Re: Z Position Optical Illusion HELP!

If I understand what you're trying to do, the problem is that when the camera is pulled all the way back, the individual pieces have to be at different scales and positions off the z axis to give the illusion. That means that they will look different from each other as the camera passes them (because they will all have different scales and distances from the z axis, or, the scale and position has to animate as the camera pulls back (I'm not exactly sure how that would look).

I think what you're after is a variation of the "The Kid Stays in the Picture" effect. There's a lot of info out there on that effect. Give Google a try.

Dan