After Effects 3D Camera Tracker to Blender (and back again) THE ULTIMATE GUIDE | AE2Blend | Tutorial
Compositing CG elements into your footage can make for some spectacular videos. But how on earth would you do that if you're working across 2 separate programs?
This is where AE2Blend comes in. This add-on allows you to take the 3D camera data from After Effects, and import it directly into your scene in Blender. Along with any nulls or solids you've created.
Within this step-by-step guide, I'll show you exactly what steps you need to take to achieve this. Then finally, I'll explain how to export you new camera, along with any empties from Blender, back into After Effects!
0:00 Intro
1:38 After Effects 3D Camera + Nulls to Blender
6:43 Creating 3D Scene
8:57 Export and Compositing
9:49 Blender Camera + Empties to After Effects
13:45 Common Issues
14:59 Outro
AE2Blend Add-on - blendermarket.com/products/ae...
Google Street View App - apps.apple.com/gb/app/google-...
Export Adobe After Effects Camera - drive.google.com/file/d/15a62...
Sample Footage - drive.google.com/file/d/1aoxc...
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If you are still having issues with the camera not lining up properly, try changing the Camera "Sensor Fit" from "Auto" to "Horizontal" or "Vertical" :)
@bebaloop
Жыл бұрын
THIS IS SOOOOO IMPORTANT! thank you
@JephAraujo
10 ай бұрын
Horizontal did the trick. Thank you so much!
Great job and it helps so much when you put in the time to really help others, also that break at 4:33 was real on so many levels.
This! Yes! Thank you so much for making this. I've been searching forever for an end-to-end, after effects and blender workflow. You are my hero. I love you.
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome :)
This is exactly the video I needed! Also thanks for throwing in all those tips like focal length matching, starting frame being 1, etc. I never would have figured out the trick of transforming the coordinates in Blender. Thanks for the great tutorial!
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Not problem at all man, thank you for the kind words really appreciate it :)
Even though the plugin doesn’t work for AE22, it’s nice to see people acknowledging this as a worthwhile project! I felt like I was going crazy because I could never get Blender’s tracking to work right, even with tons of manual correction. AE on the other hand pretty much always gets it right in one click.
The recap is so useful! I wish more people did this.
Wow!! A huge help! You saved me several years! Now I’ll be able to retire early. Thanks so much!
Thanks for this, found it in my recommended and it’s what I’ve needed
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No problem man i'm glad it helped! :)
This is the first video of yours that I watched. instant sub. You put a lot of effort into these tutorials… glad you also reassured people that you can get wigged out with all this type of stuff ….
@Bruets
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you buddy that means a lot man! :)
Thanks for showing your workflow and happy blending with blender.
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No probs :)
You´ve done my day with this tutorial.
Don’t even know how to use the software but still just find myself watching it! Awesome stuff man keep it up!! 🔥
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man
Great Explanation thanks....
Thanks man, this really saved me lots of time. Wish I've seen this earlier!
This was really helpful, thanks! Even provided links to the apps. Such service
Can't believe you only have 550 subs. This is a freakin' amazing tutorial! You should have hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Thank you very much brother! :D
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you bro that honestly means a lot man! It’s a slow grind but we’ll get there! 🙏🏻
This Very helpful, thank you
OMG thanks a lot dude I have been looking for a perfect tutorial for years , it's works perfect now 🙏
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No worries bro :)
Straight forward and unassuming, honestly best blender tut, the future is bright
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Man :)
I thought I was watching a verified channel, keep up the quality content
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you man that means a lot! :)
Thanks a lot, you save me on a recent project, i use to make this things in C4D but recently i use blender and i love it... take time to get use to the new way on doing things.
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Your welcome man! Good luck on your journey 🙏🏻
thanks a lot!! and the tutorial is just what i need.
ARE YOU FRIGGGGGIN KIDDING ME???? Dude your tutorials deserve to have 1000000 views no joke ... u saved my life! Easy to consume, Great quality, and at the end I learnt something! you are awesome ... pls keep up the AE & Blender videos ... :)
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Haha thanks man! Means a lot thank you very much brother :)
How did you save me, why didn’t I think of looking for information about space correction before, how I did something terrible before that. thanks man, you're the best
Wow Thanks Buddy... I was doing this and wondering why its shaking and watched your video and see that it starts form 0 frames then i drag it to frame 1 in blender. Thanks Again🤗
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No problem man! :)
amazing tutorial and amazing creator, subbed. also what you said about blender after so many years of watching tutorials, that was the most usefull tip to new users i have ever seen. about the Blendesse language (lingo) gg bro gg
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
Amazing tutorial!!!! Thanks very much ❤️
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No problem 🙏🏻
dude.....i love you that was so great
Awesome tutorial! Super helpful!
