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Is motion good for 3D animation?
I am using motion and making 2D to 3D animation. Basically cars moving along a highway for traffic studies. The only problem is, is that I can’t draw and am stuck with the angle of the intersection and car I use. Can I import fully 3D rendered cars into motion and manipulate them? The 2D affect is OK, but 3D has more impact. If not motion is there another MAC platform program I can use. Maybe a CAD program? If there is a powerful program that allows you to have intersections and roads that allows you to place cars and pedestrians that would be good.
Thanks in advance.
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After Effects works in 3D space. You can place lights and cameras as you need them in the intersections or follow along behind a person or car.
Your 3D objects all need to be in the right perspective though. If you want to actually manipulate the 3D objects themselves, then you need a 3D animation program. In After Effects you can move them and move cameras around them, but you can change the physical object other than distortions.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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A good, easy to use and inexpensive Mac 3D app is Carrara basics.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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I recommend Cinema4D- easy to learn and quite powerful.
Noah
Formosa
A feature film shot on the SDX900
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