| Try our Quickstart Guide.
Our Quickstart Guide is a quick, easy way to learn the 3D Assistants. This guide gives you six tutorials ranging from simple examples to complex, advanced uses of the Assistants. Download the PDF guide and related After Effects project files.
Read our tutorials!
These tutorials are a great way to learn the in's and out's of the 3D Assistants. Combine this info with our Quickstart Guide, and you'll be a pro in no time. Our first seven tutorials refer to the 'Pro' palettes. Further down this page are tutorials that focus on the 'Lite' tools.
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Create a video wall.
Matrix Creator
A short, easy tutorial explaining how to create a video wall with the Matrix Creator. This tutorial was originally recorded for lynda.com.
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Building blocks.
Box Creator
Make your very own blockhead. Get the basics on how to quickly create a 3D box out of your 3D layers by using our Box Creator.
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Shape to shape transform.
Box Creator, Spheriod Creator
In this tutorial we arrange and animate layers from a cube into a sphere.
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Create a 2D illusion.
Spheriod Creator
Using the Spheriod Creator and After Effect's 'Orient Towards Camera' function, you can disguise the 2D personality of your layers.
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Open Pandora's Box.
Spheriod Distribution
Use the Box Creator to build a box, then use the Spheriod Distribution to simulate colored objects flying out of that box.
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Bowl over a crowd.
Planar Assistant
Get a crowd of stick figures together and knock them off their feet. This tutorial uses the Planar Assistant to set up the objects as 3D layers, then simulate knocking them down.
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Create a tunnel.
Linear Assistant
3D is great for tunnels. Learn how to set them up in AE in a matter of minutes.
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Create an explosion.
Cubic Distribution Lite
Use the Cubic Distribution Lite to create an explosion of layers. This tutorial was originally recorded for lynda.com.
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Arrange a pinwheel.
Cylinder Creator Lite
Use Cylinder Creator Lite to create a spiraling pinwheel type of arrangement in AE's 3D space. Then fly the camera through it. This tutorial was originally recorded for lynda.com and is split into four movies.
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Spin a cathedral.
Cylinder Creator Lite
Use Cylinder Creator Lite to create a circular cathedral in AE's 3D space. Then uses knoll objects and 3D lights to illuminate the cathedral walls. This tutorial was originally recorded for lynda.com and is split into five movies.
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New 'studio monthly' articles
Our own Chief Executive Anarchist, Jim Tierney, has been writing tutorials for 'Studio Monthly' magazine. Two of Jim's tutorials discuss using the 3D Assistants to make looping 3D animated backgrounds. We've reprinted the material here. Make sure to check out Studio Monthly for great tips and tricks about professional video tools!
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