Creating A Full Audience With Depth From One Person

Creating A Full Audience With Depth From One Person

on Mar 30th 2011 with 6 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: Just After Effects... enjoy
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Run Time: 23:51 min

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This entry is part 3 of 20 in the Keying and Rotoscoping Session
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In this tutorial we will be using After Effect’s built in tracker to simulate a 3D environment full of people. To better sell the effect, the camera will be in constant motion. This tutorial requires nothing more than After Effects and a little creativity. Enjoy! :)

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My name is Dakota Adney and I've been making short films and VFX short for about 3 years now. Although my experience with high-high end programs like After Effects and Cinema 4D is limited to only about 1 year, I try my best to get quality effects in my films. To see the rest of my content, visit Youtube.com/AdneyFilms  

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  • http://vfxbyjames.info james

    Nice result, though wouldn’t it be best just to match move the shot to save you having to manually tracking each marker?

    • http://www.vimeo.com/everettoptions Adam Everett Miller

      That could probably work well… but this way you do have individual control and when you know exactly what you’re wanting to accomplish, especially with sideways movement only… I think a match move would be like driving a stretch limousine to the grocery store… fun to say you did, but totally not practical.

    • Dakota Adney
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      3D tracking software would have probably made this shot easier (and less time consuming), but I was trying to get as much out of AE as possible without having to purchase a 3rd party program. Plus, since I am only 15, I can’t really afford Boujou or Syntheyes.

  • jay

    Looks very 2d. Would have been better to film the same camera motion on the person, and then rearrange the timeline for each person to have the look of actual panning. Seeing the left side of someone, the back, the right, etc. makes it so much more realistic.

  • Nick

    time 19:06 “you want every other guy on top of him” lololol. Nice work though… very helpful! thanks!

  • John

    Actually, since you had an arch from the green dot in your matt, you could have “eyeballed” your resize by comparing that arch to the green dot where you were placing your person. It would be slightly more accurate. Although no one could probably tell the difference.