MOVIE PROJECTOR INTRO
For Adobe After Effects
What is it?
The Movie Projector Intro template allows you to create custom film projector animations in Adobe After Effects. Your footage, text, or logo is projected onto a screen, and the included old-film effects give your content an old-fashioned film-look.
To get you started, this template includes multiple background environments to choose from, a variety of preset camera movements, and customizable old-film effects. At this template's core, is a 3D model of an antique film projector. You can view the projector from any angle in After Effects, without ever opening Cinema 4D, allowing you to make new, custom animations to suit any project.
Create a Vintage Film Projector Animation!
Features
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3D Model - This detailed, vintage film projector and projector screen were modeled in Cinema 4D for this template. You won’t ever need to open Cinema 4D to make your animation. (See note about rendering at bottom of page).
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Choose Your Background - The 3D room that the projector sits in can be customized with your own images, or with any of the 21 high-res images included in the template. So you can surround the projector with red curtains, graffiti-covered walls, red brick, bookshelves, and more.
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Choose Your Camera Movements - The template includes 25 3D camera movements which show the projector at different angles and focal lengths. Or, just add a new camera layer and you can create your own unique shot.
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Custom Old-Film Effects - Over 20 old film effects, borrowed from the Creation Film Effects template, including projector sound effects and an authentic film leader and countdown clip.
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Easy Customization - A convenient "Control Layer" contains slider controls for customizing the 3D room and lighting.
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Pre-rendered Clips - The first six clips of the projector and screen (as seen in the demo video), are already rendered with a transparent background, and are included in the template to save you time in rendering!
Learn how to create your 3D film projector animation in After Effects.
Need to Know
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This template is compatible with Adobe After Effects, version16.0 (CC 2019) and all later versions. Works in both Windows and macOS. No plugins required.
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Important Warning About Rendering: The pre-rendered clips included in the template will allow you to quickly render an animation like the one in the demo video. However, if you would like to use different camera angles or movements, you will need to render the included 3D models (c4d files, created in Cinema 4D, which comes with After Effects). The final HD render of these models will take very long – roughly 30 minutes per 1 second of animation (estimate based on a 25-minute average render time with Cinema 4D's "Standard" renderer, on a 4.2 GHz Intel Core i7 iMac with 64GB RAM). Times will vary depending on your system. Rendering overnight or over the weekend may be necessary. Also included in the template are C4D files that use Cinema 4D's "Physical" renderer. These are higher quality, and take about three times longer to render.
FYI: The pre-rendered clips (the first six clips shown in the demo video) were rendered with the Physical renderer. All other clips in the demo were rendered with the Standard renderer. Both are high quality, and most people won't notice a difference, but "Standard" renders may have subtle noise, or "twinkling" pixels on certain parts of the model. Note that when working with c4d files in After Effects, you can lower the quality of the 3D models, allowing you to work faster and preview your animation. However, you will need to increase the quality for your final render. The video tutorial shows you everything you need to know about rendering.
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This template includes both HD (1920x1080) and 4K (4096x2160) comps. The 4K option is not recommended unless necessary, because of the render times.
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The 3D projector and screen were modeled in Cinema 4D specifically for this template. You won’t need to ever open Cinema 4D to customize this template.
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True depth of field is not possible with this 3D model, so the projector will always be 100% in focus. However, a feature has been built in to the template that allows you to simulate DOF by subtly blurring the background and screen.
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The included background images were obtained from Pixabay.com, and are free to use for both non-commercial and commercial use, no attribution required, under the Pixabay license. If you prefer, you can easily replace the floor, wall, and ceiling images with your own images.
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Music and footage placeholder in demo video not included.
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This template has been "universalized", so it will work in After Effects running in any language.
The Movie Projector Intro template is not a plugin, so there is nothing to install. Rather, it's an Adobe After Effects project file, commonly known as a "template" because most of the work is already done and the user needs only to make their own customizations. This template is compatible with version 2019 (16.0) as well as all later versions of After Effects.
Movie Projector Intro contains copyrighted intellectual property. The animations you create with this product are 100% yours and can be used for commercial purposes, but the sharing or online posting of project files with or for anyone other than a client is prohibited. See the Terms and Conditions for more details.
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