Flare.
Congratulations! And Thank you for make this Plug-in.
(GURU G) It’s a Hindi word for a Teacher,Master etc. So Guru G we are waiting for this plugin. will you plz tell me when will u release it. plz GURU G reply. And u know what sir, my institute teacher taught me how to use after effects, but u taught us how to play with after effects thanx a lot. Sir or (GURU G) plz tell me when will u release this plugin..m waiting for this plugin.
Spectacular demo Andrew, as always. I’m wondering if the GPU can create / handle more particles as the onboard memory increases. I guess the question is, will you see significant performance gains with a bad mamma jamma card?
hey andrew. first of all i love your tutorials, they’re extremely helpful. i wouldnt even know what an expression is without your help, so thank you. also, element looks amazing, especially the concept of custom particles. i would absolutely love to have this plugin when it comes out, and i was wondering if you know what the price range will be, because im only 14 and my budget is a little tight, so i need to save up. thanks again.
-evan
This Plugin is somewhat same as Normality Plugin and it is for FREE.
This is the coolest plug-in ever. When will it be out?
i hope they will be morph options…from keyed out green screen vid to particles…thatd be awesome..
WOW ! Really awesome ! When I saw the first videos of the plug-in I thought “These guys at VC are crazy !” and now with that demo I think that I’m going crazy myself thinking of all the capabilities it will offer…
BTW, I have a simple question : How many polygons/triangles will be supported per object ?
THIS IS REALLY WICKED!!!
Andrew this is absolutely brilliant, i have been waitng for a plugin to get 3D objects into AE without PS. Will there be any restrictions on the type, size and polycount of the objects. Will you also be able to apply UV mapping textures from say, Cinema 4D
Hey, Andrew, and other VideoCopilot guys, will Element be available for Nuke, and also when will optical flares plugin be released for nuke ?
Nice! You are a genius!! I am eager to see this working on my hands!
Andrew please, answer me at least with yes/no.
Are physics like the ones on RayFire or Reactor going to be possible? Collision?
In the video you can see that the meshes do not have collisions, and I didn’t see any physics properties in the menu, but that would sure be nice!
Yes, this plug-in has so much potential! :X
hi Andrew, just few questions about Element 3D :
1. is it different than the normality plugin and its tone mapping ?
2. can you consider the release of a demo version for Element 3D ?
Just WOAW…
You’re amazing
WOW!!! i never seen anything like that. it simply the best
OMG
Real 3D in AE ?!?!?!
this is a dream… i mean, it has to be..
slap..slap!..slap!
still slapping myself, seems i cannot wake up!
This time Andrew Kramer did it for Real !!
Red Matter from ‘Star Trek’ is what I have in mind. Amazing stuff as always Andrew!
Hi,
Looks very promising, two things I’m waiting to hear about,
1) can you apply a texture map to the particle…..say if you wanted to use it for debris etc… and for the animation part will you be including deflectors. All the best VC, your work is truley inspiring.
No questions! Just want to say “Awesome”
Keep-it up Andrew and we wont have to use 3Ds Max and Cinema4D
…
anymore
Cant wait for this plugin!!!
I wish dats was true, when was the last time you tried rigging a character in AE, a full blown character,no puppets. But I’m Sure it wont be long
Opens so many dooors!
Just cant wait. just gets better and better
Amazing it looks like the same style that’s on the “Fringe” title sequence.
Keep doing your thing!!!
I JUST LOVE IT
) GREAT LOOK BRO !!
Andrew – Very impressive looking plug-in. A big kudos to you and your staff for all of the hard work. I really look forward to utilizing this in our future productions.
If you’re every free, I’d love to do a story on you.
Cheers,
Drew Geraci
The Washington Times
Can Textures be imported into AE aswell???
Hi, Andrew, freelancer from Israel. First of all, great plugin, really amazing. I’m waiting for smth like that for years. I thought in the beginning that Plexus would bring us that freedom, though to my opnion, it’s too slow and obj import works reaaaally slow. Your implementation of objs looks amazing, BUT(!!!!) I really urge you to bring an implementation of obj sequences, like in Plexus, but better. Just like in Particular you sample an image from current time.This would be whole game changer. Just think of that. That’s what people like me really need.
Once again, even without that feature, it still looks severely awesome. Cudos!!
Looks epic! Hope its available for both PC and Mac or i am gonna get sad
as with all VC products, its an after effects product… cross platform plugin…
Looks great!
I think this tool has many creative uses.
I think this could achieve similar results to some of these pieces of motion graphics bypassing any 3d application.
http://vimeo.com/25186640
And you can experiment with the result in a more intuitive and interactive way, oriented at how the things look.
