aescripts + aeplugins

Ben Howard

Wow. Great work.
Is it backwards compatible.
Do I uninstall 3 to run any old saved setups

Motion Boutique

Thanks Ben!

Yes it's backward compatible, you can remove N3 safetly.

Ben Howard said:

Wow. Great work. Is it backwards compatible. Do I uninstall 3 to run any old saved setups

Mike Majewski

I have bought the new verion 4, but my sample browser list is empty? It's also not part of the file menu mentioned in help document. The Sample Browser is in Help menu.

Motion Boutique

Hi Mike!

You need to to put "Motion Boutique" folder of the archive in you Documents folder.

Mike Majewski said:

I have bought the new verion 4, but my sample browser list is empty? It's also not part of the file menu mentioned in help document. The Sample Browser is in Help menu.

lee hansol

Really nice update. I was wondering, what effect did you use to make it go from 2D to 3D like in the trailer? It's really cool, but I'm not good enough to follow it.It's really volumeful. Even with drop shadows and inner shadows, it doesn't look like that.

Motion Boutique

Thank you Lee!

I've use Plugin Everything Shadow Studio with a mix of "Layer style" in AE.

https://aescripts.com/shadow-studio/

lee hansol

Motion Boutique said:

Thank you Lee!

I've use Plugin Everything Shadow Studio with a mix of "Layer style" in AE.

https://aescripts.com/shadow-studio/

I had a feeling it was something like that, and it's right! I also bought ShadowStudio 3. They're both very nice.

Gary Nicholson

Just update to Newton 4 but when I launch the popup window the UI is too small, the text etc. Is there a way of sizing up the UI in preferences or is it something in AE that I need to do? AE UI is fine just the Newton popup window is small. I'm on windows 10.

lee hansol

Gary Nicholson said:

Just update to Newton 4 but when I launch the popup window the UI is too small, the text etc. Is there a way of sizing up the UI in preferences or is it something in AE that I need to do? AE UI is fine just the Newton popup window is small. I'm on windows 10.

follow this guide https://thegeekpage.com/disable-display-scaling-on-high-dpi-settings/

But don't replace it with application here, replace it with system (not system enhanced). This is how I solved it.

Motion Boutique

Hi Gary,

Could you open a support ticket with a capture of ae interface + Newton4?

Thank you!

Motion Boutique

We have released Newton 4.0.77 that fix the display issue with high DPI monitors on Windows. Please update!

xinning yang

I like this script very much, but I hope it can support Chinese

Motion Boutique

Hi!

Not sure since we don't have any computer running this kind of characters but we would be very greatful if you could test it and send us some feedbacks.
You can download the trial version and get in touch with us here.

xinning yang said:

I like this script very much, but I hope it can support Chinese

Gary Nicholson

Found the answer there was a second Newton plugin in the folder which I have deleted and it's all good now. I think the aescripts manager is a bit hit and miss with uninstall and install function with different versions.

Motion Boutique

Pelase double check that Newton 4.0.77 is installed in AE2023 (you can see that in the about menu)

Gary Nicholson said:

Found the answer there was a second Newton plugin in the folder which I have deleted and it's all good now. I think the aescripts manager is a bit hit and miss with uninstall and install function with different versions.

John Kirksey

Downloaded and opened Newton 4. I set up the Diving Board project in a composition just as you did in your video example. But my weld joint Tension and Dampening controls appear to not be working. Please help!

sal Maldonado

using Newton 4.0.77. on Mac M2 full spec 96 GB memory

Simulation works OK while on newton is open (very slow) , then I hit render and goes to AE , btu but no keyframes appear on the timeline, no animation at all? 

