How to Synthwave - Element 3D Tutorial in After Effects

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Many of you have asked me to do a Synthwave/Retro-style tutorial in Element 3D. So here it is! This tutorial is quite long, so I have divided the video into these parts:
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - The Grid
11:26 - The Road
14:07 - Skybox
25:49 - Setting The Scene
42:48 - Surroundings
54:47 - Camera and Looks
59:05 - Retro Title
01:05:24 - VHS Look
Here you can download the project file and all assets for free (or any price):
payhip.com/b/T5n3x
**Note**
The pre-renders are not included due to the large file size
You might have to relink the 3D models inside Element 3D
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  • @brunofernandes6261
    @brunofernandes62612 ай бұрын

    Dude, that's the best synthwave style tutorial ever!!! Thank you and Congrats!! 💜 Cheers from Brazil!!

  • @TheKageRyu
    @TheKageRyu4 ай бұрын

    An excellent tutorial. It is a shame I had to dig so far to find your tutorial on this topic, but it was worth it. While I only really need parts of it - it has a lot of great information, especially regarding animating the sun and grid.

  • @pokujinray
    @pokujinray3 жыл бұрын

    who dares to dislike an incredible guide lesson? NOONE!!

  • @DEADLINETV
    @DEADLINETV3 жыл бұрын

    This was sooooo awesome! So many lessons in one video! I learned a lot! And in teaching, I think you did a grand job!

  • @claudiotellis
    @claudiotellis3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this tutorial...was just looking at this type of tutorials yesterday.

  • @ibrahemwael9171
    @ibrahemwael91713 жыл бұрын

    Broo! This is awesome ❤️ Thank you so much

  • @nonkonformist6595
    @nonkonformist65953 жыл бұрын

    Awesome work man. Keep creating, your channel is way underrated.

  • @bradfab_fx
    @bradfab_fx3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, brother.. Ill definitely share this, iv being waiting for a long time

  • @AINEET
    @AINEET3 жыл бұрын

    This tutorial was insanely good. I can't believe you only have 1.7k followers.

  • @jatnielsgt
    @jatnielsgt3 жыл бұрын

    Super nice!!!, well explained. Congrats!! Keep it going please.

  • @sylviarq9964
    @sylviarq99642 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for such a complete tutorial !!!❤️❤️❤️ Your work is amazing 🤩🤩

  • @Dargolan
    @Dargolan3 жыл бұрын

    Very VERY good. Both the scene and tutorial were superb. Keep 'em coming. Thanks a lot!

  • @trevorphilips8161
    @trevorphilips81613 жыл бұрын

    Hey this is Soo cool ...Thank you so much for sharing❤️

  • @WeLoveBuzzYT
    @WeLoveBuzzYT3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @555Custom
    @555Custom3 жыл бұрын

    Watched the video last night at 3am, now doing it, I love it. Some times I miss something, or I don't know how to use a tool ( for example to press ctrl + click outside to "get out" of pencil tool and avoid drawing everywhere xD). It's great thanks you so much for the time spent for this :)

  • @CinoBiz
    @CinoBiz3 жыл бұрын

    thank you very much for this video , i watched 2 times the full video , and a lot of time just small parts

  • @deepanshujoshi7874
    @deepanshujoshi78743 жыл бұрын

    please post more tutorials like this and thankyou for this tutorials it really helpful for beginners

  • @sesenm6913
    @sesenm69133 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thank you so much!

  • @justthewave398
    @justthewave3983 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Thanks a lot!

  • @yutingtseng2476
    @yutingtseng24762 жыл бұрын

    You are really a good teacher!

  • @dnedicaoanimacao4945
    @dnedicaoanimacao49453 жыл бұрын

    um dos tutoriais mais incriveis que ja vi

  • @CapVFX
    @CapVFX3 жыл бұрын

    How can improve this tutorial? Drop your criticism/feedback in the comments. Go!

  • @ZoffLogic

    @ZoffLogic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well explained and easy to follow. Nice job! (Good to know, what the 3D Glass effect can also be used for...) ;-) Hope to see more tutorials from you.

