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September 17, 2018
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Spot Light is Not Working in After Effects on 3D object. (After Effects + Element 3D)

  • September 17, 2018
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Hello, would you mind helping me with the following problem?: Spot Light is Not Working in After Effects on 3D object. I use a combination of After Effects + Element 3D. The ambient light is working and makes the scene lighter or darker, but the spot light isn't. Composition is built in Classic 3D and Draft 3D is off. Thanks!

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    Correct answer interesting_protector5E6A

    Guys,
    I solved the problem. I had Intel videocard and it's not working with Element 3D that's why the plugin runs with mistakes.
    Before installing Element 3D please make sure that your computer is powerful enough. Here is a list of videocards that are supported:Element GPUs.doc  I solved the problem by switching to a new powerful Mac.

    I also run into a problem when I was installing the plugin again on a new machine. The plugin run with a mistake. Video Copilot support advised me to do the following and it worked!:

    1) First, delete your current “Element.plugin” file which should be in your AE Plug-ins folder and then try this:

    2) Run the full Element 3D installer (not the patch installer) again and choose a custom location for where the plug-in is installed.

    To choose a custom location for the plug-in, uncheck all versions of After Effects that may be selected. Check custom option and then browse your Desktop as the location.

    3) Finish the Element 3D installation. Go to your Desktop and manually drag the “Element.plugin” file directly into your After Effects Plug-ins folder rather than it being in the “VideoCopilot” folder.

    If anyone run into any problem with Element 3D, I recommend to contact Video Copilot support. They are pretty quick with responds. Here is an email: support@videocopilot.net

    Have a good day guys!

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    EtEnegy
    New Participant
    October 16, 2022

    Video Copilot says:
    Camera and Lights Not Responding - One limitation to be aware of is moving the Element layer forward or backward on timeline can cause render issues with camera’s and lights. Be sure that your Element Layer, Camera and Lights start on frame 0 on the timeline.

    How to fix issue:
    1. If your object is not responding to a camera animation, most likely the layer has been shifted on the timeline or the timeline start frame has been changed.
    2. Go to Composition Settings and change the Start Frame to 0, and if your composition is really short, increase the composition length to give some room for moving layers around.
    3. Hit OK and your layers should appear like they are on frame zero but they are actually still being cut off. Select the Element layer, Camera and any Light layers, and drag them to the right of the timeline.
    4. Then extend the front of the layers to the left, just before you see the white tick marks on the layer (showing that you’ve gone past the first frame mark for the layer). Then move the layers to frame 0, and that should resolve the issue.

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    EtEnegy
    New Participant
    October 16, 2022

    And one more thing.
    If you precomposed layer with Element 3D with lights and lights doesn't response:
    Set start time of Composition to 0.
    Make new layer in preComp, copy effect (element 3D) from your layer to new created. That's it.

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    interesting_protector5E6AAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    September 21, 2018

    Guys,
    I solved the problem. I had Intel videocard and it's not working with Element 3D that's why the plugin runs with mistakes.
    Before installing Element 3D please make sure that your computer is powerful enough. Here is a list of videocards that are supported:Element GPUs.doc  I solved the problem by switching to a new powerful Mac.

    I also run into a problem when I was installing the plugin again on a new machine. The plugin run with a mistake. Video Copilot support advised me to do the following and it worked!:

    1) First, delete your current “Element.plugin” file which should be in your AE Plug-ins folder and then try this:

    2) Run the full Element 3D installer (not the patch installer) again and choose a custom location for where the plug-in is installed.

    To choose a custom location for the plug-in, uncheck all versions of After Effects that may be selected. Check custom option and then browse your Desktop as the location.

    3) Finish the Element 3D installation. Go to your Desktop and manually drag the “Element.plugin” file directly into your After Effects Plug-ins folder rather than it being in the “VideoCopilot” folder.

    If anyone run into any problem with Element 3D, I recommend to contact Video Copilot support. They are pretty quick with responds. Here is an email: support@videocopilot.net

    Have a good day guys!

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      interesting_protector5E6AAuthor
      Inspiring
      September 17, 2018

      Hey guys. I post my Element 3D screen shots. Do you see any mistakes? Thanks for the help!

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      owaisb89878792
      New Participant
      July 29, 2023

      Thanks

       

      angie_taylor
      angie_taylor
      Legend
      September 17, 2018

      It would be helpful to see your element 3D settings too

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      David Arbor
      Inspiring
      September 17, 2018

      Turn off "Spot Light 1," which is really an ambient light and see if that's overpowering your actual spot light. Otherwise, do what Angie suggested and post your E3D settings, as well as a full screenshot of your interface.

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        interesting_protector5E6AAuthor
        Inspiring
        September 17, 2018

        Here is a screen shot with ambient light off

        Here is with an ambient light on:

        Ambient light affects the overall lightness. I cannot get the spot light working
        Thanks.

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