Rowbyte Plexus 3.1.8 for Adobe After Effects
RowbytePlexus是一款AE三維點線面粒子插件。Plexus的目的是生成藝術效果，更接近像非線性運動圖形應用程序，如AfterEffects。粒子渲染速度非常快，支持導入3D模型作為粒子發射器。它允許您以過程的方式創建、操作和可視化數據，還可以基於各種參數,使用線條和三角形,創建各種有趣的點線面效果。RowbytePlexus的工作流程非常模塊化，允許您創建真正的無限的配置和參數集。

RowbytePlexus3.xforAdobeAfterEffects 
Plexusisaplug-indesignedtobringgenerativeartclosertoanon-linearprogramlikeAfterEffects.Itletsyoucreate,manipulateandvisualizedatainaproceduralmanner.Notonlyyoucanrendertheparticles,butalsocreateallsortsofinterestingrelationshipsbetweenthembasedonvariousparametersusinglinesandtriangles.TheworkflowforPlexusisverymodularallowingyoutocreatetrulyinfinitesetofconfigurationsandparameters.

What'sNewinPlexus3?

ObjectbasedUI
Plexus3comeswithatreebasedObjectPanel,thathelpsyouorganizemultiplePlexusobjectswithinthelayer.ItimprovesworkflowdramaticallyandthepanelitselfisdockableanywherewithinAfterEffects.IthelpsyoukeeptrackofyourGeometryObjects,EffectorObjects,RenderObjectsandGroupsbyallowingyoutoselectonlywhatyouneedsonomorescrollingthroughalongEffectsControlWindow.

MotionBlur
Finally.NowalongwithDepthofField,youcanaddMotionBlurtocreatecinematicanimations.Youcanuseeithercompsettingsorcustomcamerashuttervalues.

SoundEffector
AnewSoundEffectorObjectlet’syousampleawaveformfromasoundlayerinAEandapplyittovertexpositionorscaleorcolor.YoucanalsoEchothesampledwaveformsothatthesoundissampledovertime.

SlicerObject
TheSlicerObjectlet’syou‘slice’throughameshandcreateinterestingvisualizations.ItworksbestwithOBJmeshesandcanbeusedverywellalongwiththeinstanceobject.

SeamlessBeams
Rendersweepingvolumetricbeamswithseamlessrendering.Beamsnolongershowany‘overlappingjoints’.Notonlyitimprovesrenderingperformance,butalsorendersmuchmoreaccuratecolors.

DesignedforAE’sNewArchitecture
Plexus3wasdesignedfromthegrounduptotakeadvantageofAE’snewmulti-threadedarchitectureintroducedin13.5.ThatmeansbettersupportforPersistentCaching,betterperformanceandthebestpart,automagicallyrefreshInstances.Youcanhavemanynestedinstancesandallthechangesareautomaticallydetected.Also,justincaseyouneedtorefreshcache,anewbuttonthatlet’syoudothatwithasingleclickwithoutaffectingcachesofotherlayers.

DepthMapCulling
YoucanuseaDepthMapexportedbya3DprogramorBuenaDepthCuetooccludepixelsdirectly.IthelpscompositePlexusin3Dsceneswithease.

ImprovedOBJImport
YoucannowimportOBJfilesandfilesequencesusingAE’sdefaultfileimporter,whichhelpsyouorganizefootagebetterandcollectprojectfiles.OBJObjectnowalsoimportsnormalsandtextureco-ordinatesalongwithvertexpositionsandfacets.

NestedCompositions
CollapseTransformsforanestedcomposition,andPlexusbehaveslikeanativeAEcomposition.ItreactstoCameraandlightsofthenativecomposition.Itallowsyoutopre-compPlexuslayersandstillhavetheflexibilitytoanimateCameramovements.

NullObjectPerformance
NullObjectshavesimilarperformancetopointlightsifyou’rerunningthelatestversionofAfterEffects.NoneedtoconvertNullsexportedfrom3Dapplicationstopointlightsanymore.

PathObjectImprovements
PathObjectisimprovedwithscalingcontrolsforreplicationandtessellationforclosedpaths.Nowthereisyetanotherwaytocreate3DtextinAfterEffects,butmakeitalittlemoreinteresting.

CustomVisibilitySettings
Youcangraduallyfadeorvanishpoints,linesorpolyswhentheygetclosetothecameraorfarawayfromthecamera.Youcanalsocustomhidepolygonsthatfacetowardsorawayfromthecamera.

UnifiedRendering
Unifiedrenderingallowsallobjectstohaveacommon3Dspace.Itallowspoints,lines&polyscreatedbymultipleobjectstointersectwithoneanotherinz-space.

LoopNoise
Youcanseamlesslyloopnoisevaluesforanimations.Youcancyclethroughnoiseevolutionanditworksforposition,scale&colorvalues.

Compatibility
PlexusiscompatiblewithAdobeCS5.5,CS6,CC2014,CC2015,CC2015.3,CC2017,CC2018.

HomePage-http://www.rowbyte.com/plexus/