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Subject: Re: [AE] Faking ambient occlusion or SSAO in After Effects?
From: Greg Balint <delrazoraelist@gmail.com>
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Wow, thanks for that!

I hadn't much need for most Pixel Bender stuff, but that one plugin was a
real time-saver.  I think I'm happy with my solution as a stop-gap on this
current project, but I'll definitely keep that in mind for future use.




On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Louai Abu-Osba <me@louai.org> wrote:

> 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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///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Wow, thanks for that!<div><br></div><div>I hadn&#39;t much=
 need for most Pixel Bender stuff, but that one plugin was a real time-save=
r. =A0I think I&#39;m happy with my solution as a stop-gap on this current =
project, but I&#39;ll definitely keep that in mind for future use.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div=
 class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Louai Abu-Osba <sp=
an dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:me@louai.org" target=3D"_blank">me@lou=
ai.org</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">Have you tried this:=A0<a h=
ref=3D"http://aescripts.com/pixel-bender-accelerator/" target=3D"_blank">ht=
tp://aescripts.com/pixel-bender-accelerator/</a><div>
<br></div><div>It&#39;s a plugin that runs Pixel Bender.</div><span class=
=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><div><br></div>

<div>-louai</div></font></span></div><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5=
"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov=
 12, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Greg Balint <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:d=
elrazoraelist@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">delrazoraelist@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&#3=
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><font color=3D"#888888"><br clear=3D"all">=
<div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><pre cols=3D"72"><font 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>
</font></span></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>=
<div dir=3D"ltr"><pre cols=3D"72"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-seri=
f">///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/ </font></pre></div>
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