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How can you make a 3d composition, remain 3d in another comp?
hi there
basically ive got a composition where i have a made a monitor 3d, so its about 4 layers, front, sides and top. all arranged to make it 3d. now i bring that into another composition and make it 3d but all you can see is the front of the monitor, nothing else is there…..what am i doing wrong? is it possible to bring it in as a 3d object?
i basically wanted to motion tile the monitor so hopefully there will be lots of them, like in an office. but i wasnt sure if motion tile would work with a 3d object either….
any help on this would be much appreciated!
thanks
dan
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3 Replies
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I think I saw that explained in Aharon Rabinowitz’s tutorials:
Creating a Flock of Birds
I believe it’s in part two that he does an explanation of the 3d aspect:
https://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/CC_Bird_Flock_B_POD.m4vor his
Effectively using Z scale:
https://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/CC_Z_Scale_NewOpen.m4v -
try punching the “Collapse Transformations” switch for the nest comp layer.
Erik
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Erik’s suggestion is a good one.
Here is what After Effects Help says about 3D layers and the Collapse Transformations switch in the “Render order and collapsing transformations” section:
“If transformations are not collapsed, a nested composition that contains 3D layers is rendered as a 2D image of the 3D arrangement, using the default composition camera. This prevents the nested composition from intersecting with 3D layers, casting shadows on 3D layers, and receiving shadows from 3D layers in the containing composition. The nested composition is also not controlled by the containing composition
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