Wednesday
Sep012010
3D Angel wings with Trapcode 3D Stroke by Chris Lorance
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 2:07AM 
This video covers a slightly less conventional use of the Trapcode 3D Stroke plugin. The 20-minute tutorial explains the creation of the wing strokes, rigging to null objects, and animation and compositing tricks.
Advanced 3D Wings in After Effects from Iaenic on Vimeo.
ADDENDUM
There is a really cool rework and extension of this here: http://vimeo.com/29663169
Reader Comments (4)
Great Tutorial! Thanks for sharing!! I can't wait to go home and try it!
Thank you for this great tutorial !
Great tut dude but I have problem with adding comp camera. After I switch to comp cam my 3d stroke move to the edge of the "layer" within it is and simply cuts half of artwork. Any ideas to resolve this? Thank's for reply.
Ok,nevermind :P delete earlier post. I've resolved this problem by changing point of interest value. Thanks a lot for this tutorial, a piece ofreallygreat, great job for me ;)