In this tutorial from videocopilot.net, you will learn how to create a virtual 3D effect with Photos using Adobe After effects. You can download the Project files here, but I would like for you to create a project with images of your own.
Video Copilot Virtual 3D Photos Tutorial.
Use the tutorial video below to help you along.
Open your image in Photoshop to extract the character from the background image.
Choose Layer > Duplicate Layer
You will need to select an object(actor) in the image to separate from the background.
Option 1: select the Pen Tool. Zoom in to view the character/object that you are about to trace with the Pen Tool.
Draw around the object with the Pen Tool. It is a lot like making a mask in After Effects.
If other objects are placed in front of the item you are tracing, continue tracing as if the object isn’t there. Finish tracing the shape.
Choose the Path Selection Tool. Select the mask (what you made with the Pen Tool). Right Click, choose make selection. Choose Ok.
Choose the Selection tool. Right-click on the selection. Choose Layer via cut from the menu. This will cut the selected part out and place it in its own layer.
5:27 Zoom in on the new layer. Choose the Clone Stamp tool to paint out any object that is in front of the object you just cut out. Fill it in so the casual viewer doesn’t see what was originally there. [To use the clone stamp tool, Option+click to select on the area you want clone. paint over area you want it to paint on]
Extract any elements that look like they can be in the 3D space:
To Extract the tree stump. Go back to the original layer. Make another copy. Layer>Duplicate Layer.
Drag the new layer to the top of the layers panel.
Option 1: Choose the Polygon Lasso Tool to select around the tree stump. Right-click, choose Layer via cut from the menu. Delete the layer that you were previously on to select the stump.
Get rid of elements that you extracted from the original background. Hide the copied elements in the layers panel leaving only the background layer to view.
Choose the Clone stamp tool. Alt-click the area that you want to clone to fill in where the elements are on the background layer image. Start painting to bring the background area over the elements that you previously cut out on the background layer. Alt-click in different areas to provide a variety of painted areas to paint over the elements. There should be no sign of the action star. Name the separate Layers in the Layers Panel. Save the photoshop file as 1a_lastnamei_virtual3dphoto.psd.
8:41 Open After Effects so you can import that Photoshop file.
Choose File>Import>File. Select your Photoshop file [1a_lastnamei_virtual3dphoto.psd] to import. Choose Import As: Composition. Choose Open.
A Composition has been created that uses all those Photoshop Layers.
Double click on the new composition and you will see all your layers with the cut out elements and background in the 9:35 Timeline Panel below.Press F4 to bring up your 3D switch. Click in the 3D boxes to turn them all into 3D.
You can lable the layers if they are not already labeled.
Create a new camera. Choose Layer>New>Camera or [Control+Option+Shift+C]
In Camera Settings, Choose the 35mm preset. Click OK.
Distribute these Layers across the space.
10:15 Choose the tree layer. Roll over the Blue axis. Click and drag so it brings the Tree layer towards you.
Select the Background layer. Grab the Blue z axis and push it far away. Grab a corner and hold down shift and drag it out to scale it back up. Select the tree, and scale it down.
10:48 Choose the Orbit Camera Tool. Click and drag to see the 3D scene.
Add a few keyframes to the camera by clicking on the camera layer. Add position, Hit P, hold down Shift+A. To add the anchor point (Point of interest).
Click on the stopwatch next to Position and Point of Interest. Move the playhead forward a couple seconds.
11:12 Zoom in the image by adjust the Point of Interest/Position to create a nice dynamic camera move from the picture.
11:28 Option 2: Move the camera over
Click on the camera layer, drag the image over to the left in the first frame. Move the playhead over a few seconds.
Move the camera back to the right to animate it into place. You can take the background layer and scale it up even more.
You can move objects and place them wherever you want. You can add additional items such as trees if you want to.
Be sure to create enough Animation to last 10 seconds or more. When you are done, add your completed Virtual 3D Photo Animation to the Render Que.
File > Export > add to Render Que.
In the Render Que, click output to, choose your preferred location to render to and rendered file name to save as. 1a_lastnamei_3Dphoto.mov
See Directions for turning work in below.
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