How to Synthwave - Element 3D Tutorial in After Effects

[@brunofernandes6261]

Dude, that's the best synthwave style tutorial ever!!! Thank you and Congrats!! 💜 Cheers from Brazil!!

[@TheKageRyu]

An excellent tutorial. It is a shame I had to dig so far to find your tutorial on this topic, but it was worth it. While I only really need parts of it - it has a lot of great information, especially regarding animating the sun and grid.

[@pokujinray]

who dares to dislike an incredible guide lesson? NOONE!!

[@WeLoveBuzzYT]

Thank you so much!

[@nonkonformist6595]

Awesome work man. Keep creating, your channel is way underrated.

[@AINEET]

This tutorial was insanely good. I can't believe you only have 1.7k followers.

[@Dargolan]

Very VERY good. Both the scene and tutorial were superb. Keep 'em coming. Thanks a lot!

[@555Custom]

Watched the video last night at 3am, now doing it, I love it. Some times I miss something, or I don't know how to use a tool ( for example to press ctrl + click outside to "get out" of pencil tool and avoid drawing everywhere xD). It's great thanks you so much for the time spent for this :)

[@ibrahemwael9171]

Broo! This is awesome ❤️ Thank you so much

[@CapVFX]

How can improve this tutorial? Drop your criticism/feedback in the comments. Go!

[@ZoffLogic]

Well explained and easy to follow. Nice job! (Good to know, what the 3D Glass effect can also be used for...) ;-) Hope to see more tutorials from you.

[@aashishshrestha9944]

Thank you so much for video 😌☺️😊

[@aashishshrestha9944]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5uylGanr9xqjpI From your tutorial 😜

[@SebastianStalaOfficial]

The tutorial is very good and clear, but I have a problem with the "element" plugin. It's not there. Is it some 3rd party plugin? I'm quite new to AE and I don't know yet, what it does. Could You help?

[@CapVFX]

@@SebastianStalaOfficial Yes, you're right. It is a third party plugin. It enables you to work with 3D models in AE. Check it out at videocopilot.net. Totally worth buying if you gonna do some 3D work in AE

[@deepanshujoshi7874]

please post more tutorials like this and thankyou for this tutorials it really helpful for beginners

[@sylviarq9964]

Thank you for such a complete tutorial !!!❤️❤️❤️ Your work is amazing 🤩🤩

[@DEADLINETV]

This was sooooo awesome! So many lessons in one video! I learned a lot! And in teaching, I think you did a grand job!

[@CinoBiz]

thank you very much for this video , i watched 2 times the full video , and a lot of time just small parts

[@jatnielsgt]

Super nice!!!, well explained. Congrats!! Keep it going please.

[@trevorphilips8161]

Hey this is Soo cool ...Thank you so much for sharing❤️

[@BruceWayne-yn6ur]

You are an amazing teacher and overall an amazing person. I hope you know that. :)

[@CapVFX]

Thank you, good sir

[@claudiotellis]

Thank you so much for this tutorial...was just looking at this type of tutorials yesterday.

[@user-ej4qn5rt8j]

Спасибо.

[@bradfab_fx]

Thank you so much, brother.. Ill definitely share this, iv being waiting for a long time

[@moazhamoud461]

Man, you are really someone! Like for me was the most mindblowing that you made by yourself that VHS efect. I thought that you will just put it from effect list and you made it by yoursefl :D Amazing skills. BDW : How long are you working with Ae ??

[@CapVFX]

Thanks mate. Been working with AE for 5+ years

[@dnedicaoanimacao4945]

um dos tutoriais mais incriveis que ja vi

[@SyncZzzz]

For anyone having an issue with the sky, change your project depth to 32 bit. I forgot to change mine and it caused some issues when it came to transitioning to different colors.

[@CapVFX]

Thanks for sharing that. I've should've meationed that in the tutorial 👍👊

[@chrisflash9664]

@@CapVFX How do you change it to 32 bit, in render settings or in the comp?

[@CapVFX]

@@chrisflash9664 Choose File > Project Settings > Color > choose 32 bpc from the Bit Depth dropdown

[@sesenm6913]

Wow, thank you so much!

[@r.matrix6380]

When the 80's look so futuristic than now

[@근육쩌는응애]

It has a very fast preview speed, but I'm curious about the computer setting and the after effect setting The tutorial was very helpful

[@yutingtseng2476]

You are really a good teacher！

[@justthewave398]

Amazing! Thanks a lot!

[@Cadknowledge]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@bangagurl]

great tutorial. I couldn't find the element preset but nonetheless great video.

[@AryanChauhan]

At 15 you mention about BG when i turn it on it is not visible ?

[@user-pi6jz4dd2n]

me too!

