Return-Path: Received: from [208.97.132.81] (HELO homiemail-a8.g.dreamhost.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5306382 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 04 Dec 2013 01:10:32 +0100 Received: from homiemail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1C7CD22072 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2013 16:12:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=influxx.com; h= mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:from :subject:date:to; s=influxx.com; bh=KukhG/yVUFH5huircRLErcts5Ic= ; b=lzPBBxWW5zpeXpPUJ/FOAiSdmEJCOEoXmIzVpPOwgHjWyCjZBAMwvhADp7IW sOVIdbr2RndGe3fZmENcGPy5EsHwPcR8zJ3KMS3ZnYmK1OQclPniJq/rlxdA/FMj 0p4XVJFJ5Wp3M1sxNmakhicHHnKuq48rq+KMCBorYYsCmfE= Received: from [192.168.0.20] (cpe-98-148-138-81.socal.res.rr.com [98.148.138.81]) (Authenticated sender: adam@influxx.com) by homiemail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 9B8C2D22020 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2013 16:12:58 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-11--213115171 Message-Id: From: adam mercado Subject: Re: [AE] VCP - Element 3D or Optical Flares Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 16:12:57 -0800 To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) --Apple-Mail-11--213115171 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Nice work Brian, thanks for sharing. Some really good uses for =20 Element I can see. =46rom the tutorials on VCP it seems to be really quite responsive for =20= what it does. And even for 3D text it seems at face value a better =20 option than the ray traced option in CS6. I've used the 3D ray =20 tracing in CS6 at work and its pathetically slow to the point of =20 being unusable. If Element is as good as it seems it would be a far =20 better and more affordable solution. I dont think true ray tracing is =20= a deal breaker when the environment mapping looks so good. Adam Mercado Influxx Media Production Fullerton, CA Moving Images. For Business 714=B0928=B09896 http://www.influxx.com http://www.twitter.com/influxx http://www.linkedin.com/in/influxx http://influxx.tumblr.com/archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/influxx On Dec 2, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Brian Behm wrote: > sorry for another post, but I dug up a couple of other little =20 > projects that ended up in Element at some point too. > > This was a 10th anniversary card we ran in front of all of our =20 > videos earlier this year. There are several instances of the globe =20 > composited in different ways to create a sort of universal studios =20 > effect. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wdrl79lq9rga3l/Final%20Long%20Logo%20With=20= > %20Fades.mp4 > > and the titles for a documentary I worked on earlier this year. The =20= > goal was to come up with titles that look like they were of the =20 > era. I don't know that we quite hit it, but I like hte look. > > http://www.behance.net/gallery/Rewind-This-documentary-titles/9488063 > > It's a pretty versatile little plugin. Sometimes it's a bit buggy, =20 > but I'm thankful I have it in my arsenal. > > > Brian Behm > Art Director/VFX Artist > Rooster Teeth Productions > Austin,TX > > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:04 PM, adam mercado wrote: > Yeah the facility I work at puts OF on everything. It can be nice =20 > subtle effect. I agree I'll get the most use out of that. > > Out of curiosity, what kind of real world everyday projects have =20 > folks used Element on. For the type of corporate/industrial work I =20 > do I'm not sure I could squeeze 3D particles in there. The VCP reel =20= > for Element looks lovely, but it doesn't venture far beyond =20 > military aircraft and morphing spheres. > > > Adam Mercado > Influxx Media Production > Fullerton, CA > > Moving Images. For Business > 714=B0928=B09896 > http://www.influxx.com > http://www.twitter.com/influxx > http://www.linkedin.com/in/influxx > http://influxx.tumblr.com/archive > http://www.flickr.com/photos/influxx > > > > > > On Dec 2, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Michael Powers wrote: > >> I too use both. I think OF would be used more. We do a lot of =20 >> projection mapping here, so we use Element more than the most might. >> >> >> >> From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On =20 >> Behalf Of Jim Curtis >> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 5:09 PM >> To: After Effects Mail List >> Subject: Re: [AE] VCP - Element 3D or Optical Flares >> >> >> >> I have both, and I use OF much more than Element. But, I think =20 >> what's best for you depends on what your needs are. Some people =20 >> put flares on everything, including Element; but you'd rarely hear =20= >> the reverse of that, I'd think. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Dec 2, 2013, at 3:41 PM, adam mercado wrote: >> >> >> >> >> I'd like to know, in your opinions, what is the most useful and =20 >> must-have plug-in between the VideoCopilot Element 3D or Optical =20 >> Flares. They use Optical Flares a LOT at the facility I have been =20 >> working at, but E3D sure does look fun. Is it something you can =20 >> use everyday or does it become 'oh that again' like Trapcode Shine =20= >> did. >> >> >> >> Obviously given my druthers I'd add both to my arsenal, but =20 >> reality being what it is and the sale going on this week, I'd like =20= >> to get one of them. >> >> >> >> cheers >> >> >> >> >> >> Adam Mercado >> >> Influxx Media Production >> >> Fullerton, CA >> >> >> >> Moving Images. For Business >> >> 714=B0928=B09896 >> >> http://www.influxx.com >> >> http://www.twitter.com/influxx >> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/influxx >> >> http://influxx.tumblr.com/archive >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/influxx >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > --=20 > not getting enough of my blather? > check out http://flabbyironman.blogspot.com > or my portfolio at http://behmcreative.com --Apple-Mail-11--213115171 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Nice work Brian, thanks for sharing. Some really good uses for Element I = can see. 

