![]() ![]() ![]() Not really an ideal way to approach a hard deadline.Īs I worked on the promo video to show off what the plug-in could do, I would say to myself: “We need better noise options”, “We need control over masking and glow order?”, “What if you could use Text Layers too!?”, “I need to create a specific look and we need to add distortion!”, “We need a preset manager!” It was OK but not up to the Video Copilot standards. After-all, it’s been so long since I had done something new, I wanted it to be REALLY COOL! But it needed more work. But while working on the promo video with my release date set, something seemed off. It started as a simple plug-in that would kick things off again. It was my first thing after getting out from underneath the visual effects tsunami of working on features. Whew! Now that I am focusing on Video Copilot Full-Time (YAY!!) I’ve noticed something different. Over the past year I had the opportunity to work on Star Wars, 10 Cloverfield Lane and more recently Star Trek Beyond (not titles this time). I think at the end of the day, walking around with a Video Copilot apron has really helped my focus! This year we added some fantastic new people to the VC Team and I’m able to get everyone more involved in our shows and do more simultaneous projects that are spread out over time so there are things always in development and more people can be involved in finishing projects. So you can see the real challenge is I want to make awesome stuff but it’s easy to underestimate how much time it takes to pull it off! (Cough Cough, Intercept!) Crap! We’re late! Now this thing really has to be amazing! Let’s add text outlines and mask shapes too!īeing late because of high expectations makes my expectations higher.Let’s add more features! Let’s add displacement noise and presets! We can make it!.S#!T The plug-in is just not good enough yet and it comes out in two days!.I Should make a trailer too! How long will that take?.I haven’t posted cool stuff in a while though, This plug-in needs to be sweet!.Man, my short film is taking way too long I need to release something cool now that I’m back from Star Wars!.How do we continue to push ourselves creatively and build better consistency… I don’t know if we have it all figured out, but at least we are asking the right questions now!įor example : Here was my thought process on the Saber plug-in: And it is simply managing ideas and execution. The good news is we’re jamming on a lot of projects behind the scenes, but this year has been a very humbling and rejuvenating experience for me. Now, this plug-in doesn’t make light sabers or energy fx, it might not even change your life, but this utility we developed will speed up your AE work flow! Embarrassingly enough, the development began last year when I started working on Intercept! And while I am still finishing the VFX for my short, this new plug-in is done and so we’re going to release it! Is that progress!? I DON’T KNOW!! ![]() Some cool news to announce! We have just finished recording a horrifying new blog show with a frightening theme! But more on that next week!Īnother exciting development is a a new workflow plug-in for After Effects! Coming this week! DOWNLOAD STAR WARS MODEL PACK! (Place in Video Copilot model folder) *Some of the names included on this page are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm. Included Models: OBJ with DDS Textures and optional JPG files! Need Light Sabers or laser blasts? Use our Free Saber plug-in! Note: All scenes rendered inside Element 3D V2! Just to be clear, we do not mean to imply any Star Wars endorsement or sponsorship, Star Wars was a huge inspiration to my visual FX education and we know it has inspired many others to learn about visual FX. We had a blast creating this collection and we hope you will have fun playing with these models too! These are not just some piece of junk models, these models are HD quality with detailed 4K textures! Plus they render fast inside Element 3D! How fast? Fast enough for you! Happy Star Wars day! To celebrate our love for Star Wars we are giving away a sweet collection of 3D models that we built so you can learn to create your own visual effects! Our goal is to show you tips for Lighting, Rigging and animating so you can learn to create exciting visual FX too! ![]()
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