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Trouble with creating a background environmental mapping scene using element/skybox/horizon etc.
Hello
Well i am trying to create a scene using a 2d image(1920*1080) and look like a 360 video. Now i am facing issues as follows.
1 Trapcode horizon – When i apply horizon to the image the pixels are breaking apart. There is damage restored when i adjust the H and L values,Straighten,Scatter sampling etc. But not getting a decent output.
2 Skybox – It has better output than horizon but there are a lot of variables involved, i am trying to learn but it will take time i guess.
3 Element 3d – I think this is easiest way atm to create the scene inside of setup using environment . Somehow the output quality is not great.
4 Environment effect is greyed out in my ae. It wont be of any use if it was there.
There is another method i used to make copy of the background,rotating it to 90 degrees ,joining end to end and setting up a scene .The major problem was at the 90 degree bend of the image ,tried my luck using blending option but no use. although it did look like inception ? but then that is what i didn’t want. Also does corner pin effect be applied on image using horizon/skybox/element and what is the image quality recommended to use with all these plugins.
I am using after effects CC 2015.
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If you’re trying to stretch a 1920×1080 image to be 360, the quality is not going to look great at all if your comp is also 1920×1080 because you are trying to blow it up way too large. Could you go into a little more detail about what you are trying to accomplish so we can make better suggestions?
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Thanks Michael
I am trying to create a basic jetstrike (video co pilot) aerial scene , revolving around a jet . The scene starts from the left side view of the jet and ends up behind it. Right now i am using an equirectangular image which is not my original intended background scene. Basically it boils down to the image resolution or if somehow the scene is created combining two images at 90 or whatever degree in the z plane and the camera does some magic at the intersection and it does not looks weird.
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You are going to need a much larger resolution image than 1080p for what you want. Honestly, even just a still picture from an iPhone is going to be better than that.
If you have Jetstrike, you have a pack of higher resolution photos that you can use.
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Thanks Michael
Finally i took a decision using a panoramic image which was easier to use with trapcode horizon. The camera movement option is limited in horizon . All is well that ends well. 🙂
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