=46rom the tutorials on VCP it seems = to be really quite responsive for what it does. And even for 3D text it = seems at face value a better option than the ray traced option in CS6. = I've used the 3D ray tracing in CS6 at work and its pathetically slow to = the point of being unusable. If Element is as good as it seems it would = be a far better and more affordable solution. I dont think true ray = tracing is a deal breaker when the environment mapping looks so = good.



On Dec 2, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Brian Behm = wrote:

sorry for another post, but I dug up = a couple of other little projects that ended up in Element at some point = too. 

This was a 10th anniversary card we = ran in front of all of our videos earlier this year. There are several = instances of the globe composited in different ways to create a sort of = universal studios effect. 


and the titles = for a documentary I worked on earlier this year. The goal was to come up = with titles that look like they were of the era. I don't know that we = quite hit it, but I like hte look. 


It's a pretty versatile little plugin. = Sometimes it's a bit buggy, but I'm thankful I have it in my = arsenal. 


Brian= Behm
Art = Director/VFX Artist
Rooster Teeth = Productions
Austin,TX


On Mon, Dec 2, = 2013 at 9:04 PM, adam mercado <adam@influxx.com> wrote:
= Yeah the facility I work at puts OF on everything. It can be nice subtle = effect. I agree I'll get the most use out of = that.

Out of curiosity, what kind of real world = everyday projects have folks used Element on. For the type of = corporate/industrial work I do I'm not sure I could squeeze 3D particles = in there. The VCP reel for Element looks lovely, but it doesn't venture = far beyond military aircraft and morphing spheres.
=


Adam Mercado
Influxx Media = Production
Fullerton, CA

Moving = Images. For Business
714=B0928=B09896
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On Dec 2, 2013, = at 2:42 PM, Michael Powers wrote:

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I too use both. I think OF would be used more. We do a lot of = projection mapping here, so we use Element more than the most = might.

 

From: After Effects = Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of = Jim Curtis
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 5:09 PM
= To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] VCP - = Element 3D or Optical Flares

 

I = have both, and I use OF much more than Element.  But, I think = what's best for you depends on what your needs are.  Some people = put flares on everything, including Element; but you'd rarely hear the = reverse of that, I'd think.

 

 

 

 

 

On Dec 2, 2013, at 3:41 PM, adam mercado <adam@influxx.com> wrote:

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I'd like to know, in your opinions, what is the most = useful and must-have plug-in between the VideoCopilot Element 3D or = Optical Flares. They use Optical Flares a LOT at the facility I have = been working at, but E3D sure does look fun. Is it something you can use = everyday or does it become 'oh that again' like Trapcode Shine = did.

 

Obviously given my druthers I'd add both to my = arsenal, but reality being what it is and the sale going on this week, = I'd like to get one of them.

 

cheers

 

 

Adam = Mercado

Influxx Media = Production

Fullerton, = CA

 <= /u>

Moving Images. = For Business

714=B0928=B09896<= /span>

 <= /u>

 

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