3D MODELS
Andrew Kramer on September 9th, 2007 11:25 pm
In this tutorial you’ll learn a simple way to turn 2D photos into a 3D layers. Most of us know this simple effect from the popular film “The Kid Stays in the picture”, where the photos come alive.
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials.html
I was hoping to launch the new site today but I’d like to polish a few things out first. Remember good things come to those who have to wait.
Cheers,
Andrew
TNQ men Love it :)
Greetz :)
Thanks
Good luck with the mine sweeper game! :)
I wasn't sure, but I thought I saw a slight bend in the background layer for the composition. Is there a way to sort of hinge a layer to create a floor? Or, what I think is more likely, did you originally use the new photoshop 3d layering on your background layer, then import to after effects?
Guy
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to make another tutorial greatly appreciated.
S. Gilbert
But not the best you've made ;) I know you can do better! :D
gratz on the baby girl ^^
Oh, thought you could use this....
http://psudo.us/mine.html
Cya
And Congratulations for your kid.
your stuff is very cool!
I want to share with a music video i made for a friend of mine :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjj68RCVLbY
It is called "Ricordi sommersi" (submerged memory)
Bye & thanks!!!
Andrea
no rush on the new site...you've just helped your wife bring your daughter into the world. Take your time you do enough for us anyway what with all the tuts and all.
Regards,
Casey "I can wait" Millwood
Great tutorial! But where is the project files for adv. sky replacement, day to night conversion, set extensions and for this virtual 3D photos tutorials? I cant make videos as good as you do, so I'll be happy if you do these aviable, i want to try to do myself the tutorials.
Thank You!
new site cool ..take your time though :)
Just like to show you an example of your tutorials in action, had them used for a music video I made about a month ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRVSszWeD3c" rel="nofollow">Switchback
And great tutorial again =)
Rock on!
How is Your Girl.
And good luck for the minesweeper.
This techinique is really cool. I have been using it on a recent project, and feel it really brings another dimension to an otherwise 2D enviroment, particulary when you use a lot of stills in a video sequence.
Heres an example of my efforts. It's a video and motion graphics reel, the 3D picture effects and graphics work kicks in about half way through.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzdh90Dundw
This process can be extremely time consuming, (the photoshop part), but very rewarding when complete.
Just a quick tip on my process, background replacement can be tricky, (especially a woodland background). Another alternative would be to just insert a completely clean background plate/shot altogether, this could save a lot of headaches.
Once again, thanks for sharing!
Congrats to you and your new family!!!
@HatiDani
I tend to disagree on the releasing of the project files- its quite easy to follow along with the tutorial for yourself and apply it to something you've made yourself, this is a much better way to learn and also it prevents people from simply taking the tutorial, rendering it out, shoving it on youtube and calling it their own..
Cheers,
-Luke
-2 cents
much appreciated
dazz :)
have fun with minesweeper (just bought an old sega saturn, that's more fun than windows games ;) )
Thanks for taking the time out. Hope you are enjoying family life.
Best wishes
Brian
Looks a bit like Tutorial 6 on ur page. Btw i like it too use other programms in AE like Photoshop or illustrator.
And plzzzzzzzzzzz give us the Project files for all tutorials.
I want to test all but dont have the right source.
Hey what u think about Trapcode plugins? when u use it so plllzz do some tut´s of it!
MFG Warti from Germany
But you didn't tell us your score in minesweeper! ;)
Oh, don't let the missus see this tute, she'll have your nuts for wasting time with 'puter games ;) lol
...enjoy your family time mate
This tutorial ROCKS and gives me some great ideas on a new project! You could even mix live action into those still frames for a sweet new look!
This tutorial's quality and integrity still rates 5 starz!
Excellent work, dad!
thanks for the great show and how it going with the baby?
btw: man how many times i've thanked you? well gotta be a tutorial of mine for you some time. workin' on it ^^
-[Cloud]-
It also brings some cool ideas... You could use 3D projection with PS CS3's Vanishing Point on some cool surreal background and throw the actor on there in After Effects, maybe use depth of field on the camera to make it more dramatic, maybe even make some ultra slow-motion Matrix-like effects like, IDK, maybe making a particle-based muzzle flash shooting very slowly, while the camera moves dynamically.
