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| | | | |  | Creating a bowling pin with Illustrator into Pro Animatorby Dan Hostler 5 years agoHi friends. I'm having an issue here. Im using Pro Animator and I want to create a bowling pin. I've generated an outline with Illustrator CS2 and brought it into Pro Animator. The problem is two side | Re: 3D Zax bowling pin
by Jon Okerstrom 3 years ago
Hi Josh, the simplest way is tofind the Adobe Illustrator format document called edge profiles. It should be in a folder called custom edges. Open that doc, create a new layer and label it. Restart th
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| | | |  | Bend Simple Rectangle Shapeby John Jackowiak 4 years agoSo this might be a very simple solution, but I am new to invigorator. I have a simple rectangle shape with a layer map applied to the front of it. I want to bend the middle of the rectangle inwards so | Re: Bend Simple Rectangle Shape
by Jon Okerstrom 4 years ago
Great. You can actually go beyond the sliders in some other ways too... really getting extremely smooth surfaces, for example, by typing in a very small number on that slider. Jon
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| | | | | movie textureby michael montgomery 4 years agoCan I add a quicktime movie to a primitve as a texture If so where so I drop it Thanks.Its always something. | Re: movie texture
by Jon Okerstrom 4 years ago
Hi Michael, You didn't say whether you're using ProAnimator or Invigorator... regardless, yes you can. To start, you need to create a new material in the material editor. From there, the simplest way
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| | | |  | AI file import...help!by Mike Mezeul 4 years agoHi everyone, I just bought Invigorator Classic today and I am trying to import in a logo from Illustrator CS3. When I try and import the logo in, all that is displayed is a diagonal grey bar...can any | Re: AI file import...help!
by Jon Okerstrom 4 years ago
Hi Mike, This helps. Any jpg image you put into Illustrator can only be used as a template for the logo you must then create. Simply removing the white around it by creating a mask object is not enoug
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| | | | | After Effects plugin ever coming?by John Bradley 5 years ago Hey all, Just wondering if anyone has any info on the status of the Particle Illusion AE plugin. I know it was originally slated for July 2005, but I keep checking back once in awhile and I can never | Re: After Effects plugin ever coming?
by Jon Okerstrom 5 years ago
Maybe something to release by NAB time I too have been watching for some news for a very long time on this. I suppose I should ask whether it's being developed for Macs, Windows or both. Curious minds
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| | | |  | SE upgrade offerby Alan Lorence 6 years agoIf you're an owner of particleIllusion SE, we've got a special offer: upgrade to particleIllusion 3.0 for a great low price. contact us for more details This offer is only good until until the 30th, s | Re: SE upgrade offer
by Jon Okerstrom 6 years ago
Hi Alan, I haven't asked this for a while, but I'm curious about how the AE plug-in version is coming... and when we might see it Thanks. Jon
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| | | | | Tutorial: 3D Layer Warpby Jon Okerstrom 6 years ago 3D Layer Warp In this tutorial, CreativeCOW leader and TV news guy, Jon Okerstrom takes a look at 3D Layer Warp -- one of two new tools from Zaxwerks called 3D Warps. Follow along as Jon creates a pa | | | | |
| | | |  | LIGHTHOUSE effectby Brad Jones 6 years agoHey everyone, just shot a commercial for a company that has a LIGHTHOUSE as their logo (Beacon Fincance Corp) and was wanting to animate the light in the light house, anyone have any ideas on how to g | Re: LIGHTHOUSE effect
by Jon Okerstrom 6 years ago
For me, the devil is in the details. The light beam effect is not in the same 3D space as the lighthouse, but if you closely examine the top of the lighthouse, the beam does appear to make that transi
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| | | |  | filmstrip effectby AccountNeedsRealnameUpdateOtherNamesWillBeTurnedOff 6 years agoi have a bunch of stills that i'm trying to configure to look like they are part of a strip of film. i'd like to make the piece of film look as if it's a "ribbon" flying continuously through the scree | Re: filmstrip effect
by Jon Okerstrom 6 years ago
Actually, there's a new kid at the party called Zaxwerks 3D Warp. I've done some filmstrip projects and other tests with it and I'm very pleased. The examples you'll find here are part of an upcoming
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| | | |  | Check this outby Serge Hamad 6 years agoHey everyone, I just noticed that the new Zaxwerks plug-ins have been announced in the Zaxwerks forum. Check the following post: http: forums.creativecow.net readpost 41 857462 I tested these plug-ins | Re: Check this out
by Jon Okerstrom 6 years ago
Also, watch for a "first look" article with more examples coming very soon to the COW. I second Serge's comments about the usefulness of these plug-ins. They're very cool. Jon Okerstrom Zaxwerks Forum
