Producing Video Wall in AE versus Motion

[Tudor “ted” jelescu]

Based on your example I would say that AE has the tools to get the job done fast and easy. There are plugins that can help you distribute layers (Plane Space from Red Giant) or scripts that do the same thing (aescripts.com), but for the amount of screens you have in the example, you can do it manually, no extras required.

Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist

[Eric Santiago]

create the video template comp with a mask for tv shape.
add your placement photo/video (or add all photos/videos and hide what you want).
create a large comp and place tv comp in center of large comp.
now duplicate tv comp and use align and distribute option.
now you have two options.
do the above first then duplicate the original tv comp within the project folder and use flowchart for replace or vice-versa.
use the large comp as a layer in a new final output comp and turn it into a 3D layer.
have fun 🙂

[Bruce Mackown]

Thanks for the quick response Ted. I’ll try those plugins.

[Bruce Mackown]

Wow, awesome response Eric! I’ll try those steps you recommended.