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RedGiant Trapcode Suite is a VFX suite developed by RedGiant. Its effects allow for the manipulation of 3D space to fit any need. This includes abstract (or imported) 3D shapes, terrains, particle arrays, anything you can think of!
These are only compatible with After Effects.
List of Plugins
In alphabetical order
Audio Keys
Echospace
Mir
Mir is a plugin that's intended use is for generating 3D fractal terrain. However it can be very easily manipulated to do many kinds of primitive 3D layer distortion.
Setting Up for Textures
Because of Mir's intended use case, the defaults already have it set up for fractal terrains. However when working with textures this may not be an ideal starting point. Set the following values to prepare it for working with textures.
- In the "Geometry" category, set the "Size X" and "Size Y" to the X and Y of the layer you are using. If using Mir 3 or newer, make sure "Size" is set to "XY Individual" is enabled so these can be changed.
- In the "Texture" category, set the "Texture Layer" to the layer of choice (usually the layer the effect is applied to.)
- In the "Fractal" category, set "Amplitude" to 0.
- In the "Material" category, set "Diffuse Holdout" to 0.
- In the "Shader" category, set the "Shader" to Smooth, "Blend" to "Normal" and "DepthBuf" to On.
You should now see the layer appearing as if no effects were applied at all.
Using Mir as a Replicator
Starting from the Texture Set-Up, Under the "Texture" tab you can change the scale of the texture's X and Y. This works as a very versatile replicator that can be finely controlled. Keep in mind that it is not centered; the anchor point is the top left (0,0)!