So, what this is (If i listened correctly), is a 3D particular effect? If this is so, i will use Element more than particular. Since it accepts OBJ files, i can create a 3D text in 3DS Max and export it to OBJ and put it into after effects, use Camera Tracker, and then lock it to a Null created on it, instead of going through the long process in The Bullet?
You guys are my idols, when is the release?!?
Great work! Congratulations to you and your team. One question though: Do the particles understand volume or there motion is pivotal?
Thanks is advance.
Quamtum Computers and Element, Wowo
http://youtu.be/oLHd2_KXFcM
Let me just say WOW!
No doubt, you guys did it again.
The plug-in looks very exciting. Sure you can do all those stuff with a 3d program and maybe with the help of a third plug-in such as particular, but the fact that you can control all off it inside AE is innovative.
So it comes down to one simple question, price tag?
Amazing plug in !!!
very kool!!
Are you kidding me?
Man, this is mind blowing!!!
When will this hit the market. Please, HURRY UP!
Amazing like always :O
I think you should chill a bit with the aww.
All i’ve seen in this demo is camera normal based blending of the environment texture. The CG card can do that nicely with HDR images. So?
Maya viewport2.0 shows me the same thing, but adds real bouncing of other objects and will render the refraction of the other objects as well…
On the other hand. This does look like it can add debri to footage very fast. And stuff like blood edited into footage looks easy with this plugin ( make sure to snap a hdri on the set ). Also looks promising to add dust to steps.
So mixed feelings, but think the tone of the demo does not cover the normalness of the visual. Silly games today have all this and self shadowing and multilayer textures and ambient occlusion and… you get my drift.
Uh oh! Honey! It’s after effects time once again! Thank you AK! Your the best!:))
Hi . Andrew .
I love your works and i want learn more of you
can i work with you …
OMG!! you are my GOD
Great plugin!
Thankfully im into 3d as well if not most, so I can pass.
But really great plugin.
I just sent you an envelope of cash! I hope it’s enough to buy that plugin, if not let me know how much more i need.
Can’t wait to see this in action
:jawdrop: whee… that’s way beyond what I thought was possible within AE
sold.
Looks pretty sweet!
Oh dead god,you just created the future!
Brilliant!!! It will be in every lowbudget commercial soon
Metaballs support is on my wishlist
Hey Andrew. You doing an amazing job. Industry should take some inspiration of your philosophy on how to build plug-in.
Keep it on!
KOOL!! YOU rockkkkkkkkkkkkk Andrew
Will I be able to import a simple 2D image like say a star, and then be able to take that image and extrude it to a usable 3D Object?
Well… do that in your 3d software… don’t you?
wooow thats amazing.
Great work, im barely catching up with your work and now I have to deal with this
Looks sweet, I’m looking forward to trying out the demo. I do hope you consider obj sequence support, this would work great with realflow. =)
Wow. Been a few months since ive posted anything here, but wow, this is looking insane! Good on you AK!
It looks great! Andres. I just wonder how Elements compare to
Shape Shifter plug-in by Mettle.com
are they like complimentary or going to be a rivals ?
thank you and good work!
Wow . Oh dead good
Good for you for anything ,you just created the future!
That’s so cool ,bro !!
I just watched the ‘advanced time freeze’ tutorial en found it rather cumbersome especially when it gets to 3D max. But it seems this ‘Element’ plugin is the real deal when it comes to that effect. Thanx Dre!
This looks amazing. Any word on pricing yet?
Sir Now only i saw you Element 3d video…
Just Super as all the comment’s above…
I am eager to get it…
When you going to Release it….
Then all the best to you team…
Mind bending! Andrew you’re changing the game.
you are great !!
very nice work
…
i love it soo much ..
have agood time
I love how he is never sure of his surname:
“I’m Andrew … Kramer, and i will see you next time!”
Man!!!
you are someone who is Adobe and other company should pay for you…. your products, presentations and skill are forcing us to respect you and salute you.
Well done AK.
Couple of questions
With the ability to render 3D inside After Effects, and use it with AE lighting, will you be releasing a plug-in at any point which achieves using 3D, OTHER than just being emitted as particles? For example, 3D text and solitary objects?
Secondly, can Element cast shadows and light projection from AE lights?
Thanks
Wow… you are like an After Effects God. This is something new, and it is revolutionizing and of course highly useful. I can barely wait!
Greetings from Norway!
Omg! Cant whait for this awesome plug-in!
I half expect an implementation of GLSL or CG style shading technique. An export of the ‘baked’ shaders for the final render would really connect it to the ‘graphic (game) engine’ paradigm and back into 3D model/rendering programs.