Motion Boutique

Newton duplicates your composition and rename it 'yourcompositionname'_Sim01

If the sim is slow, perhaps that it needs to be optimized. For exemple use the "convex hull" function in the "advanced" body setting tab. Or reduce the "mesh precision" in the body properties tab.

sal Maldonado said:

using Newton 4.0.77. on Mac M2 full spec 96 GB memory

Simulation works OK while on newton is open (very slow) , then I hit render and goes to AE , btu but no keyframes appear on the timeline, no animation at all? 

sal Maldonado

Thanks

John Kirksey

How do we load the Sample Projects? I cannot find a control in Newton 4 to do it.

Motion Boutique

You need to to put "Motion Boutique" folder of the archive in you Documents folder. (check the Newton_4.0_Installation.pdf in the archive)

John Kirksey said:

How do we load the Sample Projects? I cannot find a control in Newton 4 to do it.

Luka Zaric

I'm having some preview/rendering trouble with Newton4.
It's incredibly slow and mostly freezing and crashing and I'm not sure why. 

My cache is clear, my PC is high-end and the files I'm working with are very light - 1000x1000px (12fps).
A simple animation of a circle shape hitting a bunch of letters (split into shapes).
Convex Hull doesn't help.

Although - it's just one paragraph of text turned into shapes, it does say there are 15k polygons which seems like a lot, that's what's causing the crashes I guess.

Is there some kind of a workaround for this?

Motion Boutique

Hi Luka

You have the answer in your question.

"Although - it's just one paragraph of text turned into shapes, it does say there are 15k polygons which seems like a lot, that's what's causing the crashes I guess."

Here's what you should do:

-Select your text, use the "Convex Hull" function in Body Properties / Advanced panel.

-You can also change de "mesh precision" to 1 or 0.

-Import your font in Illustrator and simplify the paths.

Sometimes fonts are really not optimized (lot of uneeded vertex for exemple).

You can check this article for more infos about dealing with complexes path: https://www.motionboutique.com/dealing-with-illustrator-files-and-shape-layers-in-newton/

Note that Newton does not use AE cache and does not depend of the resolution (320px or 8k will have the same simulation performance)

Please open a support ticket in you need more help and send us your aep so we can take a look.

Cheers
Val

Luka Zaric

That makes perfect sense. Will definitely do that from now on. Thanks for the help and quick response!

Motion Boutique

Glad I could help

Luka Zaric said:

That makes perfect sense. Will definitely do that from now on. Thanks for the help and quick response!

Lee Jung Baltus

Hi, cool new update! I currently own Newton 3. Just to be sure, I can't update form 3 to 4 just like that right? It is a completely new version that has to be bought again? Cheers.

Motion Boutique

Hi Lee

All info here https://aescripts.com/newton/#upgrade-notice

Lee Jung Baltus said:

Hi, cool new update! I currently own Newton 3. Just to be sure, I can't update form 3 to 4 just like that right? It is a completely new version that has to be bought again? Cheers.

Lee Jung Baltus

Ah yes I see, Thnx for the quick answer!

Motion Boutique said:

Hi Lee

All info here https://aescripts.com/newton/#upgrade-notice

Lee Jung Baltus said:

Hi, cool new update! I currently own Newton 3. Just to be sure, I can't update form 3 to 4 just like that right? It is a completely new version that has to be bought again? Cheers.

Vedran Ivandic

Hi,

I bought license for Newton 4 and when I open samples browser there is nothing in it, it's empty. Hope you can help me with this.

Also can you help me about how to get shapes inside each other like in tutorials for Newton 3? When I make one big circle and want some smaller one inside in it, in Newton 4 it just doesn't work like in version before. Any tips please Thank you

Samples    Browser 

Samples Browser 

Motion Boutique

Hi Vedran,

Vedran Ivandic said:

Also can you help me about how to get shapes inside each other like in tutorials for Newton 3? When I make one big circle and want some smaller one inside in it, in Newton 4 it just doesn't work like in version before. Any tips please Thank you

Simply only put a stroke on your shapes.