  • @aashishshrestha9944

    @aashishshrestha9944

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for video 😌☺️😊

  • @aashishshrestha9944

    @aashishshrestha9944

    3 жыл бұрын

    m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/i56DxZWqqtqdiJM.html From your tutorial 😜

  • @SebastianStalaOfficial

    @SebastianStalaOfficial

    2 жыл бұрын

    The tutorial is very good and clear, but I have a problem with the "element" plugin. It's not there. Is it some 3rd party plugin? I'm quite new to AE and I don't know yet, what it does. Could You help?

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SebastianStalaOfficial Yes, you're right. It is a third party plugin. It enables you to work with 3D models in AE. Check it out at videocopilot.net. Totally worth buying if you gonna do some 3D work in AE

  • @BruceWayne-yn6ur
    @BruceWayne-yn6ur Жыл бұрын

    You are an amazing teacher and overall an amazing person. I hope you know that. :)

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, good sir

  • @Cadknowledge
    @Cadknowledge3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tutorial

  • @user-ej4qn5rt8j
    @user-ej4qn5rt8j2 жыл бұрын

    Спасибо.

  • @eldiyarkorgoldoev5699
    @eldiyarkorgoldoev56993 жыл бұрын

    thank you!!!)

  • @r.matrix6380
    @r.matrix63803 жыл бұрын

    When the 80's look so futuristic than now

  • @bangagurl
    @bangagurl3 жыл бұрын

    great tutorial. I couldn't find the element preset but nonetheless great video.

  • @근육쩌는응애
    @근육쩌는응애 Жыл бұрын

    It has a very fast preview speed, but I'm curious about the computer setting and the after effect setting The tutorial was very helpful

  • @moazhamoud461
    @moazhamoud4613 жыл бұрын

    Man, you are really someone! Like for me was the most mindblowing that you made by yourself that VHS efect. I thought that you will just put it from effect list and you made it by yoursefl :D Amazing skills. BDW : How long are you working with Ae ??

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate. Been working with AE for 5+ years

  • @IMMaSterGAMER
    @IMMaSterGAMER3 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @thaophuongnguyen5797
    @thaophuongnguyen57973 жыл бұрын

    thank you bro, but so difficult for me :(

  • @CapVFX
    @CapVFX2 жыл бұрын

    Here you can download the project file and all assets for free (or any price): payhip.com/b/T5n3x

  • @SauceIsBoss77
    @SauceIsBoss773 жыл бұрын

    hi, i love this tutorial. looks super cool. i have a question about animating the rotation of the wheels. i downloaded .obj files from another website, btw. but when i try animating the rotation like you did, it seems like the anchor point is somewhere in the center of my entire group 3. i tried putting the wheels in its own separate group, but im having the same issue. any advice?

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    First of all thanks! Are the wheels in pair, then you duplicate them and get a total of four wheels, like in my tutorial? Or does the entire group consist of 4 wheels all together? If so, try delete one pair in blender (or another 3D software), then save that pair as a standalone OBJ. Import it into E3D and adjust the anchor point. Once you done that, duplicate that pair and move them in to place, like in the tutorial. I hope it helps

  • @SyncZzzz
    @SyncZzzz2 жыл бұрын

    For anyone having an issue with the sky, change your project depth to 32 bit. I forgot to change mine and it caused some issues when it came to transitioning to different colors.

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing that. I've should've meationed that in the tutorial 👍👊

  • @chrisflash9664

    @chrisflash9664

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX How do you change it to 32 bit, in render settings or in the comp?

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chrisflash9664 Choose File > Project Settings > Color > choose 32 bpc from the Bit Depth dropdown

  • @dshayde
    @dshayde3 жыл бұрын

    Hi, Great tutorial. Really informative and well explained. I am having an issue when i pre comp the skybox. When i set up the skybox in its precomp layer it looks fine. When i go to the main comp to see what it looks like, the moutains and stars are blurry and out of focus(i assume the sky is as well but, could you help me figure this out. Thanks again for the amazing tutorial

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate. Well, the my sky is also kind of blurry in the main comp. As you can see in the tutorial I added a fast blur to it to make it out focus. The size of the sky precomp is 8000 X 4000 which is actually a too small for a HDRI. If you want you could go full high res and make it 16000 X 8000. But remeber to prerender it because it could be too heavy for AE to run.

  • @dshayde

    @dshayde

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX Thank you. I was able to adjust the output in the E3D layer settings and it helped alot. However i think your suggestion may be the more sound way to do it. Looking forward to your next tutorial.

