Biohazard Logo

195 Comments

john wright

7 years ago

nice tutorial.

Raqibul Hasan

7 years ago

It's realy a great tutorial Bro.

Raqibul Hasan

7 years ago

Bro,I want the bio Logo,please

Divineshot

8 years ago

Awesome tutorial man!

Infinite

8 years ago

It's a fidget spinner!

Mushanga75

8 years ago

Hi there,
I'm following this tutorial cause i need to reproduce the material u built at min. 5:22.
I use AF CC2015 so something's little different but that's no the problem... I noticed that when u change the value of Intensity Reflection (in my case there's no the voice Reflection but Refraction) at min. 4:54 the preview in the Scene materials windows changes... not in my preview! So i'm not able to reproduce the material of the example in the tutorial.... i can't understand why

Jay

9 years ago

Great tips....used this technique on a teaser trailer I made https://youtu.be/faAJoa4hiY8

ricardo dechabert

9 years ago

Hey love the tutorial, went a little crazy with it but sure had fun making it along the way.
https://youtu.be/Xxe8PQk8wsI

Memphis

10 years ago

Hi guys, i'm having problems with inserting my pro shaders into element. I installed them in the right map on my computer but they don't show up in element. Does someone recognize this problem and can help me?

Awesome tutorial.

Red2awn

10 years ago

Hey Andrew, great tutorial again! I've got an idea, you should put the tutorial video on torrent site instead of letting people download it from your server, usually it takes loooog time to finish download!

TheModedAssassin

10 years ago

Can you help me? Every time I try to do the auto trace it keeps on making a copy of and element will not extrude the original or the copy!

Scott

9 years ago

You only have to do auto trace once. If you need to go back and tweak your extruded model, then just click on the solid that you made and in the effects (FX) that you created, then click on the "Scene" to get back to your extruded model.

Chris

10 years ago

Is there a project file for this tutorial?
Just checking.

Phuong Nguyen

10 years ago

At 7:50, I saw you change the direction of the light (in E3D).
How can I do like that with the mouse? I mean I can only rotate the model, not the light.

degi

10 years ago

your varnish cache server fails.

melanie

10 years ago

after clicking the "ok" in element 3D, nothing come out in my after effects' layer, it still the black solid

Lemasson

11 years ago

Awesome tutorial !! Where can I find the sound behind ?
Thanks

Niklas

11 years ago

HELP! When I'm going out of the Scene Setup the 3D Object is scaled up too much. I cant scale it down... it stays in zoom ?! Help please

Feanor08

11 years ago

Where can i find that logo jpeg?

Frank Suarez

11 years ago

Awesome as always.
Some fun things done Element.
https://vimeo.com/100074823

Pilav

11 years ago

Why the live view so fast ? I Have the same gtx 580 and my live view is really slow ?

Haydn Allbutt

11 years ago

Hi, Great tutorial. I am trying to learn element 3d. When I use the models that come with element 3d or the model packs eg motion design or the basic primitives then the textures in the pro shaders work as they do in this video (eg http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Included-Model.jpg). When I try to add them to my own obj model I just get the base material, eg the brass or bronze colour but not the texture (eg http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/My-Model.jpg). What am I doing wrong. It seems to work perfectly in all the tutorials. Thanks Heaps.

Rajab Amali

11 years ago

Cool!!

Sebastian

11 years ago

The masking of the logo works much better if you use a vector image. Dragging it to your composition then right click and "Create shapes from vector layer" gives you the perfect shape to turn into a mask.

David

11 years ago

How do I save my 3D logo as a PNG for placing on design media like flyers, etc.

Joe

11 years ago

Go to the frame in your timeline that you want to export and hit alt-command/control-s. This will export the current frame as any format you want.

Diego10 argentina

11 years ago

Hola genio.. saves que son espectaculares los tutoriales. pero no abria una forma de poder verlos en (español latino) la verdad q trato de hacerlo solamente mirando los movimientos q haces pero es muy compicado

Name

11 years ago

When Applying Elements To My Logo Parts Come Out As Transparent.

Matt

11 years ago

when I go to put a paint or texture on my logo like you did in the video it shows up in the Scene Setup box but when I hit ok and go back to the project its not there, just a white logo.

Mantas

11 years ago

Hi great video, but I have a little problem with (time line 9:04) when I press OK me logo do not show like in 3D, and I can't rotate it, like in your video.I just see logo 2D. What I am doing wrong?

Phoenix Films

11 years ago

You must take the camera tool.

daniel

11 years ago

do the model or extruded object cast a shadow on solids?

blossman

11 years ago

How do I change the individual group positions and not the world position?

Great Stuff! Thank you!

Michael Dooley

11 years ago

What if you want to load the picture as your texture?
Thanks!

Luiz

11 years ago

I am from Brazil and i love motion grapichs, more, after this tutorial, i changed my mind.

