3D Warps [MAC]

The 3D Warps package contains two powerful plug-ins: 3D Layer Warp and 3D Grid Warp.

3D Layer Warp lets you take existing AE layers and deform them in many ways. Twist them along any axis. Bend a layer around itself. Add arbitrary dimension with a displacement map.

3D Grid Warp provides the same warping controls as 3D Layer Warp in addition to a crisp grid generator. Select your grid style and set your line colors. Animate the lines and the warping parameters to create fantastic backgrounds for your motion graphics.

Advanced material, lighting, and camera controls allow you to create dramatic scenes with ease.

• Add a true third dimension to your flat artwork
• Generate colorful grids in multiple styles
• Do page curls, water ripples, and wrapping spheres
• Combine warps to build infinite contours
• Animate the settings to create moving shapes
• Integrate your warped shapes into your After Effects scene

Features:

3D Layer Warp deforms your After Effects layers using a variety of warp styles. You can combine multiple warps to create an infinite number of shapes. You can use any layer (image, movie, animation) to color the warp and determine its shape. You can also use a displacement map to apply user-defined warping.

3D Grid Warp also deforms layers, but it has a powerful grid generator that you can use to create a variety of grid styles. You can also overlay (or underlay) a color map for additional effects.

• Warp Styles 3D Layer Warp and 3D Grid Warp provide a variety of Warp Styles to choose from. You may combine the styles in order to achieve complex shapes.
• Grid Styles You can use the Line Controls and the Color Controls in 3D Grid Warp to create custom grids.
• Combining Warps You can combine up to three warps to create unique shapes. You can also animate the parameters to put your warps in motion.
• Color Mapping You may apply any other layer as the source for the color image used in the warp. Images with alpha channels can be used to cut out pieces of the source image. Color maps can be combined with the grids in 3D Grid Warp.
• Materials and Lighting Your layers can have transparency, specular highlights, and reflection maps. You can either use the lights in the Warp plug-in or you can use After Effects lights for additional effects.

System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.5 or later