This NEW After Effects Update is INSANE! 

It is great that After Effects is FINALLY incorporating a 3D workspace, but it is weird that it is being framed as the underdog against Blender which is a free open-source software. To me the real takeaway is how cool it is that a free software still beats the output of a huge corporation like Adobe.

For really really really simple 3D, yeah this after effect beta looks cool. But Blender is head and shoulders worth more time and effort to learn if you want to create 3D stuff. Plus Blender is FREE!!

I'm not sure why it took them so long to introduce this feature... I've been using 3D models in After Effects since 2014 utilizing Andrew Kramer's (Videocopilot) Element 3D Plugin. I'll certainly give this new 3D feature a go!

Love you guys. More power. ❤ Busy with work recently and I am glad that I can have time again with your videos.

Ive been wanting to dive into 3D design, but having to learn even more software seems daunting. The fact that AE can be a stepping stone for people like me who want to get the basics down before going full 3D is exciting. Thank you for making this video!

After Effects should focus on rewriting their code from scratch so us consumers can run it without buying 64gb of RAM

As a videographer and motion designer i love your works too much! Keep on budy

Blender definitely looks better. But also, this is not going to replace a dedicated 3D application right now with full scenes and environments. Sure, a little animation like this, AE does well now, but animating characters and such, this seems too limited.

Does that mean that I can use 3D environment file and use it as a replacement to my green screen background all inside after effects alone?

Loved this video! Wow! I'm so happy with the progression of After Effects in the 3d world...I love Blender BUT After effects + 3d is very exciting!

Amazing! I would not even try to import .obj but now I'll have to try it! :) Question: could "Strawberry" object be any better in AE? Light-source seems to be missing but overall it is more than fantastic to have 3D in AE! 👍👍👍

Nothing can beat blender man, especially costs + it'll take some or many years for after effects to become a replacement of blender

Really cool that After Effect is finally adding the 3D stuff and it depends, how far Adobe is going to go with it. For now I think Blender is better since it is really good and free, but you know, well so what Adobe does🙂

I use both programs and AE will never replace what Blender can do. AE has had 3D in the past and there are pluggings such as Video Copilot Element 3D but the only things possible are placing objects into a scene and then doing basic animations with them. You can't rig anything up so your animation options are limited. Also even if they do add a rigging feature, you still won't ever be able to model your own 3D models like you can do in Blender. By that point, they might as well make new software that replaces AE rather than try to integrate 3D modeling into it.

It's on its way, but Blender is still out front! Stay safe, have fun! 👌😲

This update is awesome, but i don't think we'll be able to do physics sims in after effects any time soon, same goes for vertex animation and particle(hair) systems...

As an hobbyst Blender user I think this feature is great to use as hybrid approach mixing video and 3d asset for musique result but as far as 3d productions goes Blender still wins and considering how quickly it's improving AR has quite a catch up to do, but if Adobe decide to focus this feature to seamlessly mix video and 3d in a single workflow there's no stopping them from making AE the absolute best software for vfx, but then again I'm not a professional so I may be totally wrong

Nice work!

De nieuwe update is duidelijk echt indrukwekkend. Goede video!

You'd be surprised to know how Blender is coming closer and closer to Cinema 4D with regards to their ability to make renders similar in quality. A basic 3D functionality in AE is no comparison to what Blender is capable of.

Hmm, sticking with Element3D for now. How would you rate AE’s 3D vs E3D - now and for the future? Thanks☺️

Nice info!!

Great video ! I think this update is meant to incorporate AE into the Substance workflow, thus you start your modelisation in substance modeler than you'd texture it in substance painter, maybe render it in substance stager and finally composite it into After effect. Looking forward to see the advances, it's great to see adobe finally investing into 3D deeply.

Amazing stuff!! Will these new features make Element 3D unnecessary for adding 3D models and can you still do a VR output with them? Truly some amazing stuff though, I've been fighting the urge to change my workflow to using blender, this news makes me happy I stayed the course!

The Blender render looks great, but the AE render isn't far off. Looking forward to finally having this in AE.

For simple animations it seems a viable tool (provided that you own an Adobe account, Blender is free)!! But I've always found a kick in the ass managing 3d scenes in AE

Me who doesn't know After Effects or Blender: Yes, yes that is truly fascinating 🤔

It makes sense to compare Blender, UE, Houdini Karma, Redshift. Not all at once, but in groups of course... Perhaps also USD in Fusion... But AE is hopelessly behind.

FINALLY! AMAZING!

After effects should have a usd workflow. If adobe plans on taking over with after effects.

We dont use blender for any features but it is the community program that is created by artist for artist.

Finally blender is influencing not just 3d industry but also 2d industry as well.

NUKE and fusion both has a very good 3d workspace.

thanks, It's a Very nice video, but you didn't talk about the rendering time.

After Effects is a motion graphics + compositing software. Blender is a full scale 3D creation suite. They are fundamentally different.

1:26 but .FBX is a very important one that they don’t have.

Great Comparison, I watching you from a very long time and i learnt many things about after effects from your channel its been amazing and we are lucky Alhamdullillah to have such an amazing creators, Love from Pakistan

After Effects 24.1 (official release) now supports 3D models natively. It was released today.

The reason blender and ae look so similar is the limited skill in blender lol. Sure of you just want a transparent backround and hdri lighting AE miiighht get you there. But, if you want literally anything more from a 3d scene AE is pants compared to a proper 3d program like blender. Great video ❤

I am surprised Adobe hasn't bought out Cinema 4D yet. Ever since AE Included 4D Lite, I thought the buy out would happen soon.

How to rig a car in after effects?

Great comparison! To create this, was the amount of time spent in AE similar to the amount you spent in Blender? Thanks!