  • @goldmannation
    @goldmannation2 жыл бұрын

    **Here you can download the project file and all assets for free (or any price):** $5 is not free

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    2 жыл бұрын

    Take a look again: payhip.com/b/T5n3x

  • @goldmannation

    @goldmannation

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX thanks!

  • @aziz_1386
    @aziz_13863 жыл бұрын

    Every thing was great but why when I chose the layers in scene set up it won’t appear(environment, grid,road...)?

  • @tingerby
    @tingerby2 жыл бұрын

    Been workin in AE for only 2 month but this tut is AWSOME. Have seen hundreds of tuts and THIS must be the best one! > :)

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tack amigo! 👊

  • @tingerby

    @tingerby

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX Not easy for a noob, but GREAT learning

  • @Geertmaya
    @Geertmaya2 жыл бұрын

    Love this tutorial, thank you, I just have a problem with the sky layer. The sky.mov has good quality, but once I import it in e3d it shows up but really low quality. Any idea why? I can't figure it out

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Is the resolution set to full in the comp? Check the render quality in Element 3D as well. The size of the sky precomp is 8000 X 4000 which is actually a small for a HDRI. If you want you could go full high res and make it 16000 X 8000. But remember to prerender it because it could be too heavy for AE to run.

  • @Geertmaya

    @Geertmaya

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX After I posted my reaction I saw more comments with the same issue. I increased my sky background to 16k, and it looked way better. Took me 2 hours to render the final clip but it was worth it :)

  • @mbmskillz3294
    @mbmskillz32943 жыл бұрын

    I’m at 26:34 in the video and when I select the grid layer for the texture channel nothing happens. Even when I turn the diffuse colour to white. Could you please help!

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's strange. It might have something to do with the version of Element 3D. I'm running v2.2.2. You might consider an upgrade

  • @AryanChauhan
    @AryanChauhan3 жыл бұрын

    At 15 you mention about BG when i turn it on it is not visible ?

  • @user-pi6jz4dd2n

    @user-pi6jz4dd2n

    Жыл бұрын

    me too!

  • @suzieselman
    @suzieselman3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tutorial. Is there anywhere else I can download the project file? Gumroad says "Sorry this item isn't available in your location" 🤷🏼‍♀️ thnx

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sure thing, here you go: tinyurl.com/yxktgp2s. That's strange. Just asking: where you from?

  • @suzieselman

    @suzieselman

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX thank you so much, got it! Germany

  • @bobsponge7782
    @bobsponge77823 жыл бұрын

    Great! I'm looking for your DMC 12 3d Model, please help-me

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Here you can download the project file and all assets for free: gum.co/yxlVvC

  • @bobsponge7782

    @bobsponge7782

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX THX

  • @SebastianStalaOfficial
    @SebastianStalaOfficial2 жыл бұрын

    I don't have the "element" plugin in my After Effects... What's that? Is it necessary?

  • @my_name_is_parzival1157
    @my_name_is_parzival11572 жыл бұрын

    Do you have any free 3d driving loops or for sell that’s you have made.

  • @FudduSawal
    @FudduSawal3 жыл бұрын

    what are your computer configurations?

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    CPU: Intel i7 3.30GHz RAM: 64 GB GPU: NVIDIA Quadro M4000

  • @francobl9098
    @francobl90983 жыл бұрын

    Hi men. Excellent tutorial. I have a problem with the tyres. They turn backwards as if the car is backing up, but they should turn forward. How can I modify this parameter?

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Well, maybe your rotating them in the wrong direction. Or this could be a wagon-wheel effect thing. The tyres are moving forward but it looks like they are going backwards. You could try to rotate them a bit slower then. Read more about the wagon-wheel effect here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon-wheel_effect

  • @francobl9098

    @francobl9098

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX thanks again good men. Good luck!

  • @francobl9098

    @francobl9098

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX Hi bro, me again. I have a question about the "noise phase" of the grain in "vhs look". My video lasts 02:45 minutes. How can I extend the life of the grain in motion? Thanks.

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes AE don't like when you're using the time*x expression. It stops working after a while. Try to keyframe the noise instead. Create a keyframe at the beginning and a keyframe in the end with some big number. That should do it 👌

  • @francobl9098

    @francobl9098

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX Thanks bro, I could solve it!