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| | | | | tradcode FLUXby David Goldschmidt 6 years agohmmm, ive read some articles about trapcodes latest software coming out at NAB. Its called FLUX, but i dont think its Lux V2. cant wait wonder if there will be a cheap upgrade for particular owners | Re: tradcode FLUX
by Jon Okerstrom 6 years ago
So, will Flux replicate what Particular can do Are they compliments to eachother or is Flux a replacement with added features Jon
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| | | | | NABby Alan Lorence 6 years agoIf you'll be at NAB in Las Vegas this week, please stop by the wondertouch booth and meet me, Elvis, and Aharon. If you won't be at NAB, please note that all 3 of us will be, so we won't be able to re | Re: NAB
by Jon Okerstrom 6 years ago
Alan, Any chance you'll have some news at NAB about an AE plug-in version of pi Thinking wishfully, Jon
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| | | | | Invigorator logo and sticky snowby Dups303 6 years agoI created a logo with Zaxswerks Invigoratior in AE 7 and wanted to create snow falling onto it. I was going to use Deliriums SnowStorm effect but I can't seem to get the snow to stick to my 3D Invigor | Re: Invigorator logo and sticky snow
by Jon Okerstrom 6 years ago
If I remember correctly, the DigiEffects snow plug-in works based on alpha channel information of the layer to which it's applied. It may work with the Invigorator scene you describe, so long as you d
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| | | |  | 2D Photoshop image needs "thickness"by NtGeek 7 years agoDearest Colleagues, First and foremost, thank you for your time. I have a quick question that is likely academic but never the less eludes me. I have a graphic, for the sake of clarity, lets call it a | Re: ZaxWorks???
by Jon Okerstrom 7 years ago
Hi Walt, Zaxwerks (the company) offers two different 3D apps that work inside of After Effects: 3D Invigorator and ProAnimator. ProAnimator also runs as a standalone. They share modeling abilities but
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| | | | | 2D Photoshop image needs "thickness"by NtGeek 7 years agoDearest Colleagues, First and foremost, thank you for your time. I have a quick question that is likely academic but never the less eludes me. I have a graphic, for the sake of clarity, lets call it a | Re: ZaxWorks???
by Jon Okerstrom 7 years ago
Hi Walt, Zaxwerks (the company) offers two different 3D apps that work inside of After Effects: 3D Invigorator and ProAnimator. ProAnimator also runs as a standalone. They share modeling abilities but
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| | | | | 3D Particlesby Keith Hill 7 years agoI have the Mac version of Particle Illusion 3 and am enjoying it very much. I don't have after effects, but use Combustion 4, Motion 2 and Cinema 4D. I notice that Trapcode Particular can operate in 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Zaxwerks Basic Tutorialby LakermaN 7 years agoHi I found some Zaxwerks tutorials on this site which are great.But is there a tutorial which explains the basics of this plug-in Would be awesome :) Greetings | Re: Zaxwerks Basic Tutorial
by Jon Okerstrom 7 years ago
Agreed. John's work is first-rate and worth checking out. In a bit of shameless COW promotion, I'd also suggest that you visit the Zaxwerks forum just a click away from here on the Creative Cow. We're
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| | | | | Tutorial: Raytracing in 3D Invigoratorby Jon Okerstrom 7 years ago Adobe After Effects Raytracing in 3D Invigorator Imitation isn't just the sincerest form of flattery. When it comes to After Effects, building on shared techniques is a great way to push the envelope+1 | | | | |
| | | | | Uploading to a Webpageby emokidd764 7 years agoI was wondering if I could upload what I created to a webpage...and if so...HOW | Re: Uploading to a Webpage
by Jon Okerstrom 7 years ago
If you're asking about uploading to the COW, follow the link below to read about how to post images and movies to the forums. You'll need to upload the content to your own server space and leave it th
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| | | | | Particle Illusion vs Particular?by Jon Okerstrom 7 years agoIf you had the choice between Particle Illusion and Trapcode's Particular plug-in for After Effects, which would you choose and why For the purposes of discussion, let's say you already do the bulk of | Re: Particle Illusion vs Particular?
by Jon Okerstrom 7 years ago
Thanks, Aharon. I've read some of those posts in the AE forum and pretty much have my answer now. While I'm asking, do you know: How close wondertouch is to an AE plugin How well the PI presets work w
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| | | | | Particular versus Particle Illusion?by Jon Okerstrom 7 years agoIf you had the choice between Particle Illusion and Trapcode's Particular plug-in for After Effects, which would you choose and why For the purposes of discussion, let's say you already do the bulk of | Re: Particular versus Particle Illusion?
by Jon Okerstrom 7 years ago
Thanks for your comments. I'm playing with the Particular demo now. It'll be interesting to see what other users of both apps have to say. There is some logic in what you say about presets, but I thin
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