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Working with Photoshop Live 3d in After Effects
Today, I exported a google sketchup model of the earth as a 3ds file and imported it into photoshop cs4 extended. The 3d dimensions of the object were preserved, so I once again exported it as a .psd in order to incorporate it into a title animation sequence in After Effects CS4.
My concept is to slowly zoom the camera in on a rotating earth until it is at my intended country of destination. I would believe this is feasible considering I am simply transforming the parameters of the object.
Once I place the object into my composition; the placed object is only workable as a 2D image (rotated 90 degrees, the object is flat). I have tried importing it as both a footage layer and as a composition; with Live Photoshop 3D checked. Also, I have tried working with both the layers and the composition.
Am I missing a step here? Or is my project simply not within the realms of AE feasibility??
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As I understand it, a 3D layer from Photoshop is no longer true 3D once it hits AE. From the AE help file, it says that if you want a 3D camera animation in AE, you must make it in Photoshop. Here’s a link to the Adobe help:
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS510B8F17-8644-43ce-977F-96784840A64B.html
Joe Bourke
Creative Director / Multimedia Specialist
B&S Exhibits and Multimedia
bs-exhibits.com
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