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Making a 2D picture into a fake 3D environment
Hello,
I have no idea if this can be done or not, and i am not sure if i can explain it correctly, so bear with me please.
I have a high-res (8mp) picture of a room. The room in real life is a simple squarish room about 16 feet by 20 feet. I took the picture from the entrance with a wall and window in the back, a desk on the right, and a bunk bed on the left. There is some perspective.
I’d like to add some fake 3D to this so i could in After Effects move a camera around and have the 2D picture be shaped to follow a fake 3D layout.
Is this possible? Conceptually, i know i can draw lines to give a hint at the perspective. I can also give 3D coordinates to many points throughout the picture which would help my “supposed” 3D software to make my 2D picture a fake 3D picture.
Thanks for any help,
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It sounds like you’re describing a problem that can be solved with the Vanishing Point features in Photoshop and After Effects.
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Ah, very cool. “Vanishing point” is the technical term i was looking for. Thanks. I have CS4, and i take it this feature is not incorporated in it? I have to use Photoshop to achieve this then?
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You prepare the picture in Photoshop and then use the VPE feature to bring the scene into After Effects.
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Here are some video tuts that may help:
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/3d_vanishing_point/
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/3d_camera_projection/
The second video pertains to image projection, which is another way to do what you are trying to achieve. Personally, I’ve found Vanishing Point to be a little tricky.
Hope this helps!
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Thanks Mark. Looks like 3D projection is more up my alley 🙂 I’ll be trying it tonight.
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