How to Properly Export a 3D Camera from After Effects to Blender

We'll learn how to export our After Effects 3D Camera data into Blender 3D. Using the AE2BLEND script, we'll export our 3D camera from After Effects to Blender. The AE2BLEND add on allows us to easily transfer our After Effects 3D Camera into Blender but there are a few "gotchas" which I will cover in this video.

► VIDEO CONTENTS
00:00 - Intro
00:07 - After Effects Camera Tracking/Prepping Data for Blender
02:05 - Importing 3D Camera Data/Ground Plane Into Blender
04:17 - Blender Settings/Checking the 3D Camera Track For Accuracy
06:50 - Manually Fixing the World Scale Without Messing Up the Camera Track
8:53 - Manually Fixing World Grid Alignment if You Forgot to Set Ground Plane & Origin
12:50 - Aligning the Ground Plane to the World Grid and Origin in Blender
18:49 - Adjusting the Scene Scale Manually
22:00 - Outro

► SOCIAL MEDIA:

[augustino]

Wow, Just what i needed with lots of useful tips. Thanks for sharing

[oivasquezc]

One of the best tutorials I've watched in a long time

[Worldslegion]

Wow, that's what I want, thank You very much sir

[benediktmeyer]

thank you, great video ! especially the trick with the floor was sooo helpful. i was looking so long for how to get the floor right!

[sherazD]

is ae2blend work on blender in the addon menu its showing a warning icon

[lifeofmachine]

how about this error:

Python: Traceback (most recent call last):
File Foundation\Blender\4.0\scripts\addons\AE2Blend_2_8.py", line 601, in execute
pasteKeyframesAE(self)
File Foundation\Blender\4.0\scripts\addons\AE2Blend_2_8.py", line 139, in pasteKeyframesAE
if target.select == 1:
AttributeError: 'Object' object has no attribute 'select'

[lifeofmachine]

Blender just freezes after clicking "Create Camera"