TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
June 27, 2007
• Use Vanishing Point to generate 3D from still
• Import in to AE and use as a 3D scene from PS
 
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59 RESPONSES TO "3D VANISHING POINT"

by Rutger 10/12/2009
Wow, this seriously was your first tutorial? Amazing!
Good work ^^
by Lucy 10/08/2009
love ya~ Andrew!
I love your tutorial a lot lol
I came here everyday!!
you are a good friend of mine!
by mango 10/07/2009
Thanks for the tip.
by steve 08/23/2009
Fantastic! this saved my butt in a design crunch
by DarkEntity 07/14/2009
amazing!you're solid!thanks man.
by Simon Webb 06/20/2009
Love ALL the tutorials (and so does my boss and clients!!) have learned loads in a week of watching ALL of them. but this one VPE doesn't work for me my After Effects says UNABLE TO EXECUTE SCRIPT AT LINE 125. AFTER EFFECTS ERROR. CANNOT NORMALISE ZERO VECTOR. (Normalize for you American Brothers!!) You are a VFX God for us Plebs!!

S
by charlie reddy 05/24/2009
is this possable with photoshop 7.0? or is it time I upgrade to cs3/cs4
by manuel pantuflas 05/12/2009
Chavones se pasan en capos. Gracias
by Aaron 04/29/2009
Hello, I am experiencing a similar problem as some of the people previously have. While importing my VPE file into after effects cs3, the picture is appearing as a regular still shot that is rotated slightly to the left with no parent tool or camera. I have been troubleshooting this for some hours now and still haven't figured out what I am doing wrong. What should the presents be in adobe photo shop for this vanishing point to appear correct inside after effects.
by Angel 02/24/2009
Muy bueno :) saludos desde el culo del mundo, rio gallegos santa cruz jeje.. i follow you tutorial from here patagonia argentina..
by shihas 02/24/2009
thanks
by SHIBAMEDIA 01/23/2009
I LIKE THIS TUTORIALS IS GREAT "KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK"
I MEAN WELL DONE OF COURSE I WANT TO SEE MORE OF YOUR TUTORIALS SO "DON'T KEEP THE GOOD WORK"
by david 12/10/2008
nice tutorial thanks, but do u have the project file i wanna see something real quick but you dont have it :( please post it!! thanks

-from america lol
by aznbang 11/26/2008
I was lookin for this tutorial !!!

thx Mrs kramer,i will now finish my project

from France !

by Bruno 10/30/2008
Dude, thank you very much for all tutorial of yours!
You are taking it to a new level!
Appreciations from Brazil!
by rahim 08/31/2008
hi Andrew Kramer.very good trening.tanks from tutorials .
by Hopper 08/21/2008
Vanishing Point Idea / Question:
I would like to do something similar to this alley shot. However, I would like to take a few pictures of a person and create a 3D object within the "alley" and do a fly-by and turnaround. so the person would have to have at least 75% coverage to look effective. Can you tell me the best way to do this?
Thanks!
Hopper
by Kama 07/30/2008
very intresting thanks a lot
by Kevin Boone 07/10/2008
Once again DREW YO DA MAAAANNNNN!!!!!
by sin 07/08/2008
I luv adrew hehe ur clips r so much informative
in my final project bless you man!
by digidave 06/04/2008
Lil tip for the watchers... Holding Ctrl and dragging on a plane will move it at 90 degrees from its self... Alt allows you to choose the angle...
by jorge ugaz 06/01/2008
de la putamadre....
by noredsitesit 05/29/2008
in many where I spent leaf home I noticed we watched spent days for the just their
by Jensen 05/27/2008
EXELENTE
by Simon Sweden 04/14/2008
Cool, with this one you can create like a ghost light flying by :D
by seam 04/08/2008
hey, Is there an plugin for after effects 7, which helps me to import .vpe files? This would be great...

Seam
by Miki 04/06/2008
I've got a problem =\
when i'm clicking on the little arrow in Photoshop
it don't let me the same options like andraw.
i don't have the option of AE... how can i change it?
there is some settings that i need to change?
please let me know... this is realy beautiful effect.

Miki.
by Brandon 03/30/2008
Haha, I love your ending commentary. Very nice.
by K 03/21/2008
Hi Andrew,

I didn't know anything about it before, and you just made me fall into After Effects. Thank you very much. You're very talented, you're a good man, and in a way a genius. Thanks again. Keep it up.