[@goldmannation]

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[@CapVFX]

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[@goldmannation]

@@CapVFX thanks!

[@mbmskillz3294]

I’m at 26:34 in the video and when I select the grid layer for the texture channel nothing happens. Even when I turn the diffuse colour to white. Could you please help!

[@CapVFX]

That's strange. It might have something to do with the version of Element 3D. I'm running v2.2.2. You might consider an upgrade

[@eldiyarkorgoldoev5699]

thank you!!!)

[@dshayde]

Hi, Great tutorial. Really informative and well explained. I am having an issue when i pre comp the skybox. When i set up the skybox in its precomp layer it looks fine. When i go to the main comp to see what it looks like, the moutains and stars are blurry and out of focus(i assume the sky is as well but, could you help me figure this out. Thanks again for the amazing tutorial

[@CapVFX]

Thanks mate. Well, the my sky is also kind of blurry in the main comp. As you can see in the tutorial I added a fast blur to it to make it out focus. The size of the sky precomp is 8000 X 4000 which is actually a too small for a HDRI. If you want you could go full high res and make it 16000 X 8000. But remeber to prerender it because it could be too heavy for AE to run.

[@dshayde]

@@CapVFX Thank you. I was able to adjust the output in the E3D layer settings and it helped alot. However i think your suggestion may be the more sound way to do it. Looking forward to your next tutorial.

[@SauceIsBoss77]

hi, i love this tutorial. looks super cool. i have a question about animating the rotation of the wheels. i downloaded .obj files from another website, btw. but when i try animating the rotation like you did, it seems like the anchor point is somewhere in the center of my entire group 3. i tried putting the wheels in its own separate group, but im having the same issue. any advice?

[@CapVFX]

First of all thanks! Are the wheels in pair, then you duplicate them and get a total of four wheels, like in my tutorial? Or does the entire group consist of 4 wheels all together? If so, try delete one pair in blender (or another 3D software), then save that pair as a standalone OBJ. Import it into E3D and adjust the anchor point. Once you done that, duplicate that pair and move them in to place, like in the tutorial. I hope it helps

[@SebastianStalaOfficial]

I don't have the "element" plugin in my After Effects... What's that? Is it necessary?

[@aziz_1386]

Every thing was great but why when I chose the layers in scene set up it won’t appear(environment, grid,road...)?

[@tingerby]

Been workin in AE for only 2 month but this tut is AWSOME. Have seen hundreds of tuts and THIS must be the best one! > :)

[@CapVFX]

Tack amigo! 👊

[@tingerby]

@@CapVFX Not easy for a noob, but GREAT learning

[@my_name_is_parzival1157]

Do you have any free 3d driving loops or for sell that’s you have made.

[@user-pi6jz4dd2n]

Hello! When I turn show BG on 16: 13 - it didn't appear. What did I do wrong? i made everything you said..

[@CapVFX]

Did you hide all the layers above the E3D layer? Make sure that the exposure and gamma under the physical environment tab is set to 1

[@thaophuongnguyen5797]

thank you bro, but so difficult for me :(

[@terminathordeux]

hello, i bought your full creation by the link.... but AE says that Element is missing, i can't find it ..... Please help me

[@CapVFX]

Do you have the Element 3D plugin? You have to have it installed to use the project file

[@julkalops]

ok but how much is the element 3d...

[@shaunallencuts]

How much do you charge for 3d videos

[@Thatiriekid]

Hey so i'm having issues with the elements and being able to click on scene setup for me it keeps saying missing effect right there

[@CapVFX]

You need the Element 3D to complete this tutorial

[@Thatiriekid]

@@CapVFX thanks! yeah so I got it and i downloaded the file you have for this and i've been following your steps but when I go into scene setup it doesn't look the same

[@bobsponge7782]

Great! I'm looking for your DMC 12 3d Model, please help-me

[@CapVFX]

Here you can download the project file and all assets for free: gum.co/yxlVvC

[@bobsponge7782]

@@CapVFX THX

[@AK4SHGaming]

is it looped? if not how can I loop it?

[@CapVFX]

This is not looped. Since all textures are set on a 3O sec loop It is possible to loop this sequence. The only thing that you have do is to replicate and create a 30 sec loop of the surrounding objects mentioned here: 42:48. Its kind of tricky but possible

[@AK4SHGaming]

@@CapVFX will try

[@tankaan]

When I exported the sky as a mov file and imported back again the resolution looks quite low even thoough i followed exactly what you were doing. Do you have any idea why would this happen?

