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More flexible line editing
PSOFT® Pencil+® 4 Line for After Effects® is an effects plugin that makes it possible to edit Pencil+ 4 Lines in After Effects using PLD files exported from Pencil+ 4*1.
You can edit lines using the same parameters and with the exact same quality as Pencil+ 4 Lines for 3D software. This is made possible by Pencil+ 4 Line, reborn as a high-speed rendering engine.
*1 As of July 2023, PLD output is available in Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max, Pencil+ 4 for Maya, and Pencil+ 4 Line for Blender.
New Workflow Available
Until now, if you wanted to change the thickness or color of lines, you had to change the settings in the 3D software and re-render. With Pencil+ 4 Line for After Effects, you can now edit lines directly in After Effects. This way, you can limit the rendering work in 3D software to the minimum.
Furthermore, it becomes easy to perform tasks that are time-consuming to execute in 3D software, such as animating parameters or changing line color or thickness for each cut. By being able to make fine adjustments to lines in the compositing process, you can now create even higher-quality images.
Main Features
In addition to the Pencil+ 4 Line functionality, the After Effects version includes features to enhance expressiveness.
- Edit Lines using the same parameters as the ones for Pencil+ 4 Line in 3D software.
- Edit all or specific line sets.
- Provides the Offset mode to fine-tune Lines set in 3D software and the Replace mode to re-set Lines from scratch in After Effects.
- Edit Line thickness and opacity intuitively on the camera screen by using Screen Effect.
- Scale Lines up or down without degrading the image quality by using Rendering Scale.
- Expressions that were not possible with 3D software become possible by using Map Layers.
- Draw Line depth using Z Depth.
- Use 3D layers as Refer Objects.
Workflow
Load Lines and edit them with Pencil+ 4 Line for After Effects by reading PLD files output from Pencil+ 4. The PLD file format is a format exclusive to Pencil+ 4 Line. Support for displaying thumbnails of PLD files in Windows Explorer is available.
Plugin or add-on with support for PLD file output
Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max®
Pencil+ 4 for Maya®
Pencil+ 4 Line for Blender
Pencil+ 4 Line for After Effects
Apply the Pencil+ 4 Line effect to PLD files loaded into Adobe After Effects and edit the Lines. Line adjustments are possible without the need for re-rendering.
Main Functionality
*Functionality implementation varies depending on the host application for each Pencil+ 4 product.
See here for details.
- Show / hide Line Sets, specify Line Sets to edit
- Show / hide Edges, specify Edges to edit
- Rendering Scale*
- Z Depth*
- Brush Color
- Color Map Layer
- Brush Settings
- Size Map Layer
- Brush Editor
- Stroke
- Distortion
- Stroke Reduction Settings
- Color Range
- Size / Alpha Reduction
- Screen Effect*
*New functionality specific to After Effects
Operating Environment
Host Compatibility:
Adobe After Effects (for Windows) 2022 / 2023 / 2024 / 2025
Hardware:
Same requirements as the host version of Adobe After Effects.
Other:
- Requires support for the PLD file format.
*Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max version 4.1.0 and up, Pencil+ 4 for Maya, or Pencil+ 4 Line for Blender version 4.0.3 and up is required to output PLD files.
*Sample files include sample PLD files.
License:
Standalone and network licenses are available. Information about the license types can be found here. Release Notes
