Motion Control 3D: Bringing Photos to Life in Three Dimensions with After Effects and Photoshop CC
Offered By: LinkedIn Learning
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
- The technique explained
- How to use motion control 3D in your projects
- Image selection guidelines
- Resolution guidelines
- Working in color or black and white
- Advice when scanning
- Identifying planes
- Creating a staging diagram
- Understanding parallax
- Choosing a focal length
- Timing the move
- 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
- 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
- Naming and organizing layers
- Using Smart Objects to organize
- Importing a layered PSD file into After Effects
- Adding a 3D camera
- Setting the initial depth
- Setting the composition size
- Using motion blur
- Using multiple views
- Understanding keyframes
- Modifying camera paths
- Adding camera shake
- Positioning while moving cameras and layers together
- Setting the depth of field
- Changing the focal length and zoom
- Creating a rack focus
- Setting the ambient light
- Adding a parallel light
- Adding spot lights
- Adding point lights
- Using lighting effects
- Using After Effects particles
- Using Trapcode Particular
- Using video files for texture
- Using time-lapse layers
- Time-remapping strategies
- Why use Vanishing Point
- Preparing files in Photoshop
- Cleaning up the files and transparency
- Animating the vanishing point
- Creating a 3D pan
- Adding a Stereo 3D Rig
- Changing the 3D method
- Choosing a render method
- Next steps
Taught by
Richard Harrington
Related Courses
Character Design for Video GamesCalifornia Institute of the Arts via Coursera Explore Animation
National Film and Television School via FutureLearn Basic 3D Modeling using Blender
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay via edX Basic 3D Animation using Blender
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay via edX Creating Cutscenes in Unity
Unity via Coursera