Return-Path: Received: from cri.crishdesign.com ([198.57.142.178] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5085018 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 27 May 2013 05:23:27 +0200 Received: from 106-72-agavebb-nm.abq.nm.agavebb.net ([199.21.106.72]:59100 helo=[192.168.0.5]) by cri.crishdesign.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UgoAy-0002UW-2u for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 26 May 2013 21:32:48 -0600 From: Chris Meyer Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_2995CE70-ED51-4A0C-AE99-4B13872F2CDB" Subject: Re: [AE] Ae Ray-Traced 3D Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 21:32:47 -0600 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cri.crishdesign.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crishdesign.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cri.crishdesign.com: authenticated_id: chris@crishdesign.com --Apple-Mail=_2995CE70-ED51-4A0C-AE99-4B13872F2CDB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 It certainly has its weaknesses and limited feature set, esp. compared = to the sexiness of Invigorator or Element. But I do find a few of its features useful: - I am yet to see any faceting, which I personally can't stand - interacts with other 3D layers (shadows, reflections, etc.) - compatible with text and shape animations (the later in particular = being fun) two cents - Chris ________________________________________________ Chris Meyer | Crish Design http://www.crishdesign.com On May 26, 2013, at 8:31 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: > Does anybody find this useful? =20 >=20 > Just wondering. I use Element and Invigorator for my modest 3D needs, = which is mostly simple logo treatments, charts, graphs, etc. from Ai = files. 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? >=20 > Can anybody provide some links to projects where they used Ae = Ray-Traced 3D to good effect? >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > . > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to --Apple-Mail=_2995CE70-ED51-4A0C-AE99-4B13872F2CDB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 It certainly has its weaknesses and limited feature set, esp. compared to the sexiness of Invigorator or Element.

But I do find a few of its features useful:
 - I am yet to see any faceting, which I personally can't stand
 - interacts with other 3D layers (shadows, reflections, etc.)
 - compatible with text and shape animations (the later in particular being fun)

two cents -
Chris

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Chris Meyer | Crish Design
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On May 26, 2013, at 8:31 AM, 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 files.  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?




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