Your developers must have performed magic to pull this off in AE. The term ‘plugin’ hardly applies to this truely inspiring piece of tools-programming.
Regards
Awesome plug-in
Looks like, people will be creating versions of the Fringe intro when this plug-in gets released…of course just in after effects!
Just kicked my design partner in the n@ts. That,s how good it is. Its not kenny powers kswiss good but it s close….ok its that good. Thanks for the stuff.
So its to my understanding ( i could totally be wrong) that this plugin works with 3d elements but you can’t actually create (model) anything using this …..
Am i right ?
What is remarkable with your job on plug-in Andrew, is that you building them as a designer, as someone who use it and who know what really matter in terms of features and specificity (quick render preview, functions, etc). It’s like for Optical Flare.
By your philosophy, You are making a huge difference with standard in the AE Plug-in industry, and that’s priceless.
Congrats and thanks for being you.
Cheers from Belgium.
I second you on that, he makes the tools that we need, because they’re the tools he wishes existed
that is just purely amazing. time to invest in a newer computer!
I must say this is the most exciting thing so far from Video Copilot, as a 3d artist and an After effects user and fan, to combine the two in such a beautiful way has made my day, week, month and year!!! any idea on cost yet so I can tell my boss to start saving?
Simon, London
OBJ Files into AfterEffects…makes my fingers twitch! Ha!!
Really looking forward to this. I wish I could get the deadline of my current project pushed back. I think this plugin would fit in nicely with it.
Question: Is the depth of field a built in property of Element? Or is it using the standard AE DoF?
Andrew, you guys are genius!!! This is the best plugin ever, and if Adobe doesn’t offer you a good amount to buy it they are pretty stupid! This should be incorporated to all After Effects in the next versions!!! Until it doesn’t, I’m very excited to buy it from you!!!
Thank you!!!
Forgive me if this has already been written, but when is the release date/window?
I need this thing 2 years ago lol, that is an amazing piece of code and if the GUI is half as elegant and robust as Optical Flares, I will be one happy camper.
I do believe a great many of us owe you a great debt for our own success Andrew, I hope that is made clear to you often and loudly. Thank you.
Hey, Andrew, there is something I really hate from Particle Generators plugins in AE, and I’m looking forward that Element doesn’t.
This is when I want a 3D layer to be in the middle of a group of particles, I can’t achieve that with (lets say) Particular, and I always duplicate the particle layer and use one particle system in front of that layer and another in the back.
I was wandering… can Element achieve this kind of thing? maybe if you add an option to render like a “foreground” pass, of the same particle system to use just the particles that are closer to the camara as a luma mate for the 3D layer.
i know that the fog option could help to do that, but maybe you can have an extra option to get that thing done, more like “automatically”.
THANKS FOR ALL!
Hey Bruno,
did you have a look at
http://aescripts.com/sparticular/
its only a workaroud script for you problem,
but it could save you some time
WOW I can’t wait to learn more of this plugin! 3D in After Effects with ease! You have really out done yourself this time Andrew!
brilliant. I’m drooling.
Another Great Job, Mr.Andrew..
Greeting’s from Philippines
Nice work Kramer, I can’t wait for buy this.
Excelente Plug-in muy muy chido!
Tiene poco mas o menos 1 año que visito tu pág y sigues sorprendiendome eres muy bueno!!
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Andrew Kramer Rocks Again
Cool plug-ins!
Thank you AK
just awesome plugin.
Do you have a tentative release date?
HOLY MCGUYVER!!
Hey Andrew, my husband is jonesing for new plug-ins, so please release this as soon as possible. Ok? Thanks.
You didn’t disappoint, as usual. This is so massive
I’m looking forward to this plugin. To be able to create real 3D quickly in AE will be awesome. It looks like a nice bridge between AE and a 3D program.
I’m on board.
One question though, is there bump mapping? That would great to add some texture to an object or text.
Hi there Andrew..
Would this plugin alone suffice for making a “marble” reflecting/mirroring elements in its surroundings? And will I be able to make the “marble” roll along a flat “ground” with realistic “physics”?
Kim K. B.
Great product.
What rig are you demonstrating on? Which card etc?
I’m on an iMac and very unhappy with the sluggishness of its performance.
Many thanks
This is really a great product, but after i read all the comment, i still not sure that my computer will work with this plugin, that i only have ati radeon his 4850 1GB, if that my VGA doesn’t support, i’m out :’(
How high is the Chance that this will be around the 100$ mark? Cause it looks just amazing and I can’t wait to buy it.
