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Precompose 3D?
Hi,
Up until this point I was under the impression that 3D layers could not be precomposed and keep their inherent 3D attributes. That is to say, if I had two layers (called “Alpha” and “Beta”) interacting in 3D space, then precomosed “Alpha” and “Beta” into a comp “Delta” and moved this new layer “Delta” in 3D space, the objects in the precomp would appear as a flat 2D layer.
Then, I was going through Marek Doszla’s tutorial for Animating a butterfly. Marek has a comp of a butterfly flapping it’s wings in 3D space. This is then precomposed into another comp, where he animates the position and rotation of the butterfly. In this new comp, the precomposed butterfly does not act as a 2D plane – it’s wings are indeed flapping and interacting in the same 3D space. How is this possible, when for so long I thought it wasn’t possible? Does it having something to do with his camera setups?
The project is available for download here:
ZIP https://www.creativecow.net/articles/doszla_marek/butterfly/butterfly.zip
SIT https://www.creativecow.net/articles/doszla_marek/butterfly/butterfly.sitI would really appreciate if someone could take a look at this and share how it was done.
Many Thanks,
Kurt -
5 Replies
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why don’t you just try it and find out. thats what tutorials are for.
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Hi aryk,
Sorry for the confusion. I’ve actually been through this tutorial at length, that was the point of the post. I haven’t been able to figure this out for myself, in my own comps or by trying to recreate this one. That’s why I was putting it to the more experienced.
Kurt
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Kurt,
Be sure you’ve clicked on Collapse Transformations for your imported 3d PreComp layer and you’ll be rockin’. Sorry to hear you’ve never known this, cuz you’ve been missin’ out. It’ll really open a lot of doors for your AE 3d comps.Good luck.
Scott_Spengler
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are you collapsing the transformation of the precomposed layer?
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Hi Scott,
Just wanted to say thanks for you help. As soon as you mentioned ‘collapse transformations’ alarms went off in my head. I think it was one of those things I brushed over in the manual which didn’t stick.
Many thanks,
Kurt
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