New Tutorial on Element 3D

In a half-hour tutorial, VFX artist and After Effects trainer Andrew Kramer shows the options of Element 3D’s Particle Replicator.

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Andrew Kramer has published a new tutorial on his website Video Copilot about his recently released plug-in Element 3D for Adobe After Effects. In it, he gives tips on using Position Noise with the Particle Replicator and shows how to use 3D objects and layers as the Replicator shape. He also demonstrates how to assign various objects to a single group and create particles on the surface of a 3D object. He presents the Auto-Orientation function and the Rotation Options using a model with red particle spheres. In the upcoming DP issue 05, we will publish a detailed test of the Element 3D plug-in.