How is this effect done?

[D Langley]

Looks like it was done with cylinder creator lite from digital anarchy. It shipped bundled with AE 6.5, I’m not sure if it is still in 7.0 or not. Nevertheless, you can purchase the full version its called 3D assistants, here’s the link: https://www.digitalanarchy.com/

[Shawn Rossi]

OR if you don’t want to rely on a plug-in, you can create a solid for each video screen. Enable 3D space. Create a “center” Null Layer then position each video section around the Null Layer. This way you only have to animate the rotation of the Null Layer and the rest will follow.

[Jacob Tamari]

Hi, thanks for the tip! they have a tutorial on the digital anarchy site of how to do this…

[Gino Guarnere]

yep, the 3d assistants from Digital Anarchy. I just bought the plugins and they’re as good as advertised. A real time-saver for these types of complicated arrangements.