[@CapVFX]

Is the size of the sky mov file you rendered 8000 X 4000? If it is, and you're not happy with the resolution you could go back and increase the sky comp. 16000 X 8000 could be heavy to work with but will increase the quality alot

[@tankaan]

@@CapVFX I will give this one a try. Also I was working with the grid, when I tried to loop it with offset every second or so all of the 9 grids randomly spins around. it's hard to explain but a weird thing that happened, first i expored the grid lay-out without the offset loop and made a offset loop with it and exported again and used it like that. but now the grids disappear on main scene every 10seconds. just small bits of things i couldn't manage to do it. i would like to send an e-mail and get more help from you if that is possible?

[@CapVFX]

@@tankaan That's strange. Did you put the Offset effect after the Repetile effects? And did you enabled Time-remapping and made a loop from the imported Grid file, as mentioned in 11:00? If this doesn't help you could send me an email and explain the problem in more detail. You find the address in the about section on the channel ;)

[@Geertmaya]

Love this tutorial, thank you, I just have a problem with the sky layer. The sky.mov has good quality, but once I import it in e3d it shows up but really low quality. Any idea why? I can't figure it out

[@CapVFX]

Thanks. Is the resolution set to full in the comp? Check the render quality in Element 3D as well. The size of the sky precomp is 8000 X 4000 which is actually a small for a HDRI. If you want you could go full high res and make it 16000 X 8000. But remember to prerender it because it could be too heavy for AE to run.

[@Geertmaya]

@@CapVFX After I posted my reaction I saw more comments with the same issue. I increased my sky background to 16k, and it looked way better. Took me 2 hours to render the final clip but it was worth it :)

[@IMMaSterGAMER]

❤️❤️❤️

[@janhorak8457]

I have a problem in 10th minute, when I apply Offset effect, the tiles with animation are rotating every 500 pixels. Any solution?

[@CapVFX]

Ok, have typed in 1750px in the Y-axis in the Offset effect as shown in the tutorial? And is your Grid comp 1500x1500?

[@janhorak8457]

@@CapVFX yes, everything as in tutorial. Even tried to make new comp from point 0. Grid is rotating every 500 pixels. The only way how it works is to choose identical tiles instead of randomized.

[@CapVFX]

@Jan Horák Thats strange. I'm really sorry, I can't help you. It's hard to get a grasp of the problem without seeing it irl 😔

[@francobl9098]

Hi men. Excellent tutorial. I have a problem with the tyres. They turn backwards as if the car is backing up, but they should turn forward. How can I modify this parameter?

[@CapVFX]

Thanks. Well, maybe your rotating them in the wrong direction. Or this could be a wagon-wheel effect thing. The tyres are moving forward but it looks like they are going backwards. You could try to rotate them a bit slower then. Read more about the wagon-wheel effect here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon-wheel_effect

[@francobl9098]

@@CapVFX thanks again good men. Good luck!

[@francobl9098]

@@CapVFX Hi bro, me again. I have a question about the "noise phase" of the grain in "vhs look". My video lasts 02:45 minutes. How can I extend the life of the grain in motion? Thanks.

[@CapVFX]

Sometimes AE don't like when you're using the time*x expression. It stops working after a while. Try to keyframe the noise instead. Create a keyframe at the beginning and a keyframe in the end with some big number. That should do it 👌

[@francobl9098]

@@CapVFX Thanks bro, I could solve it!

[@suzieselman]

Thanks for the tutorial. Is there anywhere else I can download the project file? Gumroad says "Sorry this item isn't available in your location" 🤷🏼‍♀️ thnx

[@CapVFX]

Sure thing, here you go: tinyurl.com/yxktgp2s. That's strange. Just asking: where you from?

[@suzieselman]

@@CapVFX thank you so much, got it! Germany

[@theneonwolfe6689]

The camera tilt is not working with me as you did at 16:46. How to fix that? Also, the colors did not change in the scene setup like yours

[@CapVFX]

Did you select the sky precomp in the E3D layer as I mentioned at 15:53, and checked the Show in BG box?

[@theneonwolfe6689]

@@CapVFX ​ Yes, I did however I've achieved that horizon look by changing the values of World Position XY to 0.0,2.4. Now the issue is with mountains. They are not visible in the main comp even without changing the world position.

[@CapVFX]

@@theneonwolfe6689 Ok, are the mountains located in the center of the precomp? What happens if you move the camera around and take a look around?

[@555Custom]

Just a question how do you set up to have the preveiw so smooth on gradient? mine are kinda... 8bits xD

[@CapVFX]

Try change the bpc (bit per channel) in the project panel. Anything above 8 pbc looks better ;)

[@555Custom]

@@CapVFX Thanks a lot it worked put it to 32bpc. :)

[@FudduSawal]

what are your computer configurations?

[@CapVFX]

CPU: Intel i7 3.30GHz RAM: 64 GB GPU: NVIDIA Quadro M4000

[@CapVFX]

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