Trapcode Mir 3

A 3D story: Polygons, fractals & lights

The core of Trapcode Mir is simple and powerful: A mesh object that’s made of polygons, shaped by fractal noise, and textured and illuminated in a 3D environment. The polygon geometry and the fractal’s organic look combine to create flowing abstract designs and natural-looking elements. Plus Mir is fully integrated into After Effects’ comp lights and camera, with features like Specularity and Ambient Occlusion that add shading and reflections. Your result is a beautiful animation formed of light, texture and depth.

Mir lets your creative rhythm flow

Bom, bom, bom. Can you hear that ambient soundtrack? It’s counting the beats as you render, but you’re dancing along because Mir moves so fast. Mir is built on OpenGL performance so you can increase polygons and complexity without ever hitting a speed issue, even when working in HD. Keep the beat going as Mir lets you instantly preview your animation for an interactive and responsive workflow. Mir is the DJ that keeps the rhythm flowing. 

The next generation of Trapcode design

Go where no Trapcode has gone before. Creator Peder Norrby was inspired to develop Mir as he listened to the design community talk about their need for speed. Mir includes some of your Trapcode favorites — support for AE lights, texture mapping,fractal fields — to create the organic geometry that you already love in Trapcode products like Form 2. But Mir gives your design a unique spin with fantastic (and fast) new options, like the Repeater for easy instancing and Draw modes that create a 3D skin. Beam us up!

Spiral

Mir 2 adds the ability to spiralize the mesh, deforming the surface with spiral rotation..

Seamless Looping

Trapcode Mir 2 now includes the ability to create seamless, looping fractal-based backgrounds

Quads and Triangles

Choose between quad or triangle-based polygons for your surfaces.

Second-Pass Wireframe

Add a second-pass wireframe on top of your Mir surface. Great for creating grid overlays on terrains and more.

Texture Filtering

Mir 2 offers three modes for texture sampling. Choose “Nearest” for an unfiltered rendering of the texture. Choose “Linear” to smooth gradients and prevent anti-aliasing. Or choose “Solid Face” to make each polygon get a single color - great for use on low-poly retro looks.

Z-Range

Take control of the displacement by setting minimums and maximums. Great for creating plateaus and craters on your surfaces.

Fractals

Choose from regular, Multi, SmoothRidge, Multi SmoothRidge for varying displacements of the mesh.

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Mac OS X 10.10, 10.11, 10.12

GPU requirements for Trapcode Mir: Modern Nvidia or AMD card that supports OpenGL 2.0 or later. 1 GB VRAM is required. 3 GB VRAM is recommended when working with high resolutions.