Can anyone use vanishing point or 3d projection to help me out?
by Brandon Arnadt
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Jul 3, 2008 at 6:32:51 am
Im so frustrated right now...I have a still photo that Im trying to cheat for a shot and need some camera movement. I have tried to learn vanishing point to do it myself and after about 5 hours im about ready to punch my computer screen. I had 2 guys who know what their doing that were gonna "help out" but they flaked and wont even return my calls even though they said they would and Im past a deadline for a short festival it got selected for. The photo is at http://www.brandonwho.com/motel.jpg if you want to see what it would take. I just need a 4 second REALLY slow creep (like a slow dolly or job shot) of the camera either moving up or down and slightly tracking to the left. VERY slow, it just needs to pass as film and not a still. The canvas is 1280x720 at 24FPS. Free IMDB credit for anyone that can help me out,
Re: Can anyone use vanishing point or 3d projection to help me out? by Clint LeMaire on Jul 3, 2008 at 5:21:36 pm
Brandon,
Just a suggestion, but if I were doing this I would take the shot into Photoshop, Cut out the sign and make it its own layer, clone the hole in the back ground and remove the clouds at the mountain line so that you have an alpha channel for the sky. Bring the sign layer and the background layer into AE. Turn the layers into 3D elements add moving clouds to the Alpha Channel using either Fractal Noise or if you want a quick fix check out Andrew Kramer’s Real Clouds http://www.videocopilot.net/products.html.
Add a camera and bring your sign layer close to it and move your back ground elements farther away. Do a slight camera move and I think you will be pleased with the results. I do this kind of thing all the time for people wanting photo slideshows.
