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3D Effects
I want a pretty simple effect of taking different compositions and adding a distortion by creating the Z-axis and pulling the video further back.
In essence it would look like a rhombus. I know it’s probably pretty basic but my Google-fu isn’t working and tinkering with the 3D effects has gotten me nowhere.
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You can’t stretch the corners of a layer in 3D — all layers must stay flat. However, you can use the corner pin effect to distort it within its own flat plane, then rotate it on one of the three 3D axes if you click the little 3D button first.
Be sure to make a 3D camera, though. Good shop practice, as they say.
The alternative is to buy the Freeform plugin.
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Steve,
I think we’re on the right track here. Can you explain some more about the 3D camera? Sounds like exactly what I need.
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[Dave LaRonde] “Making a 3D camera right away is simply good practice, as is showering before a big date.”
SHOWERING! That’s what I’d been missing. No wonder things hadn’t been going well ’til recently.
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So I figured out that what I need is to simply use the “orbit camera” function with my camera, but in my composition it gives me the error, “Bottom, unable to orbit camera.”
Anyone help me out here?
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Ok, so the last bit was fixed by me picking the active camera (whoddathunk?) but now I want some things to go one way on the Z-Axis and others to go another way. I’ve created two cameras for this and parented the appropriate layers to the camera I want, but I think I’m missing something
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