Start by drawing a three-dimensional path in After Effects. 3D Serpentine will use the path as a guide and extrude a shape such as a circle, star or rectangle along this guide path to create a 3D noodle. As you edit the AE path the noodle changes shape to match. The position of the noodle can be animated along the path to create unwinding movie film, shooting stars and many other effects.
It's almost like drawing a 3D stroke along the path, but in this case instead of a simple stroke a real 3D object is created which responds to lighting and can be textured and color-mapped.
Create 3D paths in After Effects and let Zaxwerks 3D Serpentine bring the paths to life!
3D Serpentine brings big-time 3D effects to Motion Graphics and Video artists. Creating 3D noodles, also called path extrusions, is no longer difficult nor time consuming. Now you can do them live, right inside of Adobe After Effects.
If you know how to make a 3D path in After Effects you can create fanciful 3D noodles with the 3D Serpentine plug-in.
Create cool 3D effects like moving film strips, shooting stars, animated marquee signs, swirling tubes, winding helixes, twisting extruded text, arrow pointers and self-tying ribbons.