3D bend/bulge in AE CS3


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3D bend/bulge in AE CS3
by Stef Prein on Apr 2, 2008 at 7:19:52 pm

I want to bend/bulge a layer in 3D space. So if a camera spins around it, it will look bended. Is there a way to do this in AE CS3?
Thanks in advance!

Stuffy
student
Image and Media Technology
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands

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Re: 3D bend/bulge in AE CS3
by david bogie on Apr 2, 2008 at 8:54:28 pm

In AE, no.
You can fake it with some sophisticated parenting or layer-orienting.

But you can use any of several third party plugs to simulate real 3d space or to do it for real, like Invigorator from Zaxwerks, or whatever the current release is called.

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Re: 3D bend/bulge in AE CS3
by Steve Roberts on Apr 3, 2008 at 2:32:24 pm

Yep. The third-party plugins are Zaxwerks 3D Warps, Conoa 3D Layer, or Forge Freeform. Download the trials if you can.

Freeform may be dead, since I don't think it has been updated for CS3, and I haven't seen a site update there since 2002.

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Re: 3D bend/bulge in AE CS3
by Stef Prein on Apr 3, 2008 at 9:24:01 pm

Thanks for your replies! It's a pitty that AE (still) doesn't support some kind of "real", beveled 3D, in stead of flat layers in 3D space... But thanks! I guess this will help me out.

Stuffy
student
Image and Media Technology
Utrecht School of the Arts
The Netherlands

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