FBX to AE Pro Tutorial - Import to After Effects

Download plugin http://www.timecore.org/fbx-to-ae/ FBX to AE Pro Tutorial - Export from After Effects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkPpUhu_DBs Import and export one or more 3D animated cameras, reference solids and null/dummy from and to After Effects composition. Please note it is Windows only at the moment. We encourage to download trial version (7 days) to test it before to buy ! Features Import - Create a new Composition with the correct size and fps of camera rendering - 3D animated standard camera free and target (at the moment Physical Camera is not supported) - Animated Plane with 4 vertices - Animated Complex meshes as Null Layer - Animated Dummy and Locator - Parent Child linkings are supported (known issues for Maya linkings) Export - 3D animated camera free and target - 3D animated Solid Layer as 4 vertices planes - 3D animated Null Layer as Dummy/Locator - Parent Child linkings are supported Compatibility - Microsoft Windows (there is no Mac version at the moment) - Adobe After Effects ( CC 2014, CC 2015 ) Tested FBX compatibility Should work with any FBX file however we have officially tested FBX files from these hosts: - Autodesk 3ds Max ( 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 ) - Autodesk Maya ( 2016, could be also compatible with old versions ) Installation guide - Extract and copy plugins in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore - If you need, delete older versions Quick start guide Import - Use FBX Export panel to export 3D cameras. Plans made of only 4 vertices are imported as solid layers with same dimensions and more complex meshes are imported as 3D null layers - In order to export animations (3D cameras, plans and meshes) select bake animations with sampling of all parameters (Resample all) - If you export not animated objects remember to set a general key if it is linked to another object - At this moment the FBX file is ready ! - Open After Effects and, from menu item Import – File, choose “FBXtoAE_Pro” format and select your FBX file - This action will create a composition (“FBX_comp_filename“) with the correct size of camera rendering, solids and null layers - Enjoy ! Export - Select Composition of interest and choose File – Export – AEtoFBX_Pro - Select 3ds Max or Maya and Export - Before to import FBX remember to set the corresponding fps for the timeline into 3D application Important Notes - Importing from Autodesk Maya remember to set film aspect ratio (FAR) same as aspect ratio rendering. (eg. If your rendering dimensions are 1920×1080 set FAR camera to 1.778) - Imported plans from fbx could be result in solid layer with the height and width exchanged between them. - This bug will be fixed as soon as possible but you can easly fix changing width and height in solid layer configuration. - For 3ds Max users remember to select camera and target in order to export them together. - Rotation and Orientation for Camera target in After Effects must be left to “0” to export. - Remember to export parent objects if you plan to export its children - Follow the video tutorial to understand some important steps for the proper functioning.