It's been a crazy year! Getting an opportunity to work on Star Wars and learning how many days you can survivewith no sleep. It's been an incredible honor to work with J.J. Abrams and the amazingly talented people at Bad Robot and ILM. To see the love an dedication that went into this film was inspiring.

I've been lucky enough to work on other feature films but this project seemed topush me harder and teach me more than any other experience in my life.

The thing about Video Copilot, it has always been a place to share my experiences and my challenges. I've always wanted to make tutorials based on real-world projects and some of the coolest tricks and techniques have come from working on actualproductions. Star Wars was a masterclass on solving problems. I'm truly excited to be back at Video Copilot and back among the living and to share with youeverythingI've learned.

Thank you all for your patience and kind wordsthat helped me get through some intense nights.

I'm finally back in full force! Including all those terrible puns!

Hey guys!

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted! I've been tucked away working on all sorts of things!

Here is the thing: As some of you may know, I'm currently working at Bad Robot on a certain film that I can't really talk about. Believe me it is a dream come true, so I've really had to focus!

So it's been tricky to explain what I've been up to and why, since I can't really say exactly... yet. But I know I need to do a better job of keeping you guys updated!

My Intercept short film is coming alongbut because of the demands of mystudio work I've been finishing the VFX at night and weekends and it's been hard becauseI'm trying to do some bigger visual FX than usual.

So... I know I owe you guys some awesomestuff, as soon asthings cool downin about a month. I will be making it up to you guys with some cool Free Plug-ins (3 almost finished), some insane tutorials and of course my Short film that I'm excited to release!

Believe me, I understand the frustration some of you are feeling, I get it! I'm putting everything I have into my work and I don't want to just throw things together just to be done.

I started Video Copilot because I love creating visual effects and design and now that I'm in the middle of some incredibleprojects, I've beenpushing myself ever more. My plan is tobe able to share all of the challenges and solutions from this experience and continue to help everyone get better, including myself and I hope that will make Video Copilot be even better!

Element 3D V2.2 Now Available!
Element 3D V2.2 is now available and free to V2 users!

TopFeatures:

• Group Symmetry Creation Mode
• Dynamic Group Folder Reflections
• Matte Reflection Mode
• Updated UI with speed improvements
• Matte Shadow with Alpha Channel
• Improved material visibility options
• Save Group Folder as E3D file
• Export OBJ Utility
• Improved C4D support file support with animation
• Randomized Raytrace samples for multi-passmotion blur

Video Copilot Plug-ins updated for Adobe CC 2015
Element 3D V2.2 (V2.2 required for CC 2015)
Optical Flares
Heat Distortion
Element 3D V1.6

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UPGRADE Notice: Adoberecommendskeeping your older version of After Effects installed. Read More.

Here is the teaser for ashort film I'm working on: INTERCEPT! Coming in 2 weeks.

Lots of behind the scenes and tutorials to follow!

Super busy but I wanted to share some exciting news, Element 3D V2.2 is almost ready! We've added some very cool new features for compositing, rendering, workflow and design! Plus some improved C4D integration. There are at least 5 impressivenew features in this update!

The poster graphic was also created entirely inside of Element 3D V2.2 using the Motion Design 2 pack!

Upgrading:
Element 3D V2.2 will be a free upgrade from V2!
If you are still running V1.6, you can upgrade to V2 now and receive the new update when it is ready!

Needless to say we have been working hard, developingnew plug-ins, I'm directing a new short film and working onsome great new tutorials! Now I just need to finish them!