After Effects Apprentice 11: 3D Space with Chris Meyer and Trish Meyer

MOV + Exercise Files | Duration: 4h 49min | 960x600 | Video: 30 fps 794 kbps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 151 kbps 2 stereo | 762 MB

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

This installment of the After Effects Apprentice series introduces

3D space in Adobe After Effects

. Authors Chris and Trish Meyer highlight key design considerations for working in 3D and provide step-by-step instructions for enhancing a scene with 3D lights and cameras. The course explores integration between Photoshop and After Effects, including modeling 3D objects with Repoussé extrusions and creating dimensional still images, and offers tips on using the different Axis Modes and maintaining maximum quality in 3D. There's also a chapter dedicated to the ray-traced 3D renderer, introduced in After Effects CS6, which allows you to build 3D layers into your composites, with realistic motion blur, depth of field, and reflections.

Topics include:

• Keyframing motion paths in 3D

• Managing multiple 3D views

• Auto-orienting cameras along a path

• Creating shadows

• Understanding Vanishing Point Exchange

• Importing a 3D model into Photoshop Extended

• Scaling in 3D

• OpenGL acceleration