Getting a 2D video object to fit inside of a 3D object

[Daniel Waldron]

Keep in mind any movement of the spaceship, AE camera, and/or green screen camera will throw off the perspective of your pilot and the shot won’t work. If it’s just one angle and the ship flies in a straight line, you may be able to make it work.

I’ve never added a pilot into a flying space craft, but this is how I would first attempt it. First, scale and position your pilot where he should go on top of the cockpit. Then create a group Null in Element and parent your pilot layer to that. Finally, draw masks on the pilot layer to make him appear inside the cockpit.

[Mike Farris]

Thanks Daniel for the help,

This was about what I was thinking, but did not think about the group null in E3D. In the mean time I created two E3D layers, in one layer I have the main ship and the second I have the glass cover and controls, this way I can put my video between the E3D layers and save myself a lot of masking.

Also anyone reading this, I would suggest that you send Adobe an email and ask them why they don’t have a unified 3D space that will let 2D objects like video and 3D models work in the same space like this software Hitfilm’s 2017 version, This is what Hitfilm says: Want to put a 2D green-screened actor in a 3D helicopter model? No problem. With HitFilm Pro, your 2D and 3D layers interact with each other in one unified space.