Converting real life camera to After Effect camera settings.

[Will Cavanagh]

I believe it’s actually a bit more complicated than this. The sensor size plays an important role in matching DOF between the cameras, and the sensor size of you camera is much smaller than the default size for the AE camera (36mm). Your camera has a 1/2.3″ sensor. That means it’s 11.04mm. There’s also a question of how this is measured — I believe CCDs are usually measured diagonally while film is measured horizontally. I may well be wrong here. Then you’ll also need to figure out the angle of view and zoom for the focal length of the lens you were shooting with. There may be an easy way to do this, but I don’t know much about it.

I hope this helps get you on the right track, sorry I can’t give you more (or better) info.

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[Jamie Bradshaw]

Thanks for your reply Will.

I’m trying to get my head round it all (without much success).

I was under the impression that under the Camera Settings in After Effects I could replicate pretty much any Camera by changing the Film Size and Focal Length. Is that not the case? It also looks like I can tell the Film Size be measured horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

In other words, if I can find out the Film Size and Focal Length in any digital camera then I can replicate it in After Effects. Or am I just being a bit stupid.

Oh and I don’t really need to replicate a DOF as I’m not planning on having any focal blur in what I’m doing.

Thanks,
Jamie

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[Will Cavanagh]

Yes — it is possible to replicate a camera if you have the relevant information about it. You may have to do some math though, and I don’t know any specifics about that. I also don’t know which parameters affect lens distortion. It’s possible that certain parameters won’t affect image distortion at all, and will thus be unnecessary if you don’t intend to use the camera to render DOF.

I hope someone will be able to provide more details, but if not you should try asking this of the nerds over at DVXuser and maybe just doing some Googling and Wikipedia-ing.

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[Todd Kopriva]

See this article:
https://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=1273350
(Don’t let the version number scare you; this article is just as relevant to current versions of After Effects.)

I found this using the After Effects Community Help search.

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[David Bogie]

Out-freaking-STANDING!

Thank you, Todd, great reference material! Confirms much, reaffirms much, clears up myths, satisfies curiosity, defines terms.

I’ve got that one bookmarked.

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[David Bogie]

Acknowledging the article was expertly crafted by Mark Christiansen in language most AE users can comprehend and that photographers will immediately relate to .

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