From the course: After Effects Compositing: 2 Matching Foreground to Background
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Add a 3D-generated depth map from CINEMA 4D - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects Compositing: 2 Matching Foreground to Background
Add a 3D-generated depth map from CINEMA 4D
I've shown you how to create a simple depth map with a straight gradient to rack focus along a flat plane. The real world is more complicated of course, and as you add more complex images like this computer-generated skateboard, you'll want a computer-generated depth map to match. Here's how you set that up. In this case, working with a Cinema 4D source scene. This shot contains a rack focus. And it travels right along the distance of this board. So pretty much from the back to the front of the board, if you look at where the plane is in focus right along the bottom of that board. The skateboard element is from Cinema 4D and I have the scene right here, so I'll add it to the comp. And after a moment's pause we'll see the software-rendered version. I can switch that to Final Render. And once I do that, I get access to the multi-pass options. If I click Set Multi-Pass, one of the options is for depth. I'll click OK, and now I see a 3D depth map, which I can use with camera lens blur and…
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Go further with atmospheric haze4m 59s
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Understand Gaussian vs. Defocus blurs4m 8s
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Create a simple rack focus between two layers with Camera Lens Blur4m 23s
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Set up a 3D rack focus with the After Effects camera5m 17s
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Create depth of field with a depth map3m 18s
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Add a 3D-generated depth map from CINEMA 4D3m 46s
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Rack focus with a 3D-generated depth map3m 20s
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Prevent matte clipping with Find Edges and Minimax3m 34s
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Add quick-and-dirty defocus with Box Blur1m 48s
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Re-create bokeh with frischluft's Lenscare5m 20s
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