Description
Video Copilot 3D LIGHT BUNDLE Overview
Add textures and light maps to your 3D models in Adobe After Effects with Video
Copilot's 3D Light Bundle. This bundle includes the Element 3D V2 After Effects Plugin
for adding 3D effects and models to your video. Also included are the Pro Shaders 2
and Backlight add-ons for Element 3D. Pro Shaders 2 includes realistic material models
based on actual surfaces. Backlight includes 8K resolution light maps for adding realistic
light reflections on the surfaces of your 3D models.
Video Copilot's Element 3D V2 Plugin features a redesigned interface and an updated
GPU accelerated processing back end to improve render times and allows many
operations to be viewed in near real-time. OBJ and C4D files can be imported along with
their textures and manipulated inside Adobe After Effects. Within the plugin, complex
3D objects can be broken down into their core components and are able to be adjusted
or animated individually.
To make the workflow as efficient as possible, Video Copilot has simulated reflections
and shadows that don't require ray-tracing. Without ray-tracing, rendering detailed 3D
models is less processor intensive, and near real-time renders can be achieved
without an expensive GPU.
Element 3D v2 is designed for use in Adobe After Effects CS5 or newer on either PC or
Mac and is compatible with 3D models created in OBJ and C4D file formats.
Physical Shader System
Easily create more realistic materials based on real-world object properties. Modeled
materials can be dragged and dropped onto objects to model realistic surfaces. A new
"glossiness" adjustment allows for a consistent change in the model's reflectivity between
its specular highlights and the reflected background environment.
Dynamic Reflection Maps
Element 3D can cleverly create reflections in 3D objects without processor-intensive ray-tracing.
It does this by creating a spherical map from the center of the object outward, and anything
captured in that map is reflected on the surface of that object. This feature enables near
real-time rendering of reflections.
Ambient Occlusion Light Influence
Creates realistic lighting gradients in shadows by reducing ambient occlusion in relation to
the luminance values of an area.
Ray-Traced Shadows and Ambient Occlusion
For more accuracy and realism, you can use ray-traced shadows and ambient occlusion instead
of the standard real-time settings. The ray-tracing is GPU accelerated through OpenCL in
order to speed up render times.
Auxiliary Animation
Animate specific components of your 3D models by assigning those parts to one of ten
available animation channels. You can use this to create simple moving rigs within After
Effects. You can assign multiple parts to a single channel to have the parts move in unison.
Sub-Surface Scattering
Allows light to penetrate the surface of your object to have it exit at different, irregular points.
This creates a look that's ideal for rendering translucent materials such as skin, leaves, and marble.
Automatically Import MTL Files
If an OBJ file that you want to load into Element 3D has an MTL (material) file associated with it,
you can choose to import that file to retain relevant textures throughout your workflow.
Video Copilot's Pro Shaders 2 adds a library of over 300 physical textures to Elements 3D V2.
The physical textures in Pro Shaders 2 are modeled after 12 real material categories like metal,
concrete, wood, glass, stone, and plaster. Textures are fully tiled to seamlessly integrate into
your models.
Upgrade your Video Copilot Element 3D Plugin with Backlight 8K Light Maps.
Backlight adds 50 environment maps and 35 photographic light maps and arrays
to the existing environments and maps within Element 3D V2, giving you more
versatility when creating 3D content.
Key Features
- Compatible with Adobe After Effects
- 3D VFX with Element 3D V2
- Redesigned Streamlined Interface
- Realistic Surface Modeling Library
- 500 High Tech and Industrial Models
