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Motion Control 3D: Bringing Photos to Life in Three Dimensions with After Effects and Photoshop CC

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Adobe After Effects Courses Adobe Photoshop Courses 3d Animation Courses Compositing Courses

Course Description

Overview

Transport your photos into a three-dimensional world using Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Creating 3D motion with photos
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Exercise files
1. Introducing Motion Control 3D
  • The technique explained
  • How to use motion control 3D in your projects
2. Choosing Photos for Motion Control 3D
  • Image selection guidelines
  • Resolution guidelines
  • Working in color or black and white
  • Advice when scanning
3. Planning the Move
  • Identifying planes
  • Creating a staging diagram
  • Understanding parallax
  • Choosing a focal length
  • Timing the move
4. Layering the Image
  • The Quick Selection tool
  • Using Quick Mask mode
  • The Select and Mask command
  • Making a selection based on subject, focus, or color
  • Dealing with contact points
5. Cleaning Up the Composite
  • Filling in the holes: Clone Stamp
  • Filling in the holes: Healing Brush
  • Filling in the holes: Content Aware Fill
  • Filling in the holes: Content Aware Move
  • Using Perspective Warp
  • Removing camera shake
  • Using a floor image
6. Organizing the Composition
  • Naming and organizing layers
  • Using Smart Objects to organize
7. Build the Composition
  • Importing a layered PSD file into After Effects
  • Adding a 3D camera
  • Setting the initial depth
  • Setting the composition size
  • Using motion blur
8. Animating the Camera
  • Using multiple views
  • Understanding keyframes
  • Modifying camera paths
  • Adding camera shake
  • Positioning while moving cameras and layers together
9. Adjusting the Camera
  • Setting the depth of field
  • Changing the focal length and zoom
  • Creating a rack focus
10. Re-lighting the Scene
  • Setting the ambient light
  • Adding a parallel light
  • Adding spot lights
  • Adding point lights
  • Using lighting effects
11. Adding Depth with Particles
  • Using After Effects particles
  • Using Trapcode Particular
12. Mixing In Footage
  • Using video files for texture
  • Using time-lapse layers
  • Time-remapping strategies
13. Creating 3D Perspective with Vanishing Point
  • Why use Vanishing Point
  • Preparing files in Photoshop
  • Cleaning up the files and transparency
  • Animating the vanishing point
  • Creating a 3D pan
14. Viewing in 3D
  • Adding a Stereo 3D Rig
  • Changing the 3D method
  • Choosing a render method
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Richard Harrington

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