Zack Purdy

11 years ago

Hey Andrew! Love ur work btw, I was wondering when the project will be able to be downloaded. Because I'm having a hard time trying to find some sound effects for my friends logo and I cant seem to find some that will work perfectly. If u can direct me to a site that has some good air whooshes or spin effects, that would help me a lot! Keep doing ur do man!

ramzes

11 years ago

when I render the project in .avi it comes out to be no in HD... why when i ram view it, it looks full HD... why doesn't it make the HD Video?

Matt

12 years ago

All of my lines are jagged and gross when I auto trace. Any advice for a poor beggar?

DavidlOolb

12 years ago

Me sirvió demasiado Muchas Gracias

Jonathan Oluwafemi

12 years ago

Hi Andrew, I'm from Nigeria (a country in Africa) and its not easy to get someone who can teach me visual effects(Probably because i come from a slum and i have no cash)but I've learnt a couple of tricks especially in the Bio Hazard logo and i have to say You are doing an awesome job! You are my GREATEST inspiration!!. Please keep posting the tutorials. Thanks a lot.

ArchThamer

12 years ago

thank very much androw u r cool man , i need the project file plzzzzzzzz *<*

STeve

12 years ago

I also need Project Files

ken

12 years ago

crashes! some help?
i cant use any element 3d item, when i try to use effect it will be force to close auto,isit my computer problem?
8gb ram,radeon 6700s,i5.
need help please.

Kristian

12 years ago

I'm pretty sure it's not your pc, cause I have a slower (less advanced) pc at the moment, and I have no crashes. You might wanna check the forum and google for awnsers, if you haven;t already. Can't be of much more help, sorry

Austin Wiggins

12 years ago

When I add the camera, the camera does not orbit around the object. It just slides the object around the canvas. Please help. Thanks.

uvan

12 years ago

my element 3d everything is not working properly in ELEMENT 3D interface, because when i click some models that have a material, it's just black, and the viewport at the element 3d interface also black. whn i click ok..the content? which was showing in element 3d is not visible in adobe after effect interface..only blank solid layer is visible what should i do , please help

hayder

12 years ago

sosososo nice i so lover video copilot & kamer

PMW

12 years ago

Thanks for the great tutorials. I used this tutorial as a starting point for this sequence. I just started CG design a couple months ago and with the help of you and some great plug-ins, I'm creating things like this: https://vimeo.com/68089711

Tomas

12 years ago

Hi, I was just wondering if you could tell me which sounds were use to produce this project.. Im looking for that gear locking sound when the logo appears.
Thanks

Student 1

12 years ago

Hi Andrew, I'm from Kenya (a country in Africa) and its not easy to get someone who can teach me visual effects(Probably because i come from a slum and i have no cash)but I've learnt a couple of tricks especially in the Bio Hazard logo and i have to say You are doing an awesome job! You are my GREATEST inspiration!!. Please keep posting the tutorials. Thanks a lot.

aron siame

12 years ago

Thats cool

Jerry

12 years ago

Wondering... (maybe a CS6 issue?) When I place my PS file in the comp and do auto trace, it does not trace, even with preview on. If I do as Andrew does and use a jpg, it does trace but also traces the border as well. More importantly... in the video, when he does create the path, it doesn't create a new layer with that path - but for me it does. Any help would be great.

Nik

12 years ago

I think you can fix that by saving the ps file as another extention, and then "save transparency".. That would be my guess, im sure there are plenty of other options as well

braeden

12 years ago

Thats because you need to render it as a Vector image, Adobe illustrator is perfect for that sort of thing.

JoeO

12 years ago

To anyone who can help,

I'm trying to scatter my logo but its not do anything.
Did anyone else run into that problem?

Jeppe

12 years ago

I have various objects, in various solids, because each needs to be a different colour. Now i have come to a problem; When i do the World Rotation, each word rotate around itself, and not as a whole word, which i understand 100%. But does anyone know a way to make it, so it thinks that it is one object?

-Please reply to my email; Luupelo@gmail.com

Basith Paykat

12 years ago

Help Please: -
say i have a logo,which i wana extrude with element :
when i do that it removes all its texture(colour and all( just like a concrete block!!!
what shoud i do to get back those colours and textures.
and to say : i did dragged my logo.png to the diffuce option and it became UGLY
Somebody

smo

12 years ago

hi there,
is there a way to keyframe "extrude"?
so that i.e. texts "grow" from flat to extrude?

thanx in advance and keep going with the great work

mel

12 years ago

program works great. the only problem i seem to have is when i keyframe my position and p.o.i on my camera it stays either zoomed in or out for the whole time. i can't seem to get it to move in and out

Diipo

13 years ago

Andrew is not a God, but Andrew is good with the help of God. Andrew, i really commend your ceaseless efforts. tnx alot

DampCookie

13 years ago

Dude it's a figure of speech, I hate when people leave subtle but obvious hints of their religion. Keep it out

Nikolay

13 years ago

I'm interested in the sound effects in this video. ?nyone know where to find.

