2012
Digital Tutors
Laura Smith
5h 18m
English
In this series of After Effects tutorials, we will learn how to create a 3D fly-through effect in After Effects with assets created from images that we break down in Photoshop.
We begin in Photoshop with the images and start to dissect the photos to get the parts we need for building our shot. We learn a few masking and painting techniques to fill in the gaps for some of the areas that are covered up in the photos. Then, we dive into After Effects and start building our scene by laying the ground, sky, and tree layers.
After we've added and built the assets we need, we start to layer on the atmosphere effects. We create dust and fog particle systems using Trapcode's Particular plug-in. We also add a few lens effects to make the whole shot feel more realistic.
We finish off the tutorial with two lessons on sound design to make your entire video a truly immersive experience. This training is perfect for the intermediate After Effects user who wants to learn how to create a motion design project using realistic looking assets and sound to bring it to life. By the end of this training, you'll have created your own scary forest scene complete with a seamless camera transition from one composition to the next. You'll have also learned some of the basics for creating a project that uses sound in After Effects.
project files are included
1. Introduction and project overview 01:28
2. Isolating the ground in Photoshop 12:06
3. Placing the trees on their own layers and erasing the backgrounds 13:07
4. Masking the area around the figures and placing them on individual layers 11:25
5. Creating a character using parts of multiple characters 17:49
6. Preparing the images and border for the cards 08:56
7. Setting up the After Effects project and importing the assets 06:18
8. Placing the ground layers and sky 09:17
9. Adding a Camera and Null Object 09:30
10. Positioning the trees in Z-Space 15:35
11. Placing the people and setting keyframes for their movements 14:35
12. Animating the man's face using Liquify 09:02
13. Refining the Camera movement 08:38
14. Adding a lens flare to mimic a light source 13:10
15. Using the bird video 12:16
16. Creating dust particles with Particular 11:46
17. Making dynamic fog using an image and Particular 15:40
18. Changing the mood of the scene with an adjustment layer and adding a vignette 06:43
19. Creating a new composition for the cards 05:00
20. Setting up two lights for the card composition 05:42
21. Placing the cards in the scene 11:45
22. Animating the card's positions 11:11
23. Refining the card animation 12:06
24. Creating the transition from our cards comp to the forest comp 16:02
25. Changing the color of the main card using the Tritone effect 03:30
26. Adding dust particles to the card comp 07:26
27. Creating a PNG sequence 06:08
28. Adding lens effect to the shot to add realism 15:15
29. Designing the ambient sound for our scene 10:38
30. Adding punctuating sounds for our scene 16:18
http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/1145-Bringing-Photographs-to-Life-with-3D-Layering-in-After-Effects
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