Possibilities are endless! :P
thanks andrew
Cheers Andrew !!!!!
i love ur tuts! ive seen all of them, and they're great.. :
except this one..-.- i mean this wasnt worth making a tut for....?!?!
u learn to cut and paste multiple layers when ur about 4years old :P right? and the effect isnt that beatiful.... :(
enough whining about this tut..... ;) i got a question:
there is one tut I WOULD REALLY!!! like to see
i dont know if u can make it but: the MATRIX-like effect.. where the footage is freezed, and the camera flies around it.. that would be sick!!! i hope u could show sum of that cool stuff ;)
greetz from holland
matt
Thank you for the tutorial. But I can't see it...:(
Maybe I do something wrong?
I can't see it in the list of tutorials.
Hey guys, how did you watch it?
This go help me im my works.
;)
Gracias,gracias,gracias.
Just a heads up, I was visiting the digital juice site and noticed they now have a new DJTV show, "Suite Effects", that has a guy doing after effects demos and looks like he might be taking some of your ideas. His intro has a demon face effect. Just thought i would let you know that there might be some competition coming your way. Although your tuts are WAY more indepth, informative and entertaining based on their first episode, which was dry and a little boring (but it was about roto so that could be part of it). Any way just a heads up if you wanted to check it out.
"haha. i loved how you said sorry about photoshop then launched straight into it"
You're always really funny and all.. but this was just brilliant! First time i really laughed hard! There's a first time for everything you know:) You really amuse me with your tutorials:) Keep it up! We're grateful!.. And congrats on your babygirl!
Peace out
created this simple cartoon as a culmination of all of Andrew's tutorials. let me know what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHCs9CbvIio
Good luck with Minesweeper...
Oh and the baby!... :P
cheers for making the time to create another tut, mr. family man. hope the girlie isn't keeping you up til all hours of the night.
also looking forward to the new site; patience is always rewarded around here.
@Matt, please don't pretend that these tutorials are made only for you.
http://www.aenhancers.com/viewtopic.php?t=498
It's a script that will auto scale your layers as you move them in z space. If you do this effect a lot, (like me) it comes in handy. Also feel free to look at my reel... i didn't put any of my 2.5D stuff in there but maybe in the future... and you can spot the direct use of an Andrew C. tutorial at the end of it. Thanks Andrew! http://www.aenhancers.com/viewtopic.php?t=498
Let me know what you think?
The photo:
http://3d.kimnjensen.dk/photo.jpg
The video:
http://3d.kimnjensen.dk/photo.jpg
Thanks
Man U're great, i haven't been posting much but hell! The tutorials in this page are amazing and i really appreciate what you're doing for us!
By the way, congrats on ur new daughter!
take good care
im checking out now
bye
erm.. ok im checking out now..
bye
:)
it is another masterpiece you delivered here. ;-)
I hope that all viewers that benefit from the Tutorial do help you to help them. Either by sending some baby toys or buy your great products. New about this Tutorial is up on the front page: http://www.strongmocha.com/2007/09/10/after-effects-tutorial-3d-depth-from-images-videoopilotnet/
Cheers,
Thorsten
www.StrongMocha.com
(GFX VFX DFX Compositing Travel Food)
Good luck with your new family.
Peace out.
JLP
(and right know I feel !@#$%@ because my grandmother died yesterday :( )
Like i said.. i really like ur stuff (respect).. and I just tried to give a good suggestion for a new tut :) (the matrix effect)
cheers and have a wonderful day from holland
matt
My Motion Graphics teacher taught us this effect because he used it in the RJD2 music video here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L6qgBnPUnjU
I've used the effect to build a scene or deconstruct a scene in a video edit like my edit for a Red Bull Rough Cuts competition.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L6qgBnPUnjU
I also used it in a ten second logo build here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L6qgBnPUnjU
I love Photoshop's Clone Stamp tool. It makes this effect so easy once you get a hang of it.
So, again....
1) Yes, some tutorials will be more basic than others, but not everyone is at the same level of proficiency in AE.
2) He makes these for FREE, so, come on....ask yourselves how many tutorials, or anything else for that matter, you've created for free in your lives. :)
By the way, Andrew, congrats on the baby!
Here's my take on the 3-D from a picture...
