Zaxwerks Blog

Festive Streamers

June 13th, 2007 by Zax

With the holidays right around the corner, here are a set of streamer presets to use with the 3D Grid Warp plug-in. These streamers can all be customized and animated in a variety of ways. You can change how tight or loose the ribbon is wrapped; the length and width of the ribbon; […]

3D Warps and ProAnimator Combined

May 30th, 2007 by John Dickinson

This project was created in After Effects (AE) by combining various AE effects with Zaxwerks 3D Warps, Zaxwerks ProAnimator and Knoll Light Factory. For a movie and breakdown click here.

CS3 Versions Now Available

May 17th, 2007 by John Dickinson

If anyone has a current version of a Zaxwerks plug-in that they would like to get running on the Mac under CS3, here are the links. These plug-ins will run in AE 6.5, 7 and CS3. Most of these links are MAC ONLY because only the Mac versions were changed for CS3. The […]

3D Warps Example: Sticker

May 17th, 2007 by John Dickinson

Here’s another example of how you might use 3D Warps to add something a little extra to a project. Check out the example movie and project file here.

Getting Started with “3d Warps”

May 10th, 2007 by Alan Shisko

Take a look at this recent blog post for a quickstart overview on how Zaxwerks’ “3d Warps” works.
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Using Invigorator and Layer Warp to create 3d pie charts

May 7th, 2007 by Alan Shisko

Every middle manager worth his/her mettle needs a nifty, extruded, animating pie chart every now and again. Check out the Quicktime tutorial and AE Project File here and see how Zaxwerks can help make your data look great.

How are the 3D Warps and the 3D Flag plug-ins different?

May 7th, 2007 by Zax

We’ve received many questions from folks wondering how the Warps and Flag plug-ins are different. Perhaps I can shed a little light on what these plug-ins do.
First, let’s start with the simple answer: 3D Flag creates cloth animations that are completely real-looking. The cloth responds to wind and gravity in ways that […]

3D Warps Example: Raindrops

May 6th, 2007 by John Dickinson

Here’s another 3D Warps example. You can check out the movie and download the After Effects project here.

3D Warps Example: Ribbons

May 6th, 2007 by John Dickinson

I’ve posted a couple of example movies and the project file for some flowing ribbons created using 3D Grid Warp. You can find them here.