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

Introduction

• Creating 3D motion with photos
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the 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
• Using a floor image

6. Organizing the Comp

• Naming and organizing layers
• Using Smart Objects to organize

7. Building 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

• Using Vanishing Point
• Preparing files in Photoshop
• Cleaning up the files and transparency
• Animating a vanishing point
• Creating a 3D pan

14. Viewing in 3D

• Adding a 3D rig
• Changing the 3D method used
• Choosing a render method

Conclusion

• Next steps