Animated Portrait of Robert Mondavi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zizEQR8b7-k
Enjoy!
c
@Matt: One of those Matrix effects were made with multiple cameras, surrounding "Neo". They freezed the cameras at the same time and then merged the camera pictures together.
BE PATIENT
GOD BLESS THIS SITE
To the people who want the project files get of you bum and go get some footage yourself and then try the tut again or better again go and buy some of MR kramer's nice DVD's. Last week i got the Riot Gear DVD and wow you get a lot for your money and i will be buying a few more over the weeks to come.
Keep up the great work MR K.
Keep Safe
Nick
By the way...this site doesn't support the scandinavian letters!? =)
I share not only your first name, but your new daughter's birthday. Sept 2nd is #1!
Hey, anyone know how Andrew zooms in and out so fast in Photoshop? Cheers.
press Z then click your left mouse button
@kramer: u rock XD
@Patrik J�nsson: thnx for the info man!
gr matt
That was the title of the Bonus Tutorial # 3 in Creating Motion Graphics Book (Meyer's).
But , really i enjoyed your video tutorial in how to move 3d camera in still images. Now i am able to make such great things, thanks to The motion Graphics God (Andrew Kramer ).
You Made things simple
By the way, Congrats for your New Baby Girl , that is eternal event we could make in this Blog.
Thanks Again and for ever.
Don't let the demands for more get to you Andrew. 99% of us would willingly spoon the Devil for one of your tutorials.
Thanks again. x
http://www.et-films.net
Nice basics and what kim jensen created out of that was amazing. Nice one there.
and congratulations with your baby girl. I hope she'll get the same sense of humour as her dad. And did you make tutorials for us instead of being with your guests? Or were those noises and voices just from some tv in the background? :p
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8069001159466976139&hl=en
I was thinking a few moving pictures in 3D would look great in one of those digital frames that plays movies.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1770138
Hope everything is going smooth with the new kramer in the house!
Good luck with the baby! haha
keep it goin
ure the best dude
tizi
nj
From one hotdog to another I have to say I love your tutorials. I know my way around a computer, just sometimes not my way around a particular app. When I started watching your tutorials, I was "swept" away by your grace and speed, keeping the focus on the project and not the application interface.
You make it look easy, and so when I follow your tutes, it IS easy! I have always been good with technique, but the real gift is in the creativity that you seem to have in endless supply! I love the ideas an innovation that go into every one of your tutes and makes them more interesting than all the rest.
KRAME 2008!!
Brian
Keep making the tuts like you are, and we will all live just fine. I think your stuff is awesome, thats why I buy it, and anyone else who doesnt, needs a severe head check.
Other than that, this tut was very cool. I have seen it before, but I love your presentation style, and the coolness factor you bring to your work.
I truly appreciate the time you put into making these, especially with the fantastic new addition to your family.
Thanks Andrew.
(And Mrs. Kramer. You have to put those in there every once in a while.) :)
This tutorial is actually more useful than it looks. I can think of some ways to use this. Thanks Andrew! And Congrats again on Katie!
I have a question ,what iam trying to do is do a 360 d around my actor while he is blown up in the air any advise on how i can rotate around him in 3d .i mean complete circle .
thank you.
Lookout for the youngest visual artist out!!! ONE MAN GROUP!!!
Sounds like you want something like bullet-time (The Matrix Effect). Many people on here already posted that that effect is created using upwards 50 still cameras mounted in a circle around the actor and mounted to a sweeping green screen. If you can manage that go for it. But with After Effects 2.5d with a photo or video freeze frame, it would be impossible to realistically circle your actor considering it's a flat image of your actor in 3d space. So either make your actor and your scene CG, or use the Bullet-Time technique. Neither of which really relies on After Effects. If anyone knows some miracle in After Effects I'm forgetting that would allow what clancy30 desires, please tell.
@Tutorial: Very great technique and very great tut.
And I think that you can (at least simulate) the Bullettime-Effect if you use 3-4 Pictures. You can't rotate 360°, but some degrees.
PhilLab
http://www.et-films.net
I gotta tell you, when you dropped all the "sorry I used photoshop" stuff, I was like, "What? You need photoshop and other programs! Why are you apologizing!?" And then you went into photoshop, I nearly spit out what I was drinking. I think that was the hardest I've laughed on one of your tutorials. SERIOUSLY! And the fact that you didn't address what you just did, made it ten times funnier! BRAVO!