This Looks Sick!!! No Doubt, Adobe Getting Ready For Bypassing The Competitors!

this update is cool!

Insane!!

You're comparing pears with apples (a saying in my country). But I like that features of new AE to get an easy solution to some 3D work

Cool just a little drawback is the software hunger for high spec of hardware

I have been doing 3D work in AE for years with Element 3D and it has been almost over 8 years since the last update and this is still way behind what E3D can do. No thanks I don’t need this. Andrew Kramer please release version 3 once and for all!!!!!!

wait so comparing this vid and the one you dropped 10 months ago...in both a 3d asset was acquired and then drag/dropped into the project...is the only difference/update the lighting technique?

Element 3D plugin for AE did this like 10 years ago:D

Element 3D is shaking rn

We've had Element 3D and Cinema 4D in After Effects for years now. This isn't that mindblowing by itself but at least it's native now.

My respects!

I agree this after effect update is amazing! Especially for me who hasn’t used Blender yet! But from your demo! I’m gonna say Blender is still the winner, atlessed from your test

I will only be excited when they actually make the UI at least readable.

You can kinda do 3d in Illustrator and export OBJ. It’s limited though

An integrated 3D workflow is good. A one-time payment for CC is better.

After Effects supported 3D and even importing of 3D camera animation data for a few years now. You just can't compare a solid 3D package like Blender to something like After Effects.

Can they now make HD to 4k look good now? I have a ton of greatly shot video in 1080 and love to mix it with some of my new 4k-5k video.

My question. Would you show some cool effects in the filmora program?

you are the best

This is how Adobe will have artists work for them without having to pay them while taking advantage of their creativity to train their machine learning tools and licensing your work to them.

The skin on the lemon on After effects looked different because you needed to invert normals.

After effects is best software even with low system requirements you can create great projects

Which graphics card under 10k to 20k is the most suitable for motion graphics in applications such as After Effects or Premiere Pro, specifically for Ryzen 5600G?

Zaxwerks 3d has been in AE since like 2001

That's only available in after effects beta but you can also do it in normal after effects using element 3d🌝😂🗿

When does this go out to the main AE build

Wow, it is crazy to see 3D in After Effects. I am always interested in getting into 3D. I have tried Blender and Unreal Engine, but I have never become good at it. Maybe if After Effects continues to make this 3D integrated into AE, I can finally create something. I still feel like Unreal Engine is the easiest way to do 3D scenes for beginners like myself. What are your thoughts about that? My fascination with 3D has been since the tutorial you did on how to make fake 3D text in Premiere Pro. I thought it was so cool and did it a lot. I even used it in projects at school and people were so amazed at how good the 3D looked. And now, finally, they are beginning to integrate real 3D into Adobe. I wonder if they can use some of the AI they use in Photoshop for After Effects in the future too :-)

Hi guys I follow years now and I really like your videos... I would love to see some davinci resolve tutorials and especially on fusion... please 🙏❤️?

I still love you, Element3D

Have you guys ever heard Nuke or Fusion???

To become the "one stop shop" of production, Adobe must first solve the problem of random crashes without any explanation.

The strawberries make it for me

I'm betting on Project Avalanche in UE5 myself. I switched during UE 4.26 for production and haven't looked back. Yay no more render farm and with some practice, images in 5.3 get you to 99% of what an Arnold Render can get you in a fraction of the time. Same goes with AE so I try to do most things in camera in UE5 for the fasted turn around possible.

Not even close to be able to dump any other 3D software just yet (missing this and that).

this is so sick 🔥, Adobe's outplayed other's brand

What about gaussian splats? Is there anywhere to use them?

Yeah it is nice addition for the after effects. But as both blender and after effects user i dont need this feature in ae, i will continue to do this stuff in blender. Not to mention that any kind of work with 3d stuff is much more easier (include user interface) AE is trying rly hard to catch up with something it never was created to begin with, and it does pretty good job in doing so, but hardly ppl who used to do this kind of stuff in blender will immediately jump in ae for it.

What about simulations and physics? Blender is not only modelling and rendering...

After effects has its strengths,but blender can stand alone.

OOH FINALLY WE AFTEREFFECTS GUYS HAVE SURVIVED ALOT

Hi sir i use the new rotobrush but its slow for me i dont now whay but i use cpu I7 4790k and take 1.50 scond betwin frame and other so the propgtion need cpu our gpu because i dont have gpu

I will have so much fun using after effects, it's free right?

After 3d is very limited. It's a very good step in the right direction but it's not gonna overtake blender for 3d work.

Blender with its's EEVEE Next will wipe AE. There was plugin Element 3d that did all of this + shadows.. Adobe has to catch up to that level first and only after we can talk about challanging Blender

Blender will be used for modeling, AE for motion/animation. Only now you don't need to buy Element3D anymore.

Why can't I import 3D files into the new version of After Effects? I can't just drag and drop and they arent recognized by import.

It is a nice feature - but I thought that was what Cinema 4D was for? I would rather see them invest more time in fixing and improving the current toolset over adding in features most professional users will not really need or use. For simple projects - maybe - but not really usable even for the demo spot.

Enviroment lighting has been in AE for years... but cool still

Honestly not a bad result

After Effects IS THE ONE

it's a good start from adobe

BLENDER IS GREAT

For Blender, did you use Eevee or Cycles?

i think 3D ELEMENT from video copilot is the one that more fit in this sittuation than blender.

Adobe should firstly rebuild playback engine instead creating new messy updates :)

Been doing this for a decade with element 3d lolz

Not that I think AE is going to be the best, I am inclined to believe that one can achieve more realistic and dynamic looks when adjustments are made to the parameters. You mention that briefly but it would be nice to see a deep dive into that aspect of a scene. Just using defaults is not a fair comparison.

what version of this