• Adobe After Effects

  Where is 3D Grid Guide?

  Posted by Mike Prindle on July 21, 2009 at 10:53 pm

  I’m fairly new to AE and have the CS4 product. I noticed in several tutorials that when the presenter demo’s the layers/effects by using a cam orbit in 3D space (where all the layers are shown in relationship to each other), there is a 3D grid (wireframe like) around the outside of all the layers; like a 3D background, but not really a part of the comp. They look like grid guides, much like grids in Photoshop that can be toggled ON-OFF.

  Where can I find these? Are they in the AE interface?

  Thanks,
  Mike

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  Mike Prindle replied 16 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Curious Turtle

  July 22, 2009 at 5:18 am

  A little technique I like to use is to:

  i) Create a solid
  ii) Add a Grid effect
  iii) Turn 3D on
  iv) Rotate it 90° in the X dimension
  v) Make it a guide layer and lock it

  That creates your ground plane and helps keep you oriented.

  Cheers,
  Ben

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  Mike Prindle

  July 22, 2009 at 6:09 am

  Thanks, Ben!

  Sager NP9262 Notebook, Intel Quad Q6600, 4GB DDR2, nVidia 8800m GTX Sli, 3x-Seagate 320GB, WUXGA, Vista Premium-64 – CS4 Prod Prem

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