Return-Path: Received: from mail-qc0-f178.google.com ([209.85.216.178] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5084673 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 26 May 2013 18:46:12 +0200 Received: by mail-qc0-f178.google.com with SMTP id l11so3134306qcy.23 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 09:55:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=Z2+dV6ORCp+FPaidgMDSndHqFcHq7Ahs5SR511Bf+N0=; b=Vxcqu0vB+wB6XDLnVuVWLkX12ZP0TFYbGHK6l2aFLHqLGZdpauKRczyMx7GUkMS2eB eQBpSuSa8yAjmE+JYMON11URfJOI0fUzTk//jF4YRXr+YtmrZaKO1wq3kMO53CGfBE06 JZGiPzVIubK4g/Gp8Obxz5QYefJw6EjLSqyjDc+tjUNEBrgO5BF+cgh2qVGlZuO5msB9 8VEfiIxgueIGBp3A85xwCBM6UKX/0JNlWAg/rFy6MkMR3/E4TJZtL9jndMP2MMgV6Qrq HzZxalneebcuJErven/v3vw63v9srlzrvd59N/d7UKSKNUfNeAoxn54WbnM5wZTY/ekW wxpg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.165.146 with SMTP id i18mr24270369qay.33.1369587333619; Sun, 26 May 2013 09:55:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.121.168 with HTTP; Sun, 26 May 2013 09:55:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 12:55:33 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Ae Ray-Traced 3D From: Teddy Gage To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0149c75282801d04dda1e6ad --089e0149c75282801d04dda1e6ad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Todd, despite somehow breaking gmail with your reply, this brings up a very interesting point, and a question i was going to ask. You may not be able to answer but ill ask anyway: with the upcoming features of c4d integration, is there going to be any more work put into the raytrace engine? Or has that been superseded by the focus on c4d? With a little more work i was very excited by the potential for the rt features, it would be a shame to abandon development of that. However it would make perfect sense considering the overlap of functionality... On Sunday, May 26, 2013, Todd Kopriva wrote: > From this page, there ar links to tutorials and examples that show these > features in use: > > http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2012/05/free-3d-material-options-proj= ect-and-tutorials-for-after-effects-cs6.html > > Keep in mind that this feature set is only intended for simple things, an= d > more complex 3D projects should make use of other software, such as > Invigorator or Cinema 4D. The ray-traced 3D feature set in CS6 was a way > for us to take a first step and figure out what people really wanted and > needed from 3D in After Effects. In that way, it was the forerunner to th= e > Cimema 4D integration in After Effects CC (12.0). > > > On Sunday, May 26, 2013, Jim Curtis wrote: > >> Does anybody find this useful? >> >> Just wondering. I use Element and Invigorator for my modest 3D needs, >> which is mostly simple logo treatments, charts, graphs, etc. from Ai fil= es. >> Invigorator seems to be the best at that, because of the way it treats >> Layers and colors. I can't figure out a way to add a texture to an Ae >> extruded layer. Am I missing something? >> >> Can anybody provide some links to projects where they used Ae Ray-Traced >> 3D to good effect? >> >> > > -- > -------------------------------- > Todd Kopriva > 1510 E Alder St > Seattle, WA 98122 > (206)437-2296 > -------------------------------- > "Mobility is more important than motion." > - Gy=C3=B6rgy Seb=C5=91k > --=20 Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --089e0149c75282801d04dda1e6ad Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Todd, despite somehow breaking gmail with your reply, this brings up a very= interesting point, and a question i was going to ask. You may not be able = to answer but ill ask anyway: with the upcoming features of c4d integration= , is there going to be any more work put into the raytrace engine? Or has t= hat=C2=A0been superseded by the focus on c4d? With a little more work i was= very excited by the potential for the rt features, it would be a shame to = abandon development of that. However it would make perfect sense considerin= g the overlap of functionality...

On Sunday, May 26, 2013, Todd Kopriva wrote:
From this page, there ar links to tutorials and examples that show= these features in use:

Keep in mind that this feature set is only intended for simple things, = and more complex 3D projects should make use of other software, such as Inv= igorator or Cinema 4D. The ray-traced 3D feature set in CS6 was a way for u= s to take a first step and figure out what people really wanted and needed = from 3D in After Effects. In that way, it was the forerunner to the Cimema = 4D integration in After Effects CC (12.0).


On Sunday, May 26, 2013, Jim Curtis wrote:
Does anybody find this useful?

Just wondering. =C2=A0I use Element and Invigorator for my modest 3D needs,= which is mostly simple logo treatments, charts, graphs, etc. from Ai files= . =C2=A0Invigorator seems to be the best at that, because of the way it tre= ats Layers and colors. =C2=A0I can't figure out a way to add a texture = to an Ae extruded layer. =C2=A0Am I missing something?

Can anybody provide some links to projects where they used Ae Ray-Traced 3D= to good effect?



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