Advanced Layout in Adobe After Effects

Series Summary

The development of film came alongside the rise of America as a world empire. The technology developed in the late 19th to early 20th century and quickly became a staple of modern culture and mass consumption. Many trace the beginning of film to a moment also considered the advent of the comic strip as we know it: Eadweard Muybridge's famous pictures of a horse's stride, which proved that in fact there is a moment when all four hooves are off the ground. Film making is the process by which a film is made. The different stages of film making include development, pre-production, production, post-production and distribution.

In this free video series, our expert John Carstarphen will demonstrate how to use Adobe After Effects software to create 3-D files. You will learn how to create a 3-D file from scratch as well as how to manipulate one which is already in three dimensions. Find out tips for camera placement, layer animation and light adjustment in this tutorial for advanced users. John will also show you how to make and adjust layer masks.

Video Transcript

"Ok in this discussion of after effects we're going to look at some more of the, some of the more advanced features of after effects such as the 3D layers, and once you convert an image to a 3D layer it allows you to access all kinds of interesting effects and items in the after effects palette. So let's begin by looking at our composition window and you'll notice that there are four screens here and they're red. What I've done is I've changed the background to red so that we can see the effect of moving in 3D space a little better against the black background that's kind of hard to see. The other thing I've done is I've activated the three other views of the composition window, and you do that by going to the bottom of the composition window and selecting, doing the drop down menu, and selecting either one, two, or four views. I've selected four views on the bottom and you'll see how this becomes important a little later."