Yutaru

13 years ago

Andrew is a God!! Thanks for this awesome tutorial...

HeldForRansom

13 years ago

Awesome Plug in. For those needing answers, I am sure the peeps at VCP are busy, but maybe I can help, long time user, first time post.

Denkoo - You need to be creating 16 bit comps or larger and you have to have a good graphics card, not great, but good and a recent intel machine to really have this plug in work.

Ettiene Rodriguez - It produces amazing result, but just remember, the depth of field Field, starts at the default camera postion, if you are dolly'd in tight on your object, the depth of field will be super shallow and hard to manage, just be patient and make small moves on the aperture and focus distance.

MJ(_M_)Batman - Check your channels within the scene set up, each object needs its own place, also make sure separate objects is checked under each element object in the scene setup.

Glinson AJ - See the 8 bit to 16 bit issue above.

If anyone else has answers to help our fellow AE users, always post them and share. For those who want to view my channel on YouTube, here is the video I made using the tutorial, no moving objects, just depth of field, small cuts, lens flares and multi beveled objects.

http://youtu.be/TDVljA9bp3M

Thanks!

Denkooo

13 years ago

I have a problem ... when i create a logo and press ok it appears 2d on my screen ... it isnt 3d

EhThaBlay

13 years ago

create camera layer.

Dhruv Kaushal

13 years ago

OH! COME ON! Make a new camera Layer and MOVE IT AROUND!!!!

Jon

12 years ago

Wow...Dhruv, you are kind of a dick.

Axtronic

12 years ago

Noob!, create a camera LoL

vercetty1000

13 years ago

this plugin is very awesome...you can make text,shapes,etc. 3d direct in after effects...really cool

eslam

13 years ago

am i the only who has just seen aliens tech

Anonymus

13 years ago

Please what is the password of the archive..please help me

Umar

13 years ago

Someone!!! Put up the project file. Its not there

Javier García

13 years ago

Super tutorial and marvelous tool

koro

13 years ago

Holy sh*t super cool! I have to get this element!

HAL9000

13 years ago

Great Tutorial so far- but quick Question:

I'm at minute 12 when you create the light- but when i move the "Point of Interest" my lighting doesn't change. If i move it's "Position" it changes, but I'm curious why my "Point of Interest" would be unresponsive? Anybody know why this may be happening?

Ettiene Rodriguez

13 years ago

does anyone have problem with focusing thing usig deep of field???

Horacio

13 years ago

I feel like I've known you my whole life dude! xD

Laziz Mavlonov

13 years ago

Hi Endrew, your tutorials are amasing!!! come to Uzbekistan to show master class, we'll be glad to meet you in our country. from Laziz

Amodh

13 years ago

pretty cool stuff mahn!

youzarssef

13 years ago

hey hey hey wathes up here for an other great tutorial from the profsionel andrew kramer .thks

jose

13 years ago

Hey just wondering what sound fxs you used on this piece - particularly the chain sound in the middle. Are they video copilot sound fxs from the audio collections

MJ(_M_)Batman

13 years ago

I love this...I really do. The only problem I have is that multi-object only works on texts for me. My own shapes don't scatter or rotate or do anything, and there is plenty of space. Please help if you can. Thank you.

David G

13 years ago

Great stuff. Looking forward to putting Element through it's paces. Would love another tutorial specifically dedicated to text and possibly creating your own shaders. Thanks!

Ruben Gatt

13 years ago

When I press Ok nothing happens, when I enter Scene setup it seems that it does not save.

Ruben

Manish Patil

12 years ago

Had the same problem itz cuz that 1.0 ver has bugs with ATI gpu's .. I Updated it with 1.345 and everything worked jusz fine!.. I got the 3D model All good and perfect..

Had to stuggle 2 long hours to figure it out though!..

Manish Patil

12 years ago

Update Elements 3D 1.0 to 1.345

Glinson AJ

13 years ago

i did everything as that on tutorial but @ 9 min:04 sec when andrew clicks "OK" in setup he gets the logo in his comp ,but for me its blank nothing appears n the comp screen after i clicked on ok.....please anyone help...

ASCfleet

13 years ago

make sure your comp screen resolution is set to AUTO...ie not FULL because the 3D stuff is GPU intensive and if your graphics card can't handle displaying your 3D stuff in FULL resolution, it won't show up! Cheers!

