Our new Plug-in Element 3D is now available. Use it to render impressive 3D objects and particles inside of After Effects. Great for Visual Effects and Motion Graphics. Check out the Product Features!

Here is a visual effects example with some re-purposed footage of Sam Loya. Watch Video! I know my roto job is bad... and I feel bad.

Another Motion Graphics Example Watch now!

Our new plug-in Element 3D is now available! Be sure to watch the new video about the rendering engine and the 3D text!
Most importantly. Thank you all for the amazing support, you have no idea what it means to our team and myself after putting so much work into this project. Alright, no more talking...

Just Check it out!

UPDATE: Now Available

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We are only one day away from launching our new plug-in Element 3D and a new demonstration video is online to show you creative ways to animate 3D objects with the plug-in. Think of other creative uses while you watch!

All feature videos will be online tomorrow with in-depth plug-in info. This is crazy!

Here are the bundles that will be available tomorrow plus the new Studio Bundle!

NOTE: Products will be on sale in the middle of the day on Tuesday not at midnight. We got to get some sleep too!

UPDATE: Now Available

We were going to wait and surprise everyone with this news but I see a lot of people wondering where they can find quality 3D models and the answer is now at Video Copilot!

If you have ever purchased a 3D model you know they are pretty expensive, usually ranging from $40-$100 for a SINGLE high quality model so we thought we could save you some time and maybe some money with our very own professionally designed 3D models! All objects are compatible with Element 3D plus your favorite 3D program as well. We've included two universal formats (OBJ & FBX) to be ready for your creative works in Element or your favorite dedicated 3D program! (Cinema 4D, 3D Max, Maya, Blender and more)

We have been working with some talented 3D artists to bring these packs to life and they have done an amazing job! So I'd like to thank Stefan, Alexander, Theo and Bobby, I'm sure they are glad the notes are over ("Let's make that a little more grungy, That one Less shiny, This should be 50% more delicious".

We have also put these models through some serious quality control to make sure every model meets a high standard. We didn't just export the 3D files to OBJ & FBX, we opened each one in many popular 3D programs to make sure the polygons loaded correctly.

See Official Poster

They will be available with Element 3D this Tuesday including some new bundles. I think we all need a vacation after this!

Stay tuned for another Element 3D tutorial featuring the "Animation Engine"! And to keep expectations under control, it does NOT do physics since simulations since you lose control of Objects but it is quite powerful nonetheless. I will tell you the animation system is what spawned this entire plug-in almost 2 years ago...

If you haven't seen the Element 3D preview, here it is again:

UPDATE: Now Available

So we are only days away from launching our new plug-in Element 3D (Watch DEMO VIDEO) and as you may know it renders using OpenGL on your graphics card. We are working on a more official list of supported cards but here are some general requirements and info.

Video Card Memory:
We recommend at least 1GB of video memory but 512MBs will work fine. We technically support 256MB cards but you will be limited on texture capabilities and you can actually buy a killer card for $150 right now which will boost performance a ton.

Minimum Cards Supported:
Nvidia Geforce 8800 and newer.
ATI 3870 and newer.

Support includes Geforce Series: 9000, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, Quadro 4000 (4800), 5000

IMPORTANT:
We HIGHLY recommend that you update your graphics card drivers from ATI or Nvidia for best performance. Users on Macintosh should update there OS which includes updated drivers.

Other notes:

• Element 3D does not require CUDA only Open GL.
• Quadro 4000 and similar cards on the mac are supported! We even have a fix for Optical Flares to allow full GPU performance in an update that will be out later this month.

I'll have a full list of cards soon but you can look up your card online to see if it supports these features: DirectX 10 / OpenGL 3.3 / Shader Model 4

If you are in the market for a new card here are some nice picks:

$150: (For the price, these are insane cards)
NVidia GeForce GTX 560
AMD Radeon HD 6870

$300: (This is similar to performance of my machine a 580)
NVidia GeForce GTX 570
AMD Radeon HD 7870

$450+:
NVidia GeForce GTX 680
AMD Radeon HD 7970