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Camera flip
Does anyone have a tutorial on how to do a camera flip in after effects.
Here is an example of what I’m trying to do. Open video LinkWhen you get to the page click the play button on the video at the top of the page you will see how the video plays and you will see some camera flips of layers in there.
I looked up camera flips in after effects in google but nothing showing how to do it. Maybe its not a camera flip effect but it looks like its a 3D camera move and some form of flipping the layer???
thanks
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it looks like there is a point where its not even the same “movie”. there is some kind of cut with an object blurring past the camera hiding the appearance of the next thing to be seen.
i suppose its possible that there is a lot more going on in the transition part, maybe the movie is time shifted in such a way as to obscure the changes. or the camera is moving so fast between points of interest that it blurs out stuff that is going on.
in fact you should watch https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/advanced_camera_tips/
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/colorful_universe/these might help in getting the camera controls you might need and then its just a matter of setting up your scene(s).
i would create a 3D comp with “pocket” scenes and have the camera travel between them. the parts in between the pockets are probably the fast motion blurred parts of the movie example.
in fact this gives me an idea for what i am working on right now. Thanks! 🙂
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This is exactly what i’m trying to do.
I’m new to this kind of movement in AE, but i’m trying to reproduce
it in one composition only, with all the layer set as 3d and one 35mm camera only….. IT’S A MESS!!If anyone has other suggestions please write back!
BTW thanks to Alan for the links.
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i am imagining a little more than 10 layers in your comp… 🙂
it gets tricky after a while, layers upon layers. i would suggest that you try precompiling some of the layers together. in fact i would build each “scene” as a composition and then bring it into my main comp. or build a “scene” and then select all the layers for that scene and choose layer, precompose. with 3d layers you can tell it to keep the 3dness by collapsing transformations in the main comp. this causes the 2d comp to become a 3d object. it can still have shadows and the like.
i would keep the camera out in the main comp and just drive it from scene to scene.
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Hi Alan,
Thanks for the tips but it would be great to get some tips on how to actually do the flip?
Anyone out there willing to take a stab at this? -
what effect specifically are we talking about?
after the login scene the arrow moves around really fast and then the page does a quick rotation. i would tend to say that the login scene and the second scene are parented front to back, or possibly using some effect like card flip. its hard to tell, i cant pause or frame by frame easiliy, but it looks like the login page disappears as the second scene appears. they are definitely rotating at the same pace and are basically like a piece of paper with the login on one side and the 5 clothing page on the back.
https://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/ae/cardwipe.html
the effect the tutorial generates is not what you want, but i believe that it will get you where you are going.
there is a part where the page is showing 5 clothing items on the page. the arrow clicks on one and it flips. if this is the movement you are talking about then you need 2 layers, your front and back. parent one to the other but orient the one 180 degrees from the other then at some point in the scene rotate the parent 180 and the other should follow.
there is a part where another picture of a piece of clothing pops off and flys by the camera, obstructing the view of everything else, basically becoming a transition.
every thing i know i know because i found some tutorial somewhere. you should dig around a little. one thing i found when i first started with ae was that i had little time to watch tutes if they didnt have a title that matched what i was looking for. later i found that sometimes just because the title doesnt say “flip like nordstroms” doesnt mean it wont help. when you get a moment just start watching some tutes for the heck of it. someday it will come back to mind when you need something for a project.
i am by no means an ae expert, heck i dont think i am even near a advanced novice, but i hope i have been of some help.
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Thanks for the tips.
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