Mettle SkyBox Studio v1.0

Release Name: Mettle SkyBox Studio v1.0
Program Type: After Effects Plug-in
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Homepage: _aescripts.com/skybox-studio/
Interface Language: English
Requirements: After Effects CC 2014, CC, CS6
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Mettle SkyBox Studio gives you the most complete set of tools available for 360º/VR Production in After Effects for both generated 3D content (including 3D plugins) as well as shot 360º footage. Harness the power of After Effects to produce beautiful complex environments within it's 3D environment and 3D plug-ins.
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SkyBox Studio is compatible with After Effect’s 3D space, or most After Effects 3D plugins (mettle ShapeShifter Ae, FreeForm, FreeForm Pro, Trapcode Particular and Form, Element 3D, Plexus, Zaxwerks.) It also quickly converts between Equirectangular, Spherical and Cubic Cross Formats. Import them into your favorite 3D App like Maya, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, Houdini and Modo.
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; H8 {& i  N; G, ~2 l* N, }Mettle SkyBox Studio consists of 4 modules::
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6 P  M4 [8 e. Y, V( p  MSkyBox Creator (script) lets you generate a 360-degree animation from your After Effects comp. It automatically places a Camera with 6 views in your comp, renders and stitches them together seamlessly. It’s like having a google-car drive through your comp. And you can update your comp and refresh the output.
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SkyBox Converter (plug-in) converts between cubic cross, equirectangular and spherical formats, (animations and still images). All the mathematical calculations are produced and rendered quickly and perfectly. Re-orient Camera Controls with Tilt (X-Axis), Pan (Y Axis) and Roll (Z Axis) controls. Input - 2D Source
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+ s2 m( Z8 A! B# ^5 rSkyBox Extractor (script) converts stitched equirectangular footage into 6 separate camera views (Front, Right, Back, Top, Left and Bottom), where you can motion-track, do object removal, add motion-graphics, vfx etc. It automates the creation of all necessary comps and camera relationships to create a 360 | VR post production Environment in After Effects.
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SkyBox Viewer (plugin) emulates what you will see in youtube 360, Oculus Rift and other formats. This is excellent for pre-flight testing of your composites and animations
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Use SkyBox generated Maps with:
- After Effects 3D PLUG-INS: You can create reflection maps and/or environment maps for use with After Effects 3D plugins like Element 3D, FreeForm Pro, Shapeshifter and Zaxwerks. Pretty much any 3D plugin that will accept and use AE layers as reflection or environment maps.
! ^+ O3 ?6 H5 I$ V- 3D APPLICATIONS: Use these reflection maps and/or environment maps with 3D applications like 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Lightwave, Maya, Modo etc. Create amazing environments by tapping into the rich motion graphics offerings in After Effects to generate stills and sequences that cannot be done as easily in 3D.
- 3D GAMES: Use SkyBox with the Unreal Engine or Unity 3D to create elements for your level design. Create a unique world of your own.
& s& _+ {2 e7 Z" e, Z6 T- WEBGL: SkyBoxes have been supported in hardware in openGL and now in webGL for quite a while. With Mettle’s SkyBox you can now create rich & unique environments using After Effects for your webGL projects.
- YOUTUBE 360 FORMAT: Google’s Youtube 360 format is growing in popularity and Mettle’s SkyBox is the perfect tool to help you bring your own creations into this format. Youtube 360 requires the Equirectangular map format. SkyBox Converter supports this format (along with Cubic Maps and Spherical Maps). You will also need to add some data to your file. Google made this easy, please see: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6178631?hl=en
- F- }2 Q% O  H7 s6 K0 f  r- DOME PROJECTIONS: SkyBox Converter can take any Cubic Cross or Equirectangular Map (as pictured on the next page) and can convert them to the Spherical that many Dome projections use.
- VR APPLICATIONS LIKE OCULUS RIFT: SkyBox Converter can take any Cubic Cross or Spherical (as pictured on the next page) and can convert to the Equirectangular format that many VR applications like Oculus Rift require.

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