3D effects, how to?

King_Cold · Post by **King_Cold** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 2:26 pm

Ok, I've been watching some AMV's and I keep seeing some 3D effects I'd really like to know how they did it.
I won't go explaining the effect, just look at the pic at:
http://www.whitefluid.tk
This was taken out of Animix part 4.
In this particular part of animix it's not only a stable picture with screens, the screens move.
I want to know how to do this kind of effect.

THX!

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 2:38 pm

i believe metro used aftereffects to do that.

Pwolf

bum · Post by **bum** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:00 pm

vegas4 has a few 3d transition effects (blinds, cascades, flyin/out effects and shuffles) .

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 3:59 am

Vegas users: some links for 3D editing...

3D Lite Edition Plgin - Tutorial
3D Lite Edition - Download & Info
Simulating 3D With Vegas

And this site has a crazy plugin called SMCubes. With this, a transition occurs by separating the screen into spinning cubes that close up and re-form into the next clip. User sets the number of cubes.

King_Cold · Post by **King_Cold** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:26 am

Nice Plugins TaranT!
So After Effects it is, I'll mess around with it and see if I manage to do something decent.

THX

bum · Post by **bum** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 6:03 am

ah, ya might wana spend a year or two mastering something like vegas4 or premier before you take the plunge into aftereffects. i tried the trial and well, its fucking hard as hell to use. the help file helps, but, it would have bein alot beter if they had included a set of tutorials

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:52 am

I used to cheat like hell to get a similar effect.

I'd use a 3d app like Lightwave (which lets you apply movies to polygons and animate those any way you want) or bryce.
Hell even using craploads of motion cotrolled layers in premiere.

In retrospect I suppose AE gets it done, but man... that interface is intimidating.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:03 am

In another perspective, 3d apps scare the hell outa me, but its almost 2nd natrure in AE

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:23 am

madbunny wrote:I used to cheat like hell to get a similar effect.

I'd use a 3d app like Lightwave (which lets you apply movies to polygons and animate those any way you want) or bryce.
Hell even using craploads of motion cotrolled layers in premiere.

In retrospect I suppose AE gets it done, but man... that interface is intimidating.

How is that cheating?

Pulling off something like this is far more natural to do in a 3D program than in some hacked 2D/3D hybrid solution. I'd personally build the scene linked in the parent in Blender, and texture polygons as I wanted.