COSMOBOX HELP

Start by extracting the .rar file you have downloaded, using your favorite file archiver program.

You will get a folder containing four (04) other ones :

Let's start with the first folder called: " 01. Cosmobox 3D Pack "

Dive into it, and execute the installer, after reading the License Agreements pdf.

Click on "Next".

Here, you have to pay attention to some points to make sure you are installing the assets correctly at the right place.

- When you were installing your Element 3D for the first time, if you installed your library into the default location set by VideoCopilot : [Drive]:\Users\USER\Documents\VideoCopilot\Models, you can directly hit next.

- If you have changed the default E3D library Directory path, make sure you are pointing that custom directory out before hitting next.

PRO TIP: Cosmobox should be installed inside the "Model" folder, in the default E3D libraru. The E3D library path for 3D Models should always end like this: [...]\VideoCopilot\Models. For any Element 3D installatiom-related issue visit their official HelpDesk Page.

After hitting Next, let the Cosmobox installer do its job. This could take some time, depending on your drive reading/writing speed. Time to take a nice coffee or grab a beer !

Once completed, hit "Exit".

You're done !

​You should now have your Cosmobox 3D Elements in your Element 3D Model Browser window, inside the Scene Setup, under the "Andy Dominique Rak" folder.

Same thing as prebiously. Execute the Interstellarium installer program.

On this installation step, you will have to choose your directory :

By default, my Installer Program will define the installation path to:

C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\Andy Dominique RAK

This is basically the advised installation location, to keep things organized.

But here's the thing about Interstellarium: Because it's essentially an image + sound asset pack, you can install it ANYWHERE you want. They don't have any practical directory corelation with Element 3D, nor Cosmobox. Just make sure you install it in a strategic location, so it's easier for you to grab/pull it, when you're working.

Hit Next, and Exit when completed.

Interstellarium installation : DONE !

Here you have to pay even more attention because we have multi steps.

You should have 3 Installer programs, numbered from 1 to 3 :

The idea is obviously to Install them in order.

01/03 : Dark NRJ_OF Textures

This pack will install the Dark NRJ's Optical Flares Texture Elements pack into your Optical Flares Library.

Execute it, and hit next.

Here, you will have to select your current After Effects version.

For future versions: Because this pack is now maybe obsolete by the time you are reading this, if you are more recent versions of After Effects, just select "CC2017" and hit Next to edit the directory on the next step.

Same principle as the E3D directory, but this time, with Optical Flares Directory.

Even if you have chosen your correct Ae version, always check that the directory here is correct as well, as the installation directory for the optical rockets may change on newer versions or if you chose a custom path when you had the optical rockets installed, OR if you are on a newer Ae version, and you will need to redefine the correct installation path, after choosing "CC 2017", as mentioned previously.

By default, you should install this pack into :

[Drive]:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects [your version]\Support Files\Plug-ins\VideoCopilot\Optical Flares\Optical Flares Textures\Elements

If you cannot find this specific directory, you will have to relocate. It should be in the After Effects' plugins folder, then in the same folder where you installed the optical flares:

[ ...Optical Flares\Optical Flares Textures\Elements ]

NOTE: The [...]\Elements directory should already exist, and not be created during the installation. So make sure you have Purchased and Installed Optical Flares before installing DarkNRJ, otherwise, you won't be able to locate these folders.

By clicking next, if this message pops out, it means that you will have to triple check because you are not installing it in the right directory, or you do not have Optical Flares installed yet:

If you have picked the right directory, you will be prompted to start the installation. Obviously, hit "Start":

Exit once the installation is over.

Congrats! 1/3, DONE !

Now if you open your optical flares plugin > Lens Object browser > Custom, and load a random custom texture; Then, go to the Lens Editor > Object Shape > change the Shape Type to : Texture, you will be able to see all the custom Andy Dominique Rak textures you just installed. To identify them, my custom textures are starting with "ADR_"

Too complicated to follow by text ? Watch the following GIF instead😉 :

02/03 : Dark NRJ_Custom Objects

Let's install the second DARK NRJ asset.

This second installer will now install some nice custom objects in Optical Flares.

Start by executing the file.

Same as above : Choose your current Ae version & for newer Ae version, choose CC2017, then modify on the next step.

For both : Always double-check the location to install it properly.

This time, always by the Ae Plugin Folder as the root, the path you should install into ends this way (and should exist):

[ ...Optical Flares\Optical Flares Presets\Custom Objects ]

Start the Installation, and hit Exit once over.

Tada ! 2/3 : DONE !

Now if you go into your Optical Flares UI > Lens Object Browser Window > Custom

You should see all the Andy Dominique Rak lens objects you have just installed. Again, to easily identify them, they all start with "ADR_"

Once loaded, you will be able to customize their scale, rotation, behavior, distance,... like any normal Optical Flares lens element.

Watch the following GIF instead😉 :

03/03: Dark NRJ_Lens Flares

Almost there !

This one is the icing on the cake: Optical Flares Presets.

I am not going to explain the usual steps.

Execute the program. Version wise, you now get the deal.

Now the path should end like this :

[ ...\Optical Flares Presets\Lens Flares ]

Start installation, and hit Exit once over.

Well done ! You have successfully installed the entire Cosmobox Bundle !

Now, to use what you have just installed: inside your Optical Flares UI> Preset Browser > Dark NRJ_ADR

Bring in the GIF !😉 :

ENJOY !