E3D is a powerful 3D modeling plug-in for After Effects. It supports direct rendering of 3D objects within After Effects. Using the OpenGL programming interface, the plug-in allows graphics cards to directly participate in OpenGL operations, making it one of the few After Effects plug-ins to fully support 3D rendering. Its real-time rendering feature allows users to see the rendered results directly on screen while creating 3D effects, significantly improving CG processing efficiency. Furthermore, compared to traditional After Effects, which requires complex operations for 3D animation compositing, such as camera synchronization, light and shadow matching, 3D shadows, distortion, grain noise, and dynamic reflection mapping, Element 3D allows special effects artists to complete these tasks directly within After Effects, without having to worry about camera and light and shadow migration. Combined with After Effects' built-in Camera Tracker, it can achieve a variety of complex 3D post-compositing effects.
Plugin Compatibility:
Operating system: Mac Apple system 10.13.x-12.x or higher supports M1
Supported software: AE CC 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 or higher
v2.2.3 update content: support for AE 2022 multi-frame rendering; compatible with UI scaling on 4K monitors; support for importing Chinese path model files.
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