| | | | For years the integration of 3D in the post-processing pipeline has been dominated by commercials applications. Today there is an alternative that I think is worth your attention. I just released the After Effects Exporter for Blender. This program integrates in the File/Export menu of Blender and it allows you to export an entire animation from Blender to After Effects. You can export the camera, lights, 3D meshes, planes, which will create corresponding After Effects 3D solids, and footage. The Exporter even supports multiple passes.
I prepared a 20-minute video tutorial on how to use it. You can find it here at the COW. Next to the tutorial there is a link to download the projects files. That link points to a zip archive with all that you need to get started. In the archive you can find the exporter itself, a Blender Python program, a handy user's manual and the Blender file showcased in the tutorial.
The exporter, nicknamed AEE, is released as Open Source Software and I hope to have it included in the final release of Blender 2.5. While other solutions have been tried before, I believe this is the first time that Blender has such complete support for After Effects. This exporter should streamline your pipeline considerably and I'll be very interested in hearing about your experience in using it.
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