Spread Z dimension leaving relevant scale to camera intact

Spread Z dimension leaving relevant scale to camera intact

by Francois Driessen

on Aug 11, 2011 at 9:56:57 pm

Hi there.
Is there an easy way to spread out the z distance between layers but automatically keep their perceived scale to the camera constant?

thnx.
-F

Francois

FireTrigger Inc.
http://firetrigger.com

Re: Spread Z dimension leaving relevant scale to camera intact

by Kevin Camp

on Aug 12, 2011 at 3:16:29 am

I think this is what you are looking for:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c11...

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

Re: Spread Z dimension leaving relevant scale to camera intact

by Francois Driessen

on Aug 12, 2011 at 1:57:19 pm

Thanks, K

Was thinking there would be an expression for sure, but I need to have it set up once only, and then have the expression let go of the values so that I can generate parallax shift by animating the AE camera. Any thoughts here?

Motion had this feature to reverse scatter layers in Z space to maintain scale. (Not that Motion would work for this project) . Was wondering if AE snuck it in after the last few updates...

Francois

FireTrigger Inc.
http://firetrigger.com

Re: Spread Z dimension leaving relevant scale to camera intact

by Matthew Keane

on Aug 14, 2011 at 6:57:41 pm

Hi,

If you're trying to spread parts of the same image out in z-space to give the illusion of depth, there's a script called something like 'psd2layers' which does just that with the layers of a PSD, and applies an expression to the scale parameter so that you can slide elements around while maintaining their apparent size. Might be worth searching for, if that's what you're attempting.

Re: Spread Z dimension leaving relevant scale to camera intact

by Todd Kopriva

on Aug 20, 2011 at 6:50:02 am

I think that this is what you're looking for:
http://aescripts.com/pt_multiplane/

It's linked to from After Effects Help, by the way.

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