How to Apply 3D Six-Pack

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3D Six-Pack is applied like any plugin effect in Adobe After Effects. Simply drag-and-drop it on a timeline layer, from the Pixelan folder of the Effects and Presets panel of After Effects. 3D Six-Pack interface will appear in the Effect Controls panel of After Effects.

3D Six-Pack Easy Steps

Single-Layer Transition:
(1) Set the transition's progress over time, using the Progress control. A typical linear transition is 100 to 0 at a layer's head, or 0 to 100 at the tall. To ease-In/out or hold the transition, add additional keyframes or select a handy preset in the Progress Presets menu. Presets say "HEAD" or TAIL" to indicate which side they are most appropriate for.
(2) Click Click here to load a preset... to visually choose from hundreds of pre-made transitions (plus saved favorites) in an animated Effects Browser window. Take a look below to see which presets are most appropriate for single-layer transitions. Click Recent to quickly load a recently used preset. Click Menu to quickly load an effect via a pop-up menu. Or Open for standard Open dialog box.
Transition Between Two Layers:
Important: 3D Six-Pack transitions are available as normal (3D Six-Pack layer gradually appears or disappears, covering/revealing the lower tracks) and reversed (the layer selected in Layer menu gradually appears or disappears).
Only normal transitions will look properly if None is selected in Layer menu. To use reversed transitions creata a transition between two layers: Choose which layer you are transitioning to or from, using the Layer menu, then proceed with steps 1-2. It can be any layer in the comp; Its Video switch can even be off. Pre-compose the layer at first if necessary*.

COOL TIP: To save time positioning section preset keys where two AE layers overlap: Make sure the Layer control in 3D Six-Pack is set to your overlapping layer (i.e. the other half of the transition), then choose a Progress preset within 3D Six-Pack. The Progress keys will automatically be placed in just the overlap. Thereafter, you can choose any other section preset and its keys will likewise be correctly placed within the Progress keys. To temporary turn off this feature, Cmd-click a section preset.

* It may be necessary to pre-compose the second or both input layer(s) before applying 3D Six-Pack if they have differentt sizes/positions, are text or 3D layers.

3D Six-Pack Presets

In 3D Six-Pack for After Effects there are TWO ways to access presets -- Effects Browser presets and AE Animation presets.

 

Effects Browser presets

This is the most powerful and visual way to access presets and is where hundreds of transition presets are located. Click the Click here to load a preset... button at the top of 3D Six-Pack to open a large Effects Browser window to visually choose/compare pre-made effects. The Effects Browser is shown below. To explore presets, click a folder in the left pane, then click a thumbnail image to see animated preview. Double-click to apply. To save the selected preset in the Effects Browser click the Save button.

Presets for Single-Layer transitions:
3D Six-Pack transitions are available as normal (3D Six-Pack layer gradually appears or disappears, covering/revealing the lower tracks) and reversed (the layer selected in Layer menu gradually appears or disappears).
Only normal transitions will look properly if None is selected in Layer menu. To use reversed transitions creata a transition between two layers.
Shadow/Glow presets are not suitable for use with titles.

Time-saving tips to load presets faster:
The Effects Browser is fast, but sometimes you may already know which preset you want to use, such as when you are applying the same preset repeatedly in a project. In that situation, selecting a preset by one of the following methods can be faster... To see recently chosen Effects Browser presets, click the Recent button. For a drop-down menu of Effects Browser presets, click the Menu button. To use a standard Open file dialog box, click the Open button.

 

Handy tips while working within the Effects Browser:
• To scroll through presets in a folder while keeping your eye on the top preview image for comparison, click a thumbnail in the right pane then use arrow keys.
• To increase/decrease the thumbnail image size, use the Size button at the bottom of the Effects Browser.
• To copy a favorite preset into the My Favorites folder located atop the left column of preset folders, Control-click any preset image and choose Copy to My Favorites. To copy the preset into a subfolder within that folder (such as if you want to organize presets per project or per client), Control-click the preset and choose Copy to My Favorites >> [new subfolder]. You can then name the subfolder as desired. After the subfolder is created, it will also appear in the Control-click menu.
• To rename a preset that is in the My Favorites folder, Control-click the preset there and choose Rename this preset. To remove a My Favorites preset, Control-click and choose Delete this preset.
• To hide any preset, Control-click the preset and choose Hide this preset. To show all hidden presets in a folder, Control-click any preset in that folder and choose Restore all hidden presets from this folder. To temporarily view the folder's hidden presets, which can be handy if you just want to momentarily browse them, choose Temporarily show hidden presets.

AE Animation presets

If you prefer, you can save 3D Six-Pack presets as animation presets in the usual place within After Effects, by selecting 3D Six-Pack, then choosing Save Animation Preset from the Animation menu in After Effects or from the Effects & Presets panel menu.

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