  • @555Custom
    @555Custom3 жыл бұрын

    Just a question how do you set up to have the preveiw so smooth on gradient? mine are kinda... 8bits xD

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Try change the bpc (bit per channel) in the project panel. Anything above 8 pbc looks better ;)

  • @555Custom

    @555Custom

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX Thanks a lot it worked put it to 32bpc. :)

  • @tankaan
    @tankaan3 жыл бұрын

    When I exported the sky as a mov file and imported back again the resolution looks quite low even thoough i followed exactly what you were doing. Do you have any idea why would this happen?

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is the size of the sky mov file you rendered 8000 X 4000? If it is, and you're not happy with the resolution you could go back and increase the sky comp. 16000 X 8000 could be heavy to work with but will increase the quality alot

  • @tankaan

    @tankaan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX I will give this one a try. Also I was working with the grid, when I tried to loop it with offset every second or so all of the 9 grids randomly spins around. it's hard to explain but a weird thing that happened, first i expored the grid lay-out without the offset loop and made a offset loop with it and exported again and used it like that. but now the grids disappear on main scene every 10seconds. just small bits of things i couldn't manage to do it. i would like to send an e-mail and get more help from you if that is possible?

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tankaan That's strange. Did you put the Offset effect after the Repetile effects? And did you enabled Time-remapping and made a loop from the imported Grid file, as mentioned in 11:00? If this doesn't help you could send me an email and explain the problem in more detail. You find the address in the about section on the channel ;)

  • @shaunallencuts
    @shaunallencuts2 жыл бұрын

    How much do you charge for 3d videos

  • @Thatiriekid
    @Thatiriekid2 жыл бұрын

    Hey so i'm having issues with the elements and being able to click on scene setup for me it keeps saying missing effect right there

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    Жыл бұрын

    You need the Element 3D to complete this tutorial

  • @Thatiriekid

    @Thatiriekid

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX thanks! yeah so I got it and i downloaded the file you have for this and i've been following your steps but when I go into scene setup it doesn't look the same

  • @user-pi6jz4dd2n
    @user-pi6jz4dd2n Жыл бұрын

    Hello! When I turn show BG on 16: 13 - it didn't appear. What did I do wrong? i made everything you said..

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you hide all the layers above the E3D layer? Make sure that the exposure and gamma under the physical environment tab is set to 1

  • @theneonwolfe6689
    @theneonwolfe66893 жыл бұрын

    The camera tilt is not working with me as you did at 16:46. How to fix that? Also, the colors did not change in the scene setup like yours

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did you select the sky precomp in the E3D layer as I mentioned at 15:53, and checked the Show in BG box?

  • @theneonwolfe6689

    @theneonwolfe6689

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX ​ Yes, I did however I've achieved that horizon look by changing the values of World Position XY to 0.0,2.4. Now the issue is with mountains. They are not visible in the main comp even without changing the world position.

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@theneonwolfe6689 Ok, are the mountains located in the center of the precomp? What happens if you move the camera around and take a look around?

  • @AK4SHGaming
    @AK4SHGaming3 жыл бұрын

    is it looped? if not how can I loop it?

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is not looped. Since all textures are set on a 3O sec loop It is possible to loop this sequence. The only thing that you have do is to replicate and create a 30 sec loop of the surrounding objects mentioned here: 42:48. Its kind of tricky but possible

  • @AK4SHGaming

    @AK4SHGaming

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX will try

  • @terminathordeux
    @terminathordeux2 жыл бұрын

    hello, i bought your full creation by the link.... but AE says that Element is missing, i can't find it ..... Please help me

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do you have the Element 3D plugin? You have to have it installed to use the project file

  • @julkalops
    @julkalops3 жыл бұрын

    ok but how much is the element 3d...

  • @janhorak8457
    @janhorak84573 жыл бұрын

    I have a problem in 10th minute, when I apply Offset effect, the tiles with animation are rotating every 500 pixels. Any solution?

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ok, have typed in 1750px in the Y-axis in the Offset effect as shown in the tutorial? And is your Grid comp 1500x1500?

  • @janhorak8457

    @janhorak8457

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CapVFX yes, everything as in tutorial. Even tried to make new comp from point 0. Grid is rotating every 500 pixels. The only way how it works is to choose identical tiles instead of randomized.

  • @CapVFX

    @CapVFX

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Jan Horák Thats strange. I'm really sorry, I can't help you. It's hard to get a grasp of the problem without seeing it irl 😔

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