UPDATED: CS3 project file is now available

If you are trying to make sense of the words above... have at it! Actually they are various layer styles in today's free Project File.

Since they added Photoshop layer styles to After Effects, I pretty much never used it but I recently decided to spend a little time creating some clean titles to share with everyone here. I've even recorded a short tutorial to show you how to edit the project file along with some tips for customizing and adding textures. I'll be on soon with more tutorial so until then... Enjoy!

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Digital domain has a great breakdown for some of the VFX for Transformers 3. In fact if you browse their website you will find many amazing reels and finished work that will surely inspire you!

https://digitaldomain.com/projects/20

Over at michaelbay.com someone just posted a 10 minute reel of various FX for the third Transformers film. I wish there was some before and after stuff but there is no denying the amount of impressive work that went into it! And remember everything was done in stereo... There might be spoilers so if you have not seen it be warned. There are robots!

BTW, I just moved this past weekend and sucked a little bit of my life away but we're almost unpacked hoping to get back in gear this week!

Watch as Sam & Tino take-off in this new short video for an upcoming tutorial that will be landing soon!

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UPDATE: Now Available

This will be the last "update" before the official release date & launch cycle for our upcoming Plug-in Element 3D. Over the past couple of months, I let my excitement and ambition overshadow the time requirements for building such a powerful plug-in and I had to hold off on releasing it. Not just a couple of weeks but a couple of months which is not characteristic of myself or my company.

This community is a big part of why I get to go to work and develop such fun and interesting projects so I apologize for not keeping everyone better informed. I definitely learned a lot about building software of this magnitude and will be much better prepared in the future.

We recently overcame an unexpected but important rendering milestone and we are now polishing the remaining features.

My hope is that when you see the amount of work and careful planning that went into this plug-in, you will understand where that time went and realize our vision together.

The above examples were created inside of Element and I can honestly say that this is only a small part of what this plug-in can do.

I really want to give a time estimate but that always gets me into trouble!

So until then, let me finish-up and launch this baby!

Humbly yours,
Andrew Kramer
Video Copilot