And I'm super appreciative, but I totally loved the whole, "...in case you're doing this for a major company or a free .... FREE tutorial! Free...."
SO FUNNY! Awesome! Can't wait for more to come. But baby comes first, I know.
Basically, it would take making a matte painting of a background. Say you took the background like Andrew did, then clone/paint/stamp the background on a long horizontal image. Make it long enough so you could wrap it around the inside of a 3D can inside Photoshop CS3.
Then in AE you could do a camera move inside that 'can' with the images on 3D layers. I guess that would be a sort of way to do this. A lot of work to play with 2D images, but if you wanted to do something like that, I might start in that direction.
Of course, this is based on the expectation you know how to use Photoshop as well. ;) That damn Photoshop again lol.
Great tutorial and congrats on the new addition to your family. As someone who's been doing 3D photos for a while, here's a couple other suggestions that may help people. They may have been mentioned already. I haven't had time to read all the replies.
* If you know in advance that you're going to be making the photo into 3D, take a picture of the background so you don't have to clone stamp it, or alternatively, use a different background.
* If you have some edging issues on the layers you've cut out from Photoshop, use Matte>>Simple Choker to reduce your edges and give them that nice clean look
* Another cool trick is to keyframe some of your layers with some motion. Say for example if you had layers with a street in the background, you could keyframe the cars to move across the screen and out of the picture (you'd have to put the cars on their own separate layer).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk0uUAHkc98
~Chase
I'm just waiting for another one...
Awesome site - Awesome tutorials!!!...
Keep up the great work
Cheers
C
its a "cheap" method to create a similar effect and even more.
http://ryanw.michaelfrisk.com/pwr/project_white_rabbit.html
allso, u are so noobish in minesweeper, put 1 bomb where u surely know it is, lets say with some "1" mark, and than bothCLICK(left and right together) on that "1" mark, and observe the magic ; )
Cool tutorial btw :)
Congrats on the baby too!!!
:)
very nice.
I'm an infant when it comes to after effects, so all your tutorials are a wealth of information to me.
I'm not even a newborn, i'm like a premie...and yet to your teaching credit, i can follow and understand, (in a basic way im sure).
Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
Congrats on your new family!
Take care!
MM.
i just serch that waY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you bro~
What about doing some things in c4d mixing with Afx?
This is what i want to see...
T.
I like the composite you came up with on that matte painting. The sky is too flaky for me. Looks too much like a fractal noise generated sky, instead of clouds.
Overall though, the 2.5D move and composite looks good.
Thanks for making this tutorial, I know I was busting your chops about the whole "Man Vs. Wild" thang...lol...thanks a bunch dude. Congrats again on your baby, and for everyone who is bashing him...how dare you? This man is doing this stuff on his own dime and not charging us for any of it, so please...be cool and be grateful.
Andrew...much love brother,
Matt
ALL MAN GUESS I'M GETTING OLD NOW NOW, HAHA, ALL IN GOOD FUN!!!
n btw, nothing goes away in life. So dont give importance to those who expect too much. Your doing a great job till now and have affected lots of people. Relax man
Keep up with Photoshop tut and if needed Illustrator! I appreciate them :)
Congrats on your new family!
Bye from Italy
And by the way, that minesweeper video posted above is HILARIOUS!!
One question that's been hunting my mind since this tutorial was posted.
How different is this technique (3d pictures) from the projection mapping (camera mapping) tut you did for AE 7? What about AECS3?
Can the same effect be achieved using camera mapping?
I found this video on xpslv.tv way before your latest tutorial was available and was fascinated by it.
If i'm not mistaken whoever made it used the same techniques you used on this tut, am i right?
http://xplsv.tv/movie.php?id=1385
Let me know what you think Andrew and congrats on the new member of the family!
"I apologize for taking you elsewhere when YOU came here for after effects tutorials, so... let's get started I go over here to photoshop.." made me laugh quite hard.
A few suggestions for other tutorials:
How do you create really creative camera moves? with really tight eases?
How do you transition around different scenes, especially in 3d?
How do you do an array effect in AE without plugins?
Cheers - Dave.
Anyone else want to comment on that?
just a thought.
