• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Camera tutorials?

  Posted by Jaime Lackner on November 21, 2006 at 4:43 pm

  Hello,
  I have seen some basic camera tutorials for AE on the cow, but are there any new/advanced tutorials out there?
  Does anyone else find the camera a pain to animate?
  I don’t know 3D apps, but would really like to create some interesting moves with the camera in AE.
  Thanks so much in advance
  Jaime

  Aeprowannabe replied 19 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jay Thompson

  November 21, 2006 at 8:53 pm

  This is from John Dickson (IMHO one of the best)
  https://www.motionworks.com.au/gallery/gallery_mgfx_mov_23.htm

  I asked him about the 3D camera work he wrote…

  The camera was actually pretty easy to control, I parented the camera to a 3D null then set up expression effects linked to the null’s X and Z position, that way I could use sliders to track the camera left and right and dolly it in and out.

  I asked for a bit more detail and he put together this “.aep”…

  https://www.jtdesign.org/Downloads/camera-setup-example.aep

  Jay Thompson
  Thompson Visual Design & Storytelling
  7 Marjean Ct.
  Kirkwood, MO 63122

  
  
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  Jason Kapell

  November 28, 2006 at 7:26 pm

  Even with this example, I’m lost. I understand parenting the camera to the null, but I can’t figure out how to get to the “master control” stage. And I’m starting to pull my hair out.
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  Aeprowannabe

  November 30, 2006 at 11:16 pm

  dang…i only have AE6.5…

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