Lesson overview In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following: This lesson will take about an hour and a half to complete. If you haven’t already done so,
You’re ready to animate the camera. You’ll use the camera tools to position the camera at different points in the composition. Now the camera swoops around to focus on the
You’ve put together several 3D components—imported objects, a 3D shape, 3D text, lights, and a camera—but everything has been static so far. Now you’ll create animations to move from the
You’ve seen that you can view a 3D scene from different perspectives. You can also view 3D layers from various angles and distances using layers called cameras. When you set
Lighting a sceneIn After Effects, a light is a type of layer that shines light on other layers. You can choose from among five different types of lights—Parallel, Spot, Point,
You can convert almost any 2D layer to 3D simply by selecting the 3D Layer switch. The resulting 3D layer can be manipulated on three axes; it can cast and
A ground plane represents the ground relative to the 3D objects. Viewing the ground plane can make it easier to align objects and determine their relationships to each other. In
Lesson overview In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following: This lesson will take about an hour to complete. If you haven’t already done so, download the project
You’ve animated the text, but the background image just sits there. Because this is a noir series, you’ll add an unsettling effect. You’ll use an adjustment layer to apply the
First, import an asset, and create the composition. 5. Drag the Embrace.psd file into the Timeline panel. Displaying a background file will make it easier to position your text. Adding