Hi Andrew let’s quickly releasing this plugin! and then everybody got tired of waiting! all want to learn something new! and you yourself are a guy and be done well done!
Hi Andrew
THE VIDEO LINK IS BROKEN IT CAN’T PLAY
Tnx:X
Same Here…. I want to see it !
Yeah I want to see! Im sure it amazing
Hey, video is not loading. Says that the flv is not found. Can you fix it?
UHM I don’t understand when i click on watch Element Demo it says “Video not found: http://video9.videocopilot.net/videos/element3Dv2.flv”
thank’s
WE NEED A DATE!!! CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT WAIT!
I can’t see the video either. I get the same error as Jason. I hope you can get it fixed soon.
Thanks.
Ladies and Gents,
I have informed the Code Monkey of the issue and i’m sure that he will do his best to fix the problem as soon as possible.
Please bear with him, as coders work to a different time dimension as us mere mortals.
Regards,
Dan
[...] Element 3D is well underway including some interesting new features but I need to save some surprises for the launch! So instead I thought I would throw out a few responses to some frequent questions from the Video Demonstration while trying to save some secrets for later. Our goal is to release at the end of August but it could be early September so this is just an estimate. [...]
That is pretty Effing awesome…I is be love it!
Think I’ve just done a little wee wee……awesome stuff!!
LOL you cheated, Andrew. When you render the whole with motion blur you set Half and Adapted.
Just kidding, nice pluggin
Will this plugin be developed for The Foundry: Nuke as well?
Wow… I’d love to see this and Optical Flares in action together. Placing a light inside the particles with optical flares on the lights could be interesting, especially seeing how the objects react to the light… Something you’ve thought of???
“So it doesn’t look like it was rendered in the 80′s”
Man that was funny stuff! Nice kick in the b…s of r…….t!
Go check their page if you don’t get the joke!
Love the price. Congratz man you deserve it all.
* Dies of awesomeness *
<3
O!M!G! Obi Wan Kramer did it again! Man, you and your guys, you’re from the future, right? That’s so cool stuff! 3D in AE… Can’t wait to get it!
This is a revolution… !
year it’s a particular killer, great news
Anynone can answer: question: 1.) does this effectively replace trapcode particular? Anything particular can do that this won’t be able to do?
This looks freaking amazing! Maybe I missed it but does this integrate in with Particular, CC Particle World, etc. or is it its own particle system itself allowing you to use 3d objects as the particle.
Can you use external texture maps based on UV layout? Does it/will it support animation sequences from an application such as Maya or 3d Max? If so that would be sweet! It would almost be like combining the post production and loosing an extra step in the pipeline.
His name is Andrew Kramer….AK47 lol
After Effect should hire you,, its spectacular!!!!
Astonishing! You, sirs, are geniuses! I sure hope you plan to release it soon…
hey ! awesomous
, where can i get it ? or suscribe to be warn when launch ? thanks again for the greaaaaat subject !
Does it support normal/bump maps?
I’m not much for sycophant comments, but this is truly ridiculous. Noise affecting actual 3d mesh! using HDRI as a reflection map with handy and powerful control.! As far as I’m aware this is truly unrivaled. Thanks for great products. I haven’t spent much time lately in AE, but in 3DS max instead. You’ve piqued my AE interests again with this one. Great price. You’re doing a service to the user and a disservice to the corporate giants. Thanks
oh my god,i just rendered a 3D tear. thank you for your hard work VC team
hi
Thanks a lot for best tutorial.
i’m mostafa 26 From Iran
@Andrew Kramer
A certain video effects company’s evangelist says that the Element plugin only offers fast GPU interaction but no fast rendering (either GPU or not) for the final output.
What’s the truth here? It seems as if Element is indeed using GPU for the final render.
@Andrew Kramer
- Now in the video you mentioned “All” .obj files.
What about 3D models with fur, feathers, and organic data?
I cried when he said it’s gonna be for open GL only. TT
Seriously WAY COOL! Having worked in 3D for many years now, but now also enjoying AE (thanks to you guys) this is really amazing!
Hey Andrew you are a legend! You taking the After Effect world to a whole new level. Kudos.
andrew this is great, am from Nigeria and i really appreciate your work. Hoping to buy the camera tracker
“How did you solve the icing problem?”
Well, that’s what they ask in the movies when someone makes a huge leap in technology!!!!
