
Mir includes five professionally animated After Effects projects that kickstart how you use Mir’s deepest features. Three abstract backgrounds, one flyover landscape, and one text composition. The all-new Density mode forms a thin film-like material that is responsive to camera angles. Phong renders a smooth, reflective surface that integrates well with AE comp lights. Flat mode is a flat shading that’s great for abstract forms and geometric elements. Three Shader modes apply different lighting and depth. No matter what surface you choose, Draw has fast, easy options for unique shapes. You can ‘redraw’ with options like Line Size, Point Size, DepthBuf and Blend mode. Mir can appear in a traditional wireframe, a cloud of points or a solid surface. The Draw mode adds an interesting surface to the Mir mesh. The fractal noise creates a textured displacement effect like crumpled paper to quickly create natural-looking fluctuations and steer-bucking distortions. Mir uses Perlin noise, a VFX favorite, to distort the mesh in 3D space. The Fractal controls shift your polygonal planes into High Mountain territory. These repeats have a low render hit, so they are very pliable as you adjust features like Instances, Opacity and Translate. The Repeater group creates instant copies of the polygon mesh, which you can manipulate for creative effect.

Step X,Y creates a striped or block effect, while Bend X,Y distorts the mesh into arcs or vortex-like effects. Use the Geometry group to set the size and position of the plane and define its shape with number of vertices. You can’t lose weight sitting at the computer, but your creative work just did.Ī polygon mesh is the base of your Mir design, which bends and twists to your wishes. Mir creates the abstract designs that you love in Trapcode products, but these react with speed and ease. Mir responds quickly because it’s built on OpenGL rendering, so you can preview your effect instantly and keep on tinkering. New Features Creativity that is weightless Break the speed barrier in After Effects with motion design that is fast, flexible and fun.


Mir generates smoothly shaded objects or flowing organic elements, abstract landscapes and nebula structures - all beautifully animated with light and depth. You’ll play with a simple polygon mesh that is packed with 3D features, like fractal noise for distortion, texture mapping, repeating geometry, and After Effects light integration. Trapcode Mir creates quick-rendering 3D shapes that are built on the power of OpenGL, previewing your effect instantly so you can keep on designing. Red Giant software has announced its Trapcode’s next generation of motion graphics - Trapcode Mir 1.0 is now available.
