Mettle SkyBox: Sneek Peek + Free Sample
Mettle is about to introduce a new After Effects plug-in called SkyBox. You can take a composition in After Effects and generate 3D seamless stills/animations to use as Reflection Maps and Environment Maps. Output options: cubic, spherical or equirectangular.
SkyBox generated scenes integrate well with all 3D plug-ins for After Effects like mettle ShapeShifter AE, FreeForm, FreeForm Pro, Trapcode Horizon, Element 3D, Zaxwerks, or any 3D plug-in that accepts Reflection Maps or Environment Maps.
SkyBox generated still/animations can be used in 3D applications like Maya, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, Houdini, Lightwave, Blender, Modo. Can also be used to generate dome projections, youtube 360, or VR head-mounted display file formats like Oculus Rift. Great for webGL and gaming environments like the Unreal Engine and Unity3D.
SkyBox generated stills: Cubic, Equirectangular, Spherical:
Download the SkyBox animation and try it out as a Reflection Map/Environment Map.
Mettle Skybox Suite has joined Adobe.
Mettle Skybox Suite of plugins will be exclusively available as part of your Creative Cloud membership through deep, native integration with Premiere Pro CC and After Effects CC. Adobe Creative Cloud will offer an end to end experience for crafting rich and compelling VR/360 experiences.
Learn more – Adobe and Mettle VR: 360 degrees better
SkyBox Environment Maps in After Effects - Lesterbanks
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prattpaul688
Chris,
This looks like a fantastic product. I can’t wait to get SkyBox. I thank you for all your help in the past and for great tutorials as well as your fantastic software. Your loyal “cyber customer.”
Nancy Eperjesy
Thanks for the kind words Paul. Our goal: to develop products that excite our customers creatively.
Martin
The Skybox animation has no download link on the Vimeo page.
Nancy Eperjesy
Thanks Martin. The download link is working now. Please check it out.
David Jolosky
WOW! when is the release. I’m just days away from completing a dome project and this would be a fantastic last minute bit of awesome.
Mettle Set to Release SkyBox for After Effects; Easily Create Environment Maps in Ae - Lesterbanks
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