Why do all those big companies with all their resources not come out with tools as intuitive, fast, useful and cool as does VCP. You have companies out there that have waaaay above the means of VCP but are too lazy or constipated or rusted. Take for example Photoshop Ext 3D. It isn’t even as responsive in 3D as Element though it’s just static 3D geometry. Not to talk of integrating with their own AFX. In the best of worlds, artists would develop their own tools, not mathematicians, comp scientist and physicist all managed by people with business degrees. Do they even have artists on their Dev teams who have a tiny bit of influence as to how they create those tools to be used in art or it is the guys with the MBA who say how to develop stuff? VCP proves my point. Besides, all tools should have 2 buttons: “LOOK REAL” and “LOOK COOL” and you see which one people will use the most. VCP knows the answer(somewhere in the very middle maybe)So I hope the guys at VCP get consultancy contracts at Adobe and Autodesk for a better world for all of us.
Hey VC
what do you guys think of this?
http://library.creativecow.net/jelescu_tudor/ShapeShifter-Review/1
competition?
we demand answers !!
seriously, would be nice to know whats going on ..I think they took Andrew’s idea
paving the way of things to come for after effects this tools gonna open a wide variety of possibility,s hope this inspires loads more awsome plugins for the future
Just seeing the globules change into wire frame cubes made my jaw drop. Then it got more and more impressive. Wow!
Omg… I really hate you Andrew! You keep emptying my wallet every time you release a new cool AE plug-in! SHAME ON YOU;P
lol Pete, i hate andrew too for emptying my wallet
but i can say his plugins deserve every cent .. welcome to the club man 
Damn,
this is awesome ….. .. i’m waiting for it
Looks cool.
How is the background set up in after-Effects the way it is similar to a textured dome in 3D program?
Thanks
Graham
If u continue like this there will be no graphic motion stuff left for 3D programs to do
epic!
When will this be Available ?????
Love your work
I Need this fantastic plug in for my new project!!!!!!! Help meeee
Great Plug In!
you said it will be available around end of august or start of September.
but its gone too far. any plans sooner then expected?
Man, this plugin is so awesome, 3D inside After Effects!
Yes, it’s a really basic 3D, but still, awesome!!!
BTW, this was used to create the Fringe intro, right? I was going to use mate particles inside 3ds max, but this is so easier…
When’s the release date?
Any information about the release date of Element 3D ?
WHY ISN’T THIS RELEASED YET?!
Just WOW… breathtaking plugin. I was so amazed while watching it..I wonder how far will you go?
everytime you come with a new amazing product..Thank you for these,really!
men i dont know how happy i am in rest of life,
you have done so much and we are trying our best
to learn from your experience.
thanks mr andrew
very amazing, SUPERB, Wicked, Awesome, ”Crazy”, OUTSTANDING, Unbelievable Plugin’
OMFG. My jaw just dropped to the ground. It’s been a looooong, and I mean loooong time since I felt this impressed during the presentation of a piece of software… And you just showed some features. Man, I was just speechless while watching… I can’t wait to see the animation motor on this plugin, I hope it has some physics simulation like gravity, collisions and stuff like that, can’t wait to see those drops of water with some gravity, man…
Andrew Kramer, you actually landed me my first real job a couple of years ago, I watched and followed all your AE tutorials for several months, once or twice a week and with what I learned made my first demo reel and presented it at a job interview, I got in, I was 21, renting my own apartment, doing what I loved for a living, 90% from what I learned from your tutorials, I’ve learned more from you than from most of my professors.
You have given a lot to a lot of people out there, bet I’m just one in several thousand stories.
..See? this preview of Element 3d got me all sentimental, haha. Just wanted you to know I appreciate a lot what you’re doing. Hope you get to read this.
Congratulations, and thank you!
Wat a superb effect but tell in which AE support this preset…..
you are just f***ing great!!!! LOVE U!
Hey Andrew, will this somewhere help to generate a 3d text and shapes??
When is the plugin going to be released ? I just can’t wait
AH! This looks amazing! I seriously had a nerdgasm, and as a video production student who is VERY interested in After Effects, this will be such a great tool. I wish I had this plugin when I recreated the Fringe Intro, I can see a lot of similarities between this plugin and elements in there.
Looking forward to this release!
can you guys make so that we can put video in the particals plz ans how do you make plugins any was
I cant wait for this…. Why its still not available?
Please put it out….
This pluggin looked ace from the get go.
However i am disappoointed that there have been no updates for yonks on the mater.
Normally Andrew is very efficent and organised, and this has totally botched that up.
I hope it comes out soon, and if not, an update.
Hi, AK.
When it will be release?
When you Buy the upgrade to CS6
That would be supremely disappointing if it’s true. I doubt it would be a CS6-only plug-in, but this is really dragging on… it’s over ten months since first reveal! I suspect they’ve either hit a really non-trivial coding issue, or something worse has happened (maybe the programmer has quit). Without an update how can we tell?