Both of which where created by Andrew Kramer, the creator of Element 3D by the way. You can create beautiful 3D text in seconds, and have the ability to dolly and zoom around creating great depth-of-field effects - think of the opening titles from Fringe or even Star Trek: Into Darkness. All of which are amazing in their own right.Įlement 3D is one of those After Effects plug-ins that is worth way more than just the $149.95 it costs. If you have been around the After Effects community for more than a few years, you have definitely run into reviews and tutorials on the heavy hitters of the After Effects plug-in world, such as Red Giant’s Trapcode Suite, GenArts Sapphire, and maybe even Copilot’s Optical Flares. Be sure that you have a compatible system including the graphics card. You will also need After Effects CS3 or higher, including Creative Cloud, on either Mac or Windows.

There are many significant additions, such as being able to generate a 3D position null object, replace model option, and even a scene relink option.

If you are a current Element 3D user and haven’t upgraded from Element 3D 1.5 or earlier yet, do it now! For this review of one of most powerful plug-ins available for After Effects, I am testing Video Copilot’s Element 3D V.1.6.2, along with the Pro Shaders material library.

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