Cassius Marques
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If it’s driven by a single value, can’t you use a Linear expression?
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what do you mean by “the 3d camera has no effect”? are the layers inside your pre-comps 3d toogled also?
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Element 3D will limit your animation capabilities.
Doing shapes/distortion inside After effects will limit your 3d capabilites and/or photorealism.
Every option you take will have it’s downsides.
But with c4d you can still do everything in AE… then export your scene to C4d and do the chain there…render it out, and composite it over.
You can have several different workflows and still be able to do it. The easiest/right workflow to choose will depend on your needs and look. (camera moves, reveals of the chain, etc.)
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If I may ask, why would you want to do this?
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You can simulate your subject with a simple plane positioned where he should be. or export your masked guy with alpha, and place him there.
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I really can’t advise you to go either way because I have no idea what you’re going for. But from what I think I got… You want a 3D chain…wrapped around an extruded “think” word. Right? If its all 3D…why are you even considering doind it in AE? What else is in it?
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If you have any knowledge of cloth simulation in any 3d app… it will be way faster and painless to do a simple mesh there put the cloth on and revealing it. Usually the trouble is to make the cloth look like the rest of your illustrations.
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I usually create an unoriented camera and put a wiggle on its position, like (.8,15). then give your illustrations some depth. Turn on DOF, perhaps add some lights (depending on the look you’re going for). Can try to give you more tips if you describe it some more.
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There are several easy ways to put something inside of it bringing it out of CD4… one way is to create a clipping plane there (placed where your subject should be) and rendering out an object buffer pass (matte)
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If I remember right I had two instances of element using the matte shadow option to cut out the front… and I applied the glow effect there.