ASCfleet

13 years ago

Oh Yeah, also try EDIT>PURGE>ALL...this will dump any image caching that was done during the creation and/or rendering/playback of your masterpiece and will help increase the viewable resolution in your comp..example if you could only see QUARTER resolution, purging the image caches could allow you to then see HALF resolution.

topgoprap

13 years ago

Respect from Russia !!!1

welee

13 years ago

thanks you ,
you are a wonderful man

ahmed

13 years ago

very cool logo

ahmed

13 years ago

Amazing as always Anderw keep going you are Amazing

Akhi

13 years ago

How does your Element Unwrap any 3d model so fast and seamlessly? Doing it in 3ds max is such a paint.

Travis Neuroth

13 years ago

When i activate multi object and try to scatter the pieces, like in the demo, none of my pieces move they stay where they were. Suggestions?

Ralph

13 years ago

I don't have the support of some composition but I just want to know some of it's techniques..,

Stephen

13 years ago

When I attempt to use the Element 3D Plugin while following this video, and apply it to the Solid Layer, the program freezes for a second, and then says "Adobe After Effects CS6 has stopped working". Does anyone know what is wrong, and if so, can you help me?

Thanks

haytham

13 years ago

ho to lisin Element 3d

Bosco

13 years ago

I really love your tutorials and products. But from this part of the world (Kenya) some of us are just left to salivate, well, because of the high prices of the products. can there be a subsidy of some sort?

suparlovekumar

13 years ago

i like it but not support my set

???

13 years ago

very good!Study...

Victor

13 years ago

I so wanna buy it and start using it...but 150$ is too expensive for me,so...not this time

Ali Sadati

13 years ago

Hi andrew.very very exciting tutorial with your new plugin Element 3d.I dont know how do describe it.anyway you did it.Thanks for tutorial

Darnell

13 years ago

I don't think I have experienced a tutorial that was this informative and clear. You are a gifted teacher, and I hope you continue these tutorials for individuals who are beginning and looking to begin something new. God bless you and your family, and much success in your field.
Thank you

Ahmed Hamdy

13 years ago

My first impression was : WTF ppl ??

I felt like i'm in star wars or star trek or sth.

Nice work maaaaaaaaan

emad

13 years ago

Amazing as always Anderw keep going up up up to the top actuly your on it

Kevin Lee

13 years ago

I'm so excited about this plug in!!

Best line ever...."one other thing you can do, if you like buying video copilot plugins"...

Adetokunbo gbenga

13 years ago

always expect new one, good job Andrew-keep-up more inspiration fm about.

Nico Denardo

13 years ago

Hey, great tutorials. Question though, where do you get your sound effects?

joe

13 years ago

Hi. Just wondering if I can export it as a highrez photoshop layered file? In Cinema 4D I can export 3D Logos at 300 dpi. Can this do the same?

Michael

13 years ago

It's so amazing Thanks Andrew

4scoresn7yrsago

13 years ago

sounds like the transformers theme title haha. GREAT WORK!

DiggerDave1968

13 years ago

Looking like a great product.
Could you please do a tut showing objects moving around live footage, it's where I have always found it hard. Animating a object from Blender and bringing it into AE, this plug in could be the answer but a tut would be great. Cheers AK.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Hello! As allways, nice work!

Where did you get the sound effects from?

Rezi

13 years ago

OMG.... It iS so awesome , Element 3D is the best Plugin In the World.. Thank You Andrew kramer And Videocopilot.net

othman shadhili

13 years ago

ihave problem dowloading a project file
(tutorials)

JgraphNet

13 years ago

OH MY FREGGIN' GOD..!
My head just blew up with a fat, sploshing sound...
Spent the last hour checking out the promos for Element trying to make the figures for the plugin and packs to match my budget ... and didn't really understand what the support for jpeg actually implied...

And now you show me this! Created from a pixel based jpeg, Element and some shaders ... now THAT puts a whole new dimension to Elements !!!
Absolutely mindblowing awsome - noting short of it. Your on. Element is a definite buy. Already got the full pack of Optical Flares and my mind is running super hot over that combo.
The part of my brain that isn't scattered around the floor, that is ..

Sorry - have some cleaning up to do here ..

Eddtastic

13 years ago

Hmmm, only seven minutes... seems like 1/2 hour for my pc

Bende

13 years ago

Hello Andrew!
I am a 16 year old guy, interested in motion graphics, watching your tutorials for more than a year. However, I have a really slow pc, so I had to stop it, I can't make graphics at the moment, and I can't try out this new plugin. I do not want anybody to feel sorry or to say "oh, poor me" or anything like that, I am cool with my life and stuff.

What I want to say is even if I can't make, I watch all your tutorials, just for the feeling, because this half hour of sitting quietly with my mouth wide open and smiling (yeah, I know, it's kind of creepy, like Joker or something

) is worthless!

In almost every minute there is a voice shouting in my head: "Oh my god oh my god how did you do that?! & That looks soooo amazing, unbelievable" and things like that.
I honestly do not exaggerate when I say watching this is like watching an amazing movie for the first time (like Shawshank Redemption, one of my favourite, to get the point) for me.
Thank you for making me forget all my things for a while (even though my parents aren't so happy about it!