-Sabin
but what about the paint fx in AE ? can you make an example with it and some tracking stuff, please ? like removing a tracking mark etc...
and thanx a lot for everything.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=740_1189544627
http://tinyurl.com/ypu63t
Thanks Andrew.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mOgJuSXLig
Congratulations for the baby girl, take time to enjoy...!
The two latest tutorials semms to be down, couldn't saw them... and i can't wait !
Keep up the good work, thanx a bunch for all and long live Riot Gear (damned i use it all the time)
I have Designer Sound FX, Action Movie Essentials, Film Magic Pro and
300 epic presets!!!!
There is cool!
Felicitations!
ADD me please
Good Luck
Congrats with your little girl.
Just want to say that your tutorials are funny as hell and very useful!
keep up the good work!
cheers,
p.s. ever considered to become a stand up comedian?
Learning has never been so much fun. You are just the best!!!!!
Congrats from Spain!
c
first of all I would like to thank you for your amazing video-tutorials. Really great work!!!!
They helped me a lot in getting better in After Effects.
Is there any possibility to download these tutorials, because i have no internet at home. So i would like to download them at the company i am working to watch them at home.
Thanx again... Good on you!!!
Tobsta
I gots to say cheer very muchly for your amazing goodwill to share your knowledge! Nice one the Kramer - Don't stop the positive flow!
On the shoulders of your giganticness (is that a word?) I have used many, many, many of your teachings for several projects and have always had amazing results.
One such project animated almost entirely in After effects (edited in smoke, with help from JP, superbly illustrated by my good friend Andy Weather, grade by Luds) is a music promo for the superb band Malakai, check it out here on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgqVpCd_oLo (Hope this is the place to put this link) It would be good to get a much higher res version hosted somewhere, if anyone has any suggestion please give me a mail.
Credit where credit is due... Andrew, I've stolen your superb globe tutorial at the end and loads of techniques throughout.
Once again, without suckling up too much..... nice one the Kramer :-D
`the Wolf
Wich you great Thing with the New Baby Born, I Might Be A Father Has well Soon.
Well I Wanted to Ask, Would you be able to make e Tutorial about How to make a Movie Shaking Following a Song Track ...
I whould understand If you'd say .... mmmmmummmm, Well, No !
Anyway Exllent Work Men !
Safe. @lex
Great new website, by the way. Congratulations! and also the baby girl. You sound like a proud father.
Amir
Been all over the net looking for inspiration in helping me learn AE. I’ve purchased some good books, but it’s tedious reading. I love you’re bite size tutorials! The quality of sound and audio out shines anything out there. I have AE 6.5 so sometimes it’s frustrating to follow along, but I make the best of it. I’m a print creative director trying to make the transition over to on-air and your site is helping me do that.
Thanks again for an awesome place to visit over and over again. Please keep the tutorials coming!
First of all, thanxs endlessly for all the work you share. You're so talented, willing, and fun !! ;-)
Secondly, congrats for your tiny-little daugther! She looks so cute.
And finally, here's some links to some of my works that I dare to share with all you guys. There is mainly "personal" stuff, but as I am a hobbyist, I would greatly appreciate to have feedbacks from professionals like you:
- "The Horse Whisperer" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR-699OLNQs): This is my last "big" project, and is 16 minutes long (on 2 parts). Many girls cried watching this movie (I promise I did not hurt any of them !! ;-) So be prepared, you have been warned ;-)
- "Friday, the 25th" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR-699OLNQs): This is the birth of my daughter. It was my very first video "montage". It is now 5 years old, so please forgive the visual mistakes and "amateur" looking...
- "My Brother Hero" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR-699OLNQs): This one is the birth of my boy, seeing throw the eyes of his sister.
- "Atlantis" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR-699OLNQs): This is a kind of France Tour
You can also browse for other little materials on my youtube.
Thxs in advance for any feeds, advice, or comments.
And as we would tell in French:
"Bravo les gars et vive videocopilot.net !!!!"
Christophe
Best Regards
Sandy
for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM4eMQMmq4w
like that maybe? but better timing. please email me back so i know you've read this.
I'm new to After Effects & am actually still running version CS3. The interface looks like I'll still be able to create this effect if I am able to import my project as a "Composition". Because I don't have photoshop I used Gimp to create the layers & am happy with the results; only trouble now is, I don't know how to save the file so that After Effects will allow it to be opened "as a composition".
Any thoughts? Thanks much, sir!