With Element 3D Power

For the crowdfunding campaign of XTI Aircraft Company, which is developing vertical takeoff and landing technology for aircraft, director Joe Sill created CG elements for a clip using Element 3D for After Effects.

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Joe Sill had already attracted the attention of Tesla founder Elon Musk in 2014 by creating a self-initiated commercial for Tesla that went viral.

He created the VFX elements, such as the aircraft, for his latest project “Reach,” commissioned by crowdfunding agency CrowdfundX for VTOL aircraft technology, entirely in After Effects with support from the Video Copilot plug-in Element 3D. In total, postproduction took only two weeks.

Here are a few VFX breakdowns: