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From: Louai Abu-Osba <me@louai.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:48:47 -0500
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Subject: Re: [AE] Faking ambient occlusion or SSAO in After Effects?
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Have you tried this: http://aescripts.com/pixel-bender-accelerator/

It's a plugin that runs Pixel Bender.

-louai


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Greg Balint <delrazoraelist@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm on a crunch time project right now and one of my renders from Cinema
> 4d was going to take over 25 hours with Ambient occlusion on.. the project
> is super high resolution 9660x1080 and it's just simple cube-space mograph
> stuff, but the AO was taking forever.. I opted to turn off the AO pass and
> render out a general pass instead..
>
> Now I need to figure out how to get that look back, as the standard pass
> is too flat and dull.
>
> There USED to be a plugin / script called super SSAO or something like
> that, and it used pixelbender to make fake AO on a prerendered animation or
> still.  it was actually quite useful for quick renders from 3d and although
> it wasn't PERFECT, it was great for quick jobs that couldn't afford the
> render times but still needed the extra depth.
>
> Anyway.. does anyone know of a way to do this without that plugin? (as far
> as I know pixelbender went away after CS5 so the plugin i used to use is
> not going to work)
>
> Maybe a few regular plugins that could create the same effect?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
>
> ///Greg Balint
> //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
> /321.514.4839
> delRAZOR.com/
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Have you tried this:=A0<a href=3D"http://aescripts.com/pix=
el-bender-accelerator/">http://aescripts.com/pixel-bender-accelerator/</a><=
div><br></div><div>It&#39;s a plugin that runs Pixel Bender.</div><div><br>=
</div>

<div>-louai</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote">On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Greg Balint <span dir=3D"ltr">&l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:delrazoraelist@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">delrazorael=
ist@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hey all,=A0<div><br></div><=
div>I&#39;m on a crunch time project right now and one of my renders from C=
inema 4d was going to take over 25 hours with Ambient occlusion on.. the pr=
oject is super high resolution 9660x1080 and it&#39;s just simple cube-spac=
e mograph stuff, but the AO was taking forever.. I opted to turn off the AO=
 pass and render out a general pass instead..=A0</div>


<div><br></div><div>Now I need to figure out how to get that look back, as =
the standard pass is too flat and dull.</div><div><br></div><div>There USED=
 to be a plugin / script called super SSAO or something like that, and it u=
sed pixelbender to make fake AO on a prerendered animation or still. =A0it =
was actually quite useful for quick renders from 3d and although it wasn=
9;t PERFECT, it was great for quick jobs that couldn&#39;t afford the rende=
r times but still needed the extra depth.</div>


<div><br></div><div>Anyway.. does anyone know of a way to do this without t=
hat plugin? (as far as I know pixelbender went away after CS5 so the plugin=
 i used to use is not going to work)</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe a few r=
egular plugins that could create the same effect?</div>


<div><br></div><div>Thanks!<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><=
br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><pre cols=3D"72"><f=
ont face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/<a href=3D"tel:321.514.4839" value=3D"+13215144839" target=3D"_blank">321.=
514.4839</a>
delRAZOR.com/ </font></pre></div>
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