) and thank you for being so inspirational, creative and kind enough to share all this talent with us!
Keep up the good work, Andrew!
Cheers from Hungary

Numan

13 years ago

Hi! i am a young movie maker all the way from Ghana, what i want to really ask you is that, can you please put together something like a school so we can be the first to attend it?
I like you sooo much and you are my role model.
how can i contact you personally? please reply

Amit

13 years ago

Hi, Mr. Andrew. I love to watch your tutorials and i always think that how you create these amazing art pieces that is amazing for AfterEffect learner. I salute you sir. One think i wanna ask you that there are some plug-ins in your website which is payable. Kindly free some Aftereffect plug-ins. I and many like whose pocket can't allow us to buy that. please think about it.

Rob

13 years ago

You get all these amazing tutorials for free and you want the plug-ins for nothing as well?! Come on, man, be reasonable!

Bosco

13 years ago

Well Rob, I do feel with Amit. Sometimes you are just left to rely on the mercy of others to get your hearts desires, not so much that you are mean or anything, but sadly cause of lack of means to get what you desire. Amit I hope Andrew will hear your cry and offer you something to wipe your tears with. Best of luck.

Philip

13 years ago

Hey Andrew,

I am trying to do an effect were someone falls off a cliff. There are alot of tutorials on youtube on how to do this but none are realistic.Could you make a tutorial on how to do this?

thanks,
Philip

P.S. I kinda want it to look like saruman's death.

Gabe

13 years ago

Just two words. F**KING AWESOME.
I have to kiss you.

Javokhir

13 years ago

Thanks for the tutorial Andrew and Videocopilot

Julio

13 years ago

i think im in love with you for this tutorial!! impresive!!!!! love YOU man!!!!

nevol

13 years ago

this element 3D is just f***ing great n i need 1.

Frizard

13 years ago

Andrew.... You da man! I once wished that I could work with 3d text and shapes inside of after effects and you my friend, made it come true! Hats off to you sir

Owyang

13 years ago

OMG...awasome.....................................................

Eric

13 years ago

Hi Andrew,

Quick question. I followed this using just a simple self generated mask from a solid. I noticed that when I play with the bevel settings, they only effect the front side. Is there a way to have the rear look the same so when I do the animation, it looks nice?

Thanks,
Eric
Kirk Productions

Heath

13 years ago

There is a "Bevel Backside" option you need to select under the edit window when you select the bevel material.

Simon Boxall

13 years ago

Hey, looking good. Just a quick question about your audio.
Just interested where you source it from? Are some of these clips from your SFX pack?

Cheers!

JAKE

13 years ago

F@cking awesome!

Howard Waddell

13 years ago

You guys are amazing! I just bought and started using Element 3D - the possibilities are staggering!
Here is a quick (5 minute) example:
https://vimeo.com/45960943#

Great Job!!!

Timber_Wolf_2

13 years ago

Seriously revolutionary and impressive, Andrew! It amazes me what you have just done for video!

Just a little side note, I've noticed your tutorials have gotten a progressively wider aspect ratio over the years. Thanks for that!

Dhruv Kaushal

13 years ago

AWESOME VIDEO ANDREW!

LOVE IT!

Muhammad afzal

13 years ago

sir greatg you r5 change 3dworld

seth

13 years ago

High5!
it really looks great.
i was wondering if there is a chance to control the Bump of the shader inside the plug-in? Also is there a way to create a complete new shader (material cause i'm a cinema4d user) from scratch?
thanks

Allan Muir

13 years ago

Andrew, Any plans to port Element into Apple Motion 5?

Cheers,

Allan

13 years ago

Brokop

13 years ago

This is freaking amazing. I am totally blown away. SO impressive work. (Btw. i am working with the plugin right now, but i can't seem to figure out where the shortcut for 'zooming' is in the Elements-workspace window. Anyone figured out how he does that. I am using wacom board)

Uudam

13 years ago

Hi Andrew! u always make some revolutions in video industry!
Imma buy this powerful plug-in very soon!

Shamus

13 years ago

Great tutorial...you said you rendered this in 7 minutes...doesn't your Z800 have like 96 GB of RAM though? Haha...

Ryan

13 years ago

BAD A$$$! Andrew!!!!!!!!!

Filmwolf

13 years ago

could you give us the files for the vector Bio Hazard you used? Their hard to come by with white in the middle and black for a lining....

John

13 years ago

Can you import materials from C4D?

Adam

13 years ago

Seriously this is SO impressive Andrew. I never though 3D would be possible in AE. When are you gonna put together a Physics Engine? I wont need C4D anymore.

Seany

13 years ago

This looks very impressive. I'm interested to know whether it can somehow be used in conjuction with camera tracker to drop 3D objects into footage.