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No probs :)
Great tutorial bro! Tks
WOW thank you so much for creating this! I've had a lot of issues with the AE2Blend plug in the past and gave up on it. I'll give it another go with your tips!
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No problem! Let me know how you get on :)
@jordanhwang
3 жыл бұрын
I finally got to trying it out. I realized my issue was that I didn't copy the camera settings from AE to Blender. Once I did that, the track worked perfectly! @Bruets have there been any situations when this method didn't work for you and you had to use the Blender tracker?
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
@@jordanhwang That’s great news man, thanks for letting me know :) I’ve found the plug-in works well on static objects but not so well on moving ones. Then I’ll resort to blenders tracker, however I’ll usually plan my shot so I have some kind of track points in the video to use as this makes tracking SO much easier!
Excellent
Thanks a lot!
You saved my life! 😌
Excellent tutorial. Thanks!
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome :)
Yeeeeeeeeah! Thank you so much!
Life saver!
Thanks, bro.
Thank you so much! Great tutorial!
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No worries :)
Brooooo, have been looking for this infooo for agesss thanks so much...
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No worries bro 👊🏼
Can imagine all the efforts and hardwork put into this video. They're worth it. Learnt so many things just in 15min. Thanks man. Subscribed
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome bro 😊
i can't thank you enough for this.
nice intro, tutorial, and necklace.
STILL WORKING, THE BEST TUT I FIND
@TRABITY
11 ай бұрын
Which ae2blend + blender version? I can't copy/paste my AE camera position into the blender "create camera". they just don't show up
Nice tut, you're good!
Man, this was very convoluted, but it works!
Good job. I like to convert the video to an image sequence first. Works better for me and you won't have to worry about frame rates also.
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
This is very true! Thank you :)
THANKS!!!
Really helping tut thanks
@Bruets
2 жыл бұрын
No Worries :)
Wow~~~ thanks~~~
This is the best tutorial about this concept...
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man :)
Ok i've been experimenting and stuggeling as many I believe to get i right. I had an idea that really improves my results: Render the start frame with some solids in after effects, and use that as ref. for adjusting focal lenght and sensor size in blender: So the workflow is: 1. cam tracking in AE, set ground and origin creat 3d cam, and a few solids. 2. Render this frame in AE for later use 3. Copy cam data to blender with the plugin 4. Copy solids 5. Adjust starting position of the cam key frames in blender 6. use the single AE render as background image in your animated blender cam ( set it to the back) 7. If all is good you now see you solids in blender if you view to the cam. but also the solids from the AE render 8: Only 2 parameters I tweak is the sensor size and focal lenght, in a way that they blender solids match up with the background 9. Done 10. Send a box with dog stools to adobe for not making a simple exporter...
@f612CreatorsPodcast
Жыл бұрын
DUDE THANKYOU SO MUCH
3:55 This technique saves me a lot of time. Thank you!
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No problem! :)
UNDERRATED
Exactly what i was looking for man... Thanks i'll hit subscribe for that
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No problem! Good to have you here :)
Bro brilliant tutorial! Subscribed for more
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
thanks man!
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
amazing
you just too great
just amazing
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thank You :)
I was waiting to see the steps you took to rotoscope your friend out of it. Any tutorials on that too?
Wow nice explain small doubt can you solve please. How the 3D object go back to the character
You Sir just got a new subscriber from me, God bless you
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you man :)
Thanks!
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No probs :)
In the final video the 3D model behind the character, could you say how you did it? great video, thanks!!!
Exactly what I needed. And where can i get the intro song please?
This comment has nothing to do with your tutorial, but the shape of your nose is amazing, it really looks like an artist carefully crafted it and put it in your face.
Cool vid dude.
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro 👊🏼
at 12:35: you don't need to copy the keyframes just to get the PRS (pos, rot, scale) from the first keyframe... just hold shift while parenting with the pick-whip, and the child will snap to the new parent's PRS
fireeee
Really great video! Any idea if this would be possible using 360 equirectangular footage?