Greetings from Paris

K.
by Logan 03/10/2008
Andrew, I have set up my grid using vanishing point. However when i go pull down the menu to save it out, the option ISNT there to save out to after effects. I am using CS3 Extended and AE8. The only options I have are, "show grids," "show measurements," and "render grids to photoshop." There are 2 other options but they are not highlighted. Am I missing a step, obviously am because it isnt working. Any advice would be appreciated.
by Lucas 02/24/2008
Mmh when I click on file>import the "vanishing point" option doesn't appear, nor does it when I drag and drop it in my project folder... And yes I am running AE 7 Pro

Any tips?
by Seth 02/20/2008
Hi there.
Great tutorial
i have a question.
i used a 1024x768 picture in photoshop and followed Andrew Tutorial. when i import the VPE file into AE and open the Comp. the image layers are all blurry and far away from the quality they were in photoshop. any idea why?
Thanks in advance.
by Eric 02/06/2008
Dr.Andrew This is a NICE lesson.
Because I Hope Andrew can teach us about use PS to AE lesson.Let us better know AE can use.
Sorry!my English is not Great!But my improvident voise can to your ear.
AT last,thanks your teach!!And Happy Chinese new year!! Ha Ha!

Taiwan Fan.
by kim 01/27/2008
thanks, Andrew

Ten years later,l am your good rivals.

koreans.
by invalidproductions 01/07/2008
Can i use photoshop CS2??? email me the answer at invalidproductions@hotmail.com
by Bashkii 12/31/2007
Maaaan!!
You are awesome!! Thanks for your tutorials and your generosity.
Now I feel like I am REALLY learning AE !!
by Héctor 12/07/2007
Hi!! i'm writeing you all the way down from zacatecas, méxico and i've gotta tellya that i love your tutorials, however i have a quesstion for you Andrew, my time line only renders to a surten point,for exemple if my time line is 10 sec lon it only renders 4 sec. could you help me please?... oh! by the way, how do i purches your products from México?
by micah 11/30/2007
Thanks for the tutorial but...


I keep getting problems when I import my vpe file. It is always rotated around and off center. Is my image too big? It is a real pain. Anybody else had this problem?
by Jaleel 11/23/2007
Wow! My mouth just dropped from seeing this in action now I need to figure out how I could use it! Wait I think I just did!! Going to try now! Thanks Andrew!
by Danny 11/18/2007
as always, u make us laugh and learn. I think we all just love u, keep it on, hallelujah.
by vicman 11/14/2007
Gracias por este gran trabajo Andrew!
saludos desde PERU!
by Nathan Chapman 11/14/2007
Hey Andrew - keep up the awesome work man!

Just one thing: what program do you use for your screencasts? Thanks, Nathan
by Bram 11/13/2007
Same eroor as Chad. Please help?
by la tizia 11/12/2007
thanks for all!
by Kornikan 11/07/2007
So great tuto !!! THX a lot
by Nikko 11/06/2007
I'm getting the same erro as Chad. What did you do to fix it Chad?
by JAVIER 11/06/2007
this the coolest website of all times thanks andrew!! you aret the best i try different things here have a look... video copilot rules http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyvqj_CoFDE
by Pakares 11/02/2007
Andrew!! tus tutoriales son de lo mas pro!!
abrazo desde bsas!
by Bjoern 10/20/2007
Hey :)
isn´t it possible to export the .vpe (and png files of course) out of photoshop within alpha channel?
by D4rkS7der 10/19/2007
this is tutorial , or one man show ? (i am kiddin nice trick)
by Martin 10/08/2007
I really like your tutorials, they are great.
by dick smith 10/07/2007
can i be you andrew?
by Chad 09/26/2007
It works now!

Please disregard my message from yesterday. I'm not sure what I did differently this time but it looks really good! Thanks!
by Dumindu 09/25/2007
Thanks Andrew
by Chad 09/25/2007
Hi Andrew,

Just received your Lucky 7 bundle..it's AWESOME! I do have a dilemma however on this "3D Vanishing Point" tutorial. It's just not happening. I'm doing everything like you said and it's not working for me.

In the vanishing point dialog box in Photoshop, the side wall planes are going diagonal instead of up. If I draw it upside down however, it works. After I export it into AE like you show, I get an AE message reading: "Unable to execute script at line 153. After Effects error: Unable to call "setValue" because of parameter 1. The range has no values."

AE imports the files but all the png files are blank, and when I drag the comp into the timeline, there is no parent layer. What am I doing wrong? Any advice would be awesome. Thanks!
by galera 09/24/2007
works only in photoshop cs3 professional?
by nick 09/23/2007
thancks endrew its great lesson.
by Archie 09/19/2007
YEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!
by Aiden Nichols 09/18/2007
I love this tutorial. It has came in useful for loads of my videos. Thanks Andrew. :D
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