From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 11 3D Space
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Adding a camera to a composition - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 11 3D Space
Adding a camera to a composition
Moving layers in 3D space is very useful, but the real fun happens when you move a camera through that space. Once you know how to animate a 3D layer, you've mastered most of what you need to animate a camera. If you have any compositions open, select Close All from the Composition menu. I'm using the same project that Chris was using, which is AEA_3D Space, and I'm going to open composition 04-Basic Camera*starter. I'll RAM Preview, and at a glance you can see that layers 1 through 5 have their 3D layer switch enabled. The background layer, layer #6 is a 2D layer. It can be hard to find a movie that can fill the space when you start animating the camera around your scene. But by using a blurry movie, something that looks like it's very far away, you can often get away with animating a camera and leaving the background in 2D space. Just remember that it won't react to any camera moves. But I think that will be okay. I'll select all the layers and press P for Position, and at a glance…
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Adding a camera to a composition9m
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Comparing camera presets2m 48s
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Using the camera tools with the active camera4m 48s
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Using the camera tools in the alternate views4m 50s
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3D view options1m 58s
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Animating a 3D camera6m 20s
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Creating an orbit camera rig5m 42s
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Extending your camera rig4m 31s
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Auto-orientation with 3D cameras7m 33s
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Depth of field blur in CS5.5 and later5m 47s
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Controlling the focal plane in CS5.5 and later5m 12s
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Iris properties in CS5.5 and later6m 16s
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