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Subject: Re: [AE] Adding filters & effects to individual raytraced 3D elements
From: Brian Maffitt <brian@totaltraining.com>
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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 16:38:38 -0400
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Precomposing the raytraced layer seems to be the only viable option. =
It's not too painful.

Or, use a Zaxwerks 3D plugin to render the whole scene.

Brian


On Oct 13, 2013, at 4:33 PM, "Robert W. Walker" =
<robertw@walkersound.com> wrote:

> You're not the only one using CC raytracing, and you're certainly not
> the only one looking for answers to "How do I efficiently add effects =
to
> raytraced objects?"  I have not found a satisfactory answer so far and
> the limitations this imposes in the current version are obvious.  So =
I'm
> watching with interest myself.
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> Robert W. Walker
> Los Angeles
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>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [AE] Adding filters & effects to individual raytraced 3D
>> elements
>> From: Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, October 13, 2013 3:47 pm
>> To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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>> You mean to tell me I'm the only one who uses CC raytracing? ha. It =
met a
>> lot of criteria for the project and it's working out quite well.
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>> On another note has anyone tried atomkraft 3D for AE? how is the =
usability?
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>> Something I'm actually enjoying about the AE raytrace engine is the =
lack
>> of options. I know that sounds crazy, but the limitations make it =
much
>> faster to work with, interface and workflow wise. As well, the =
viewport
>> quality is quite good and refreshes fast. I still have no idea what =
I'm
>> going to do to make post tweaks with filters though. Looking like =
I'll have
>> to render it all out to do the compositing. Kind of a bummer.
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>> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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>>> So most features like color correction, mattes and fx are not fully
>>> supported by the raytraced 3D engine. What is the workflow to add a =
glow to
>>> an extruded object for example? I'm hoping it's not something like =
creating
>>> a matte for each individual object and exporting it separately, then
>>> reimporting it into a standard 3D comp. I could render every element
>>> separately for compositing but that's hours of work I don't have. I =
haven't
>>> used the RT engine much, so I'm hoping there's an easier solution. I =
could
>>> fake a glow with physical lights but then my render times go up.
>>> -TG
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