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Camera question…product fly in
I am pretty new to using the camera in AE 6.5 and have been fussing with this for two days. I have a background in 3D space so that it appears static as the camera pulls out to reaveal a book coming in from the right. The book is at an angle and will eventually turn and sit in the center. I have been able to get the background the way I want it and the book entry looks fine. But when I try to turn the book and sit it into position it looks clunky. I did place easy ease on the books movements but it still doesn’t look very good.
I am pulling the camera straight out and doing the movement with the book so that I don’t have to turn the background.
Am I going about this correctly but just haven’t found the right settings or am I way off track?
Thanks
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I don’t see anything here to suggest that you’re off track. Getting fluent motion is sometimes a challenge, especially when combining camera and layer moves.
One thing I wasn’t sure about though – you mentioned that the background appears static, so why is it a 3D layer? It usually makes more sense to keep backgrounds as 2D layers, so that they do indeed remain static regardless of camera moves.
Finally, if you have multiple keyframes on the book, consider making them roving. This will help make the speed more even, which may or may not be a good thing, but sometimes it helps fight clunkiness.
– AA
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I did realize my mistake in having the background 3D as well. With the camera move I thought that I would pan past it but that is not the case.
AS far as making the keyframes roving…how? I have not heard of that before. I am trying to just make a simple move but it is long and there are a few turns in it that make it a bit jumpy. If the roving keyframes works I’d like to know how to adjust to them.
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[Fred Matthews] “As far as making the keyframes roving…how?”
Search the AE help for “roving”, Fred.
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