Joel

13 years ago

You sure can! It takes a little bit of work (placing a null or plane on the surface you want your object sitting on, using different custom views to line up your object...) It's the very first thing I tried with the new plugin

. Love it.
I know this is no great cinema scene, but here's a test I put together to try out Element: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rvcgi6w7qkb2pks/coke%20test.mp4

Seany

13 years ago

Very cool. Many thanks for your reply. I looked at the video. It looks great.

Eric

13 years ago

Joe,
Since I left a couple messages on this same subject, the answer is an absolute yes. I think I figured it out. As the earlier gentlemen mentioned, using a null but it's even simpler I think. If you have CS6 with the new tracker, just tracker your scene, select you points and create a null and camera, then plop your 3D object in (or turn the eye on) and it tracks nicely. I seems to acknowledge the active camera generated by the tracker. One point that I am still verifying is I believe you click the Element layer to 3D before hand. Seemed to work for me. Eric, Kirk Productions

Eric

13 years ago

Here is my example I was tinkering with. The bullet seems to jitter just a notch at beginning for some reason but otherwise seems to track well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZYaDfepUQ

George Laird

13 years ago

This is an amazing product you have developed here,Andrew, totally blown away.

Rógvi Langgaard

13 years ago

I love that plugin!

What program do you use to put music and sounds into your videos and tutorials? Premiere Pro?

drake

13 years ago

is there anyway there can be more than five groups ....

Vincent

13 years ago

Yeah, I was wondering about that too...

It's a bit of a limitation.

Andy Price

13 years ago

I also think that such a great plugin should come with a descent Documentation and How to-s

Take 3DMax for example. Autodesk teach you every little aspect of the program with lots of detailed, picture referenced, project-oriented documentation.

All of the above doesn't contradict the fact that this is the most advanced, and coolest Plugin I have ever used (using it in my studio already, great results!)

But please, Andrew, address this situation where we need to "struggle" to finds our hands inside this Deep Reaching Plugin.

Thirsty for much more Tutorials.
Like someone said, I would have bought it myself if it came with a descent amount of project-oriented videos / a long and comprehensive PDF guide.

Would be great to hear from you about it.

Love everything about your site, from the tutorials, to the plugins, to the jokes and of course the inspiration you give us.

Cheers,

Andy Price

Lukas

13 years ago

I'd rather them release the plugin early so that I can play with it, than wait another couple of months for Andrew to compile tons of tutorials and a documentation bible...

Mike

13 years ago

You can learn a lot for yourself just by experimenting with different ideas. Don't wait for someone to give you knowledge.

cheekylilbasterd

13 years ago

This is just Great, this looks a lot like some of the stuff from Gkaster, right here all in after effects. and extruding shapes and masks just render the whole illustrator and 3d pipeline Obsolete in my workflow

joachim

13 years ago

Awesome as always

But i just got one question... Is the helicopter in one of these packs? Or will you release a vehicle pack soon?

Keep your work up Andrew!

Joachim

Paul Gale

13 years ago

Thanks for the tutorial Andrew

I tend to view on an iPad and this latest file doesn't want to play on iPad or iPhone. The jungle videos did though. Not sure if there's a difference in encoding or some flash used etc?

Any chance you can make future files iOS compatible?

Many thanks

mahmoud

13 years ago

i adore your tutorials

i have special request i hope you make tutorial

how i export c4d model with texture to element 3d

because i did try it its not work good with me

ali farahani

13 years ago

itd easy. c4d materials running in element 3d . each material is ready for texturing by one click on this.

Vfx Arun

13 years ago

Very Nice!

toko

13 years ago

great tutorial ofc but why you are making new videos in HD? i have very bad internet to load them

Rudy A

13 years ago

Great tutorial.

I would love to see a tutorial on how you built that sound track. I have ProScores, and Sound FX, but I don;t think those sounds are in there.

ashish anand

13 years ago

Hey do some updation so we can call the realflow meshes also in AE.

Rusty Shackleford

13 years ago

I'm curious, does it treat masks the same an obj file in the respect of no animation? Like, will it just sample the first frame of that layer or what? I can think of some kind of neat abstract effects that could be achieved by using an animated mask, if possible. Just tossing it out there! I plan on getting the shindig in the next week or so. Looking forward to playing with it!

Legacy

13 years ago

Wow that was amazin. The fact you created this wonderful tutorial to showcase what this Plugin can do, im a buy it. I just need to get a better GFX Card. Can u let me know some good Specs for a CPU setup.

Tokyo James

13 years ago

Plug your plug-ins.
Awesome sound to this logo, BTW.

MixedMedia

13 years ago

this is great Andrew,,,,,,Thank you

Chris Alexander

13 years ago

Outstanding work, Andrew!

Quick question: Are those sound effects available on Designer Sound FX or are they from a personal collection?

mst2007777777

13 years ago

Great Tutorial. as always!