You are underrated
great video! is the part with the orientation part possible to make a script so you just have to click a button ?
Sir, you have saved my life
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Haha you're welcome! :)
If you're having trouble with your empties not being the right size once brought back into AE (around 12:00 on the tut), copy your original focal range and paste it on the camera from blender. It scale it right up!
If you added the same flame element in Blender and set it to only show in reflections, you'd get some nice extra firery reflections ;)
tsm man
*Subscribed. I was wondering why my camera on Blender didn't match and even the plane was shaking, the reason was the first frame delayed to zero, also I didn't know about to set plane and origin before exporting to Blender, nice video it's really helpful*
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you man :) You’re welcome!
It is 2021, and it is STILL this fu... complicated!? I will not even bother trying this. 😄
Мужик ты просто лучший, спасибо огромное!
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
No Problem man! :)
Amazing tutorial! Quick question. Is it possible to stay in blender after tracking, and to make render in blender with visible background video?
Thank for your tutorial. but if i want export my 3d model from blender to element 3d in AE. this model is animated in blender. then how i can match moving of this model in E3D like in blender?
thanks for an awesome tutorial! Im having problems when bringing the elements into Blender, it doesnt seem to match up very well. I'm following the steps, but the footage and planes created in AE goes all over the shop when i copy them into blender. Like wiggling a lot and moving where they shouldnt. ppppffff this shit is killing me to understand!
man, I didn't like your vibe at the beginning, but after watching the tuts, I'm definitely subscribing!
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man :)
This video is astonishing, really thanks for that!!! I'm starting with blender and about the suzanne, what kind of preparations of his texture have you used and how you get there? Thanks!!!
@Bruets
3 жыл бұрын
Well this was just an example scene, so I only used the principled BSDF. I set the transmission to 1 and roughness to 0. Then just selected a red colour 🙂 It’s basic but works for this demonstration.
fisrt thanks for the tutorial. and at 13:34 how did you get front the actor and suzanne back?
Nice video! Does this plugin work with 2.93.6 and 3.0b?
Hey help me please, tracking in blender and tracking from AE to blender , which is better ?
Why is this process so convoluted? I appreciate that someone made a plug to get camera data from AE to Blender, and that Bruets has made this tutorial, but after so many years, why no one has elected to make the process simpler? I have a project with one shot that requires a camera track. I need the camera to created where I need it and oriented to the global coordinates. I shouldn't have to create a mad string of empties to hack my way to aligning an object to the world. It's madness!
@blu3_enjoy
2 жыл бұрын
Let's do it
@Nick-yo1te
2 жыл бұрын
Could element 3d work in this case?
the after effects tracking i did is perfect and i see nothing wrong with it. the plane is stuck on the ground like its supposed to be, but whenever i import it into blender my camera is either off into the distance or anything it keeps moving too far down and up during the animation. the camera animation looked fine but when i put an object close to it i can see its moving to far
You're pretty smart. Upload more
Best intro ever LOL
@mazwendodajaelandlovu1422
3 жыл бұрын
Why is suzan floating, the ground is cement brinks it should rubble
do all footage need to have a ground so that you can set ground and origin? how about footage with no visible ground in it?
TO ANYONE DOING THIS TUTORIAL IN 2022. The AE 2 Blend plugin only works with certain versions of AE and blender, download after effects 2019, and blender 2.8-2.9, then your camera will paste over without a problem
@creasedaf1s900
2 жыл бұрын
Any specific ae needed bro? I can’t get it to work
@IamStereotype
2 жыл бұрын
@@creasedaf1s900Personally it worked for me in After Effects 2019, theres only about 2 builds of it out there, so if you have the option, download both and one should hopefully work
Dude. Very Intellectual. Would really love to know how to do all this...DM
Hello, can you explain with a bit more details what you did for the lighting around 8:30
How did you get the Suzanne model to be behind the guy?
I am using after effects 2022 and blender 3.2.1 and when i paste the camera over it doesnt paste the movement over just the position of the inital frame. Do you have any suggestions?
Hey man! Super helpful video. I have on question that I haven't been able to find an answer for anywhere. Do you know what value you have to copy from AE to generate a point cloud? I assumed it would be in the 3d tracker on my footage in AE, but I can't find anything to copy.
@jock4803
Жыл бұрын
Hey dude I also need this! did you find the answer?
Can we use 3d mocha pro and then ae and then blender. Meaning mocha pro. To blender?