🆕 Heads up: in today's After Effects Beta update (x21), Advanced 3D shading is more physically accurate, so your projects may look a little different - hopefully better!

The biggest changes are in specular behavior, and there should be less need to crank up light intensity.

💡 Fast way to create Advanced 3D shadow catchers in After Effects Beta: use the 3D Camera Tracker!

Select track points, right-click to add catcher/camera/light. Switch the light type to Environment and drop in your model. I like to color-pick a shadow color from the video, too.

It's so inspiring seeing what people are doing with the new 3D compositing features in AE Beta. Florian shows off some fun and creative ideas here:
youtube.com/watch?v=084_1j…

I know it's been a long NAB because I can't think of a punny description for this T-Rex party in After Effects Beta. Kyle Hamrick, help!

🆕 Happy Friday! Some exciting new Advanced 3D features just went live in After Effects Beta to take your 3D composites to the next level.

Shadow Catchers and Shadow Colors: community.adobe.com/t5/after-effec…

Depth maps and 3D Channel effects: community.adobe.com/t5/after-effec…

Thanks for the grammar tips, Word. You're really helping improve my writing about 3 Days animation.

Very Saul Bass shadows on my ceiling tonight.

Having one of those days where someone says 'purple dinosaur double swizzle' in a meeting and I don't even question it.

After Effects 24.3 is live!

📜 Per-character text scripting: helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/…
🦋 Bug fixes:
helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/…

Cool demo from Wes McDermott mixing Substance Painter and C4D with animated model import in After Effects Beta.
tiktok.com/@wes.mcdermott…

You can now import OBJ files from CC Libraries in After Effects Beta, including from Adobe Stock.

Easy how-to guide here courtesy of Dacia Sáenz: community.adobe.com/t5/after-effec…

Exhibit A
After Effects (Beta) > Photoshop > Fresco
Animated 3d model comped & timed in AE, hand-painted in Fresco.

Model source: sketchfab.com/3d-models/ramp…

#aftereffects #photoshop #AdobeFresco #dinosaur

2x the dinos, 2x the drama.

Two good recent tutorials to help you dive into AE 3D:

AI + AE + 3D + 2D -- all in one comp!
youtube.com/watch?v=udDSLK… from Eran Stern

Creating animated models with Mixamo + Blender and importing in AE Beta:
youtube.com/watch?v=udDSLK…
from Learn Mograph

🆕 in today's After Effects Beta: support for embedded animation in 3D models! 🎉🦖🎉

More info here:
community.adobe.com/t5/after-effec…

Demo model source:
sketchfab.com/3d-models/ramp…

My phone autocorrecting “nulls” to “bulls” is my own personal “ducking”