Ben

13 years ago

When cs6 came out I was thinking your plugin was obsolete before it came out... now I think you just made the cs6 3d updates obsolete! Granted the cs6 updates do raytracing... but even on a beast of a machine, this takes forever to render. Very nice work guys. More tutorials for this the better... I'm still stumbling around a bit trying to figure it out!!

Joel

13 years ago

Awesome work!

I have couple of questions though: I don't necessarily have to have a 3D program to create an object that I want to use in AE right? I can just create a logo or any vector graphics; save them as jpg/png and so forth and import them into AE - and that should work, right? Someone please help!

Steve

13 years ago

Yes you can extrude flat shape layers and text all within Element (as this video shows). For anything more complex you'll need a 3d program (blender is free), or just use one of 1000s of pre-made models available on the net.

Jared

13 years ago

Andrew shows that you don't need a 3d program to create your object. Assign your vector design to a custom Element layer and extrude that layer. It needs to have vertex points so a rasterized image like a jpg will not be extruded without you specifying the points by using the pen tool for example to outline the logo.

Jared

13 years ago

Wow Andrew, that helicopter at the end with Sam was incredible! I hope to see a tut on incorporating a live shot like that. I am enjoying Element thoroughly! Thanks Andrew and Team

Trevor

13 years ago

The next plugin you guys need to make is an audio distortion plugin that would be cool!

Stephen Kennedy

13 years ago

Trevor- If you're talking about actually "distorting" audio, there are tons of plugins out there that already do it! I like using FL Studio personally, (lots of built in distortion options there) but there are limitless options.

oscar navarro

13 years ago

And just when i thought VCP couldn't blow me away any further... this comes out!

Toby

13 years ago

Awesome Andrew. Thank you!

Can't seem to change the point of interest on my lights with Element on a layer. Does anyone have any clue what I'm missing? Thanks in advance...

Hussain Ali AlMarkhi

13 years ago

Awesome I am really interesting in Element 3D I hope I can buy it soon

mc01

13 years ago

Awesome - have to try out the mask path idea.

Question though: Yours seems to handle Element + OF + camera/lights pretty well @ 720p. Trying a similar but deliberately overloaded setup (10s 1080p + Element + OF + light + Particular) on mine it crashes OpenGL but leaves AE running. I had to restart it constantly & finish animating keyframes blind w/Caps Lock on...

Still rendered fast, but that clearly won't work for longer shots or multiple instances

What workflow would you recommend to avoid crashing OpenGL? Composite w/Element and render it out, then add OF (what I ended up doing)? Some kind of multipass workflow (I think it's called 5th Element)? If I use separate comps/pre-comps will it lessen the strain on my card? Or is it all lumped together in OpenGL memory regardless & I'm stuck either pre-rendering, dropping down to 720p (or smaller), etc?

Mid-2011 Macbook Pro, so the card is "pretty good" but not upgradeable... Awaiting 16GB RAM upgrade, but I don't think that will matter much if OpenGL craps out, right?

Thanks!

Constantine

13 years ago

Man... I'm sorry, but autoresize of the shapes looks silly for me. Why would the inner peace gets bigger to fit other shape instead of being default by the size of it's mask? AE API doesn't provide layer size calculation or am I something miss here?

Hugo Strange

13 years ago

OK 2 things .
1.Constantine with Keanu reeves is one of my favorite movies

2.I had the same exact thought when I saw this...so it extrudes the first part of the Logo at regular size but the second part it exaggerates the size ? My thoughts where as soon as he said that "oh man That's going to be annoying."

you can spend some time trying to tweak a logo with more then 2 simple parts,then create mask(s) for it ....then having to set everything (size) back to how you liked it all over again ? why is that a good thing.

Great plugin,great tutorial as always.

thierry

13 years ago

What's happened if i don't want the title to rotate as the logo?
I must create it on a new and separate element layer?

Steve

13 years ago

Theres an onpion to exclude layers. You can just switch that on for the logo layer you want to remain static.

Mike

13 years ago

Great stuff, Andrew - I'm really impressed with the balance in speed vs. quality. With all due respect, I have a few concerns though: I don't quite feel that the documentation is "up-to-parre". I enjoy your tutorials as much as the next guy, but I'm wasting time trying to navigate, select and edit models, materials, groups, presets. Just clicking frantically, until I reach the results I'm after. The help files state WHAT you can do, but not really HOW you do it. Documentation work is boring (I know from experience), but IMHO it needs to be done. One other thing: The automatic "scale reset" of imported models may be convenient for the novice, but I might run into trouble down the road, where I need an object to have the exact same size, as in my 3D app. If you use scenes with 3D tracked footage, a hit and miss approach with a unit or percentage spinner could pose a few problems. Regardless, this is a fantastic product, and I wish all the best. Thanks!

