Video Copilot Element 3D has come in extremely handy over the past few weeks for some quick packshots and full frame supers. All of these are text-based looks and I’m yet to play with the in-depth particle settings, but so far am impressed with Element 3D.
While Element 3D isn’t as fully featured for 3D text creation as dedicated 3D applications such as Cinema 4D or plug-ins such as 3D Invigorator and ProAnimator, it’s fast, easy to use and didn’t crash once which is quite amazing for a 1.0 release.
For Act Of Valour I used Zaxwerks ProAnimator to animate the letters at the start.
The Guns, Girls & Gambling logo is a custom design, created in Illustrator and imported as paths into After Effects for use with Element 3D. The particle hits and smoke are from Action Essentials 2.
For Street Dance 2, Trapcode MIR was used to create the evolving background shapes.
Check out a breakdown of the Time Travellers look here.
The sparks were created using Trapcode Particular.
Discounts
You can grab Element 3D or one of the bundles (I suggest getting the Pro Shader and Motion Design packs) for a 5% discount from Toolfarm. You can grab Trapcode Particular, MIR and any other Red Giant Software product for a 10% discount using the code “motionworks10″. You can also get 20% off ProAnimator or any Zaxwerks product using the code “motionworks”.
30 Responses to this post
July 31, 2012 at 11:37 am |
Great work, John. After a $1,400 outlay for a completely new rig I have just bought the motion design bundle and I’m looking forward to learning how to get the most out of it.
July 31, 2012 at 7:43 pm |
Nice one! I’m sure you’ll find it handy!
Best, John.
July 31, 2012 at 12:33 pm |
Very nice, great work John…I’m looking forward to getting the plugin ultimate design pack, hopefully, in the near future…
July 31, 2012 at 7:44 pm |
Thanks! They are good value packs for sure… well worth the money.
Best, John.
July 31, 2012 at 1:34 pm |
I’m actually really interested in that “Time Travellers” title. Is that a real project? Why 2 L’s? I want to see it if it is.
July 31, 2012 at 7:47 pm |
It was a graphic I created for an on-demand movie feature. I designed the title in Illustrator and imported it into AE as masks to use with Element. Travellers is spelled with two l’s. Best, John.
August 8, 2012 at 12:30 am |
John, I’d assume VisualAdvocate is American. Traveller is (acceptably/commonly spelled) traveler here. But because “The King’s English” has been around for a lot longer, I say we go with you.
I ran into the same thing (different word which I can’t remember right now) on the Digital Juice web site some time ago and looked up the word to find that both spelling were correct.
I really appreciate your work! I also like all the C4D stuff too.
July 31, 2012 at 8:33 pm |
Great work John.. I love your compositing skills.. Definitely something I’ve been working on improving myself..
July 31, 2012 at 8:36 pm |
Thanks Travis, I really love compositing and wish I had more opportunity to do it! Best, John.
July 31, 2012 at 11:08 pm |
Beautiful work as always John! Excellent review of Element 3D as well!
August 1, 2012 at 9:09 am |
Thanks Sean, I guess is was kind of a mini-review heh! Best, John.
July 31, 2012 at 11:25 pm |
Very impresive Test, man!, and I like you talk about other product like 3D element from Video Copilot.
August 1, 2012 at 9:09 am |
Thanks Luis.
August 1, 2012 at 1:23 am |
Very nice examples, John. I am looking forward to trying Element out myself.
John, please correct me if I am wrong , but it seems like when 3D titling programs apply bump maps, they really only simulate surface depth with shadows as opposed to actually eroding the plane of the model. Am i mistaken?
August 1, 2012 at 9:12 am |
Hi John, thanks and yes, bump mapping doesn’t modify the actual geometry of the model. Check out this Wikipedia definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_mapping Best, John.
August 1, 2012 at 2:24 am |
Hey John,
Awesome work. Quick question. The set you used for the “Time Traveller” piece, is it a still photo that you manipulated using the 2.5D technique? It’s sweet! I’m always floored at the quality people can pull off with that technique.
Best,
Rob
August 1, 2012 at 9:14 am |
Thanks Rob, it’s a still image. I’ll be posting a stills breakdown of how I comped that shot so visit back soon. Best, John.
August 1, 2012 at 7:12 am |
Okay well that’s a good reason to use 2 L’s then. It being spelled that way and all. I’m not even embarresed for thinking that had some kind meaning. Nope nothing like that happening here.Anyway I really do like that title a lot and I think it speaks to how well done it is that it makes me want to see the movie it’s for. Anyway keep up the good work! I’m excited to see what else you can do with Element 3D.
August 1, 2012 at 8:02 am |
Nice. By any chance will you be going over the AtomKraft plugin when it comes out next month? I have a feeling there won’t be many tutorials on it for some reason.
August 1, 2012 at 9:15 am |
Hey John, I’m on the beta but haven’t had time to look at it! Best, John.
August 1, 2012 at 2:42 pm |
how does it go with transparency and reflections?
August 1, 2012 at 2:56 pm |
No ray tracing or refraction but does a good job of faking reflections through the use of Environment images.
August 1, 2012 at 3:07 pm |
Darn. I like the look of the built in CS6 ray tracing but my imac can’t really handle it, so AtomKraft might be worth looking into.
September 11, 2012 at 3:02 am |
John,
This is a nice display of Element 3D put to use for titles. I’m not sure if this has been spotted or mentioned yet, but it seems like there is a layer edge visible in the Raven piece on the right side. It wipes off towards the end as the spotlight comes into frame. Just a heads up.
How much time do you usually spend on an animation like this?
Keep up the good work!
Cheers.
Phil
September 16, 2012 at 11:07 am |
Thanks Phil, I generally get between 1 and 2 days to design a packshot and prepare full frame supers.
Best wishes, John.
September 11, 2012 at 8:03 am |
Great work. I don’t have words that can express how amazing is to see some stuff like that.
September 16, 2012 at 11:08 am |
Thanks Eliu I’m glad you like it!
Best, John.
September 18, 2012 at 8:39 pm |
Awesome work. Can you put a PSD file for this.
September 24, 2012 at 6:37 pm |
Hi Kredit, I’m not planning to provide the Photoshop file.
Best wishes,
John.
September 26, 2012 at 7:41 am |
Hi John
I want to buy “Boris box set” but its hard to find any video where I can see what exactly I can do with it?
As I am a newbie in motion graphics, How do I know to use them? Is there any attached tutorial through download version?
lastly, How can we get the motion work’s code to get discount on the mentioned products above?
Cheers
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