As for the circle and squares (that are optimized shapes in Newton), you need to modify your shape so it's not a perfect circle like in this exemple :

Vedran Ivandic said:

Hi,

I bought license for Newton 4 and when I open samples browser there is nothing in it, it's empty. 

From Newton_4.0_Installation.pdf included with the archive: On both platforms, copy the Motion Boutique folder to your User’s Documents folder. This folder contains sample projects that are used by Newton.

Motion Boutique

Hi Ryan!

That's an interesting question.

As it is not possible to load an .aep file from Newton, the new file parameters integrate the composition elements. Newton creates the composition : if you load a sample and return to AE you'll see the composition...and then you can save it in .aep.

Ryan Doyle said:

Why can't I find the .aep file in the "sample projects" folder?

Jack Cole

Hi!! 

Is there a way to save the data in the old .xml format?

 I want to open it with notepad, the .nwt file cannot be viewed

Motion Boutique

Hi Jack,

In this version no. Honnestly, we've never imagined that someone would edit  Newton's .xml by hand!!

We'll add this in a feature release.

Cheers
Val

Jack Cole said:

Hi!! 

Is there a way to save the data in the old .xml format?

 I want to open it with notepad, the .nwt file cannot be viewed

Xiao Lin

Why doesn't "Blob Join" in Newton 4 support AEmatic?

Motion Boutique

Blob Joint try to keep the volume between the objects linked with it.

Using other object types than dynamic with Blob Joints could lead Newton to crash.

If you want to use AEmatic, duplicate the objects and like it with a Weld Joint for example to the ones that are used with the Blob Joints.

Xiao Lin said:

Why doesn't "Blob Join" in Newton 4 support AEmatic?

Lavoe Lavoe

Is it possible to have Newton 4 recognize puppet tool movement? 

Motion Boutique

Newton is a rigid body physics engine... BUT this might help you : 

PuppetMeshToSolids: Is a free tool provided with Newton.
Turn puppet mesh pins into solids, simplifying position control, very helpful when using Weld Joints and AE's puppet tool.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Val

Tuhin Dasgupta

Didn't this used to be iOS only? Is it now Windows compatible? 

Lloyd Alvarez

Tuhin Dasgupta said:

Didn't this used to be iOS only? Is it now Windows compatible? 

it is fully cross platform. works exactly the same on macOS as windows.

Motion Boutique

Newton has been fully cross platorm since it's release in 2011.

Tuhin Dasgupta said:

Didn't this used to be iOS only? Is it now Windows compatible? 

Leo Earle

I have a subscription to Newton 2. Does it work on After Effects 2022, 23 or 24

I've tried installing it on AE2023 but can't find it in the Composition menu, where I remember it being located.

Motion Boutique

Support for Newton 2 has been dropped 5 years ago. 

Leo Earle said:

I have a subscription to Newton 2. Does it work on After Effects 2022, 23 or 24

I've tried installing it on AE2023 but can't find it in the Composition menu, where I remember it being located.

Leo Earle

Do I receive a discount if I buy Newton 4 due to my previous Newton 2 purchase?

Lloyd Alvarez

Leo Earle said:

Do I receive a discount if I buy Newton 4 due to my previous Newton 2 purchase?

Upgrade details here: https://aescripts.com/newton/#upgrade-notice

Riccardo Agostinelli

Hey there i have a question regarding this effect that was done using newton
at sec. 2:10 we see some balls "popping" in and moving the ones already in the composition.
Is there a tutorial somewhere on how to do this particular effect? I'm searching anywhere but seems i don't have a solution for that.

Thanks in advance!!

Motion Boutique

Simply offset the layers so they appear at different times.

Riccardo Agostinelli said:

Hey there i have a question regarding this effect that was done using newton
at sec. 2:10 we see some balls "popping" in and moving the ones already in the composition.
Is there a tutorial somewhere on how to do this particular effect? I'm searching anywhere but seems i don't have a solution for that.

Thanks in advance!!