Daniel Vivanco

13 years ago

This changes AE forever! Amazing!

Srinivas

13 years ago

sir but what if i want more than five group

Enrik

13 years ago

well ... after effects allows you to create other layers .... on which you can apply Element 3D

Bob K

13 years ago

Thanks Andrew for this very great tut! It will save me many days of trials. I'm now really looking forward to your showing us how to set up the animated interpolation between two objects.
All this, and I know you are busy with the Family too!
Many thanks Man!

Mack

13 years ago

Takes notes greyscale gorilla.

David

13 years ago

Great job. This is the way to sell it to those doubters

The more I use element the more I like it. A no-brainer purchase. \^^/

Anna Haas

13 years ago

This is exactly the tutorial I was going to ask you for. Been reading our minds again. I bought Elements as soon as it was released. I have not been disappointed with it yet. I have other 3d programs for most of my work and this is really going to be very helpful to speed some of our work up,

Brian

13 years ago

Did you do the titles to JJ Abrams new series Revolution? The ON button that replaces the o looks very familiar? !!

Pete

13 years ago

Very nice

Hasan

13 years ago

Oh My GOD! I must have this plugin! I have already started saving up! This plugin will truly change our whole industry, it is honestly revolutionary!

Tom

13 years ago

Excellent tutorial and thanks for this new power you've placed in everyone's hands. Truly inspiring.

erik cantu

13 years ago

You keep doing things in the plug in and I am out loud say "that soo cool!" You have included so many great features in this plug in, most software isn't so fully featured and well thought out until their 3rd or 4th versions!

Cameron Covell

13 years ago

Hey Andrew!
I was curious if lens flares are able to blink out behind 3D objects created in Element.
THANKS!

Daniel K Johnson

13 years ago

"extrusions from masks and shapes" SOLD!

Heather Laurens

13 years ago

Hey Andrew,
Your plugin is amazing. Game changing.

BUT.
When Optical flares got out I bought it the same day. including Pro Presets 1 & 2 Later on.

The reason I got it so fast was because it was packed with TUTORIALS, who taught me all the features.
I kinda expected that such a great product like Element 3D would come with your brilliant teaching on the product.
(not talking about the demos or walkthroughs, which are perfect).

Can we expect more tutorials soon?

Should we Expet

Theis

13 years ago

Now.. Show us how you used the chopper in a real life video!
(From the picture on facebook)

Christiaan

13 years ago

Thanks Andrew for this nice lesson!
Learned a couple of things again.

Christiaan.

Rashka

13 years ago

Andrew Can we have the ALPHABET in Element 3D AND NUMBER 0-9 if possible..

leo

13 years ago

seriously? you people can't be content with all the work AK does, you keep asking for more like hungry little birds... you can have any 3D text you want with Element, if you took 10 seconds to find out how to do it you'd realize that. Sheesh.

Klas

13 years ago

If you watched the tutorial, you should have learned that you can create your own models in Element 3D.

Underground Movie

13 years ago

Absolutely right Leo... just take some of your second's life to watch and try to answer yourself before asking foolishly !

Alex Hampu

13 years ago

This is amazing. Thank you!

Trond

13 years ago

This I'm gonna buy, before this year ends.

Dana Jean Phoenix

13 years ago

Great tutorial. You guys are so responsive and this plug in (program really) is amazing!! It's such fun to explore and play with

) DJP

wayne

13 years ago

Great tut! Tried to download it but the zip file has 0 size... Can you check that for me?

Kay L Pedro

13 years ago

this is mad mehn. Element rocks

Robin

13 years ago

He-hey! So I guess you guys finally bought a widescreen!

nazmi

13 years ago

3rd! lol

Thorsten Meyer

13 years ago

Great, I am so glad I bought the complete package.

Elements 3D is for me the best AE since many years.

Thanks,
Thorsten

http://dreamridiculous.com/

mani

13 years ago

wao im 3rd

FV8

13 years ago

AWESOME!!!!!! KEEP ON PLEASE!!!! I Love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!

Crispy3PO

13 years ago

Wow! AK you NEVER fail to impress!

Fer Corp

13 years ago

Wooow, its amazing this plugin, Andrew. Thanks.

Puss In Boots

13 years ago

E3D ROOOOOOCKS! Meow!!

Rodrigo

13 years ago

mamamiya ulala haha nice and coooollll thanks ^_^

Scott Welsch

13 years ago

Finally I've been looking for a tutorial similar to this!

http://www.facebook.com/f5entertainment

Rodrigo

13 years ago

nice

thanks andrew XD

James Reid

13 years ago

Thats awesome. I had a play with layer masks at the weekend. This makes it alot clearer. Nice one Andrew

Rodrigo

13 years ago

nice

thanks andrew XD

Mohsen

13 years ago

OMG ! so cool TY !

R-CANE

13 years ago

Wow! Element 3D rules!

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