Join Richard Harrington for an in-depth discussion in this video Creating a staging diagram, part of Motion Control 3D: Bringing Your Photos to Life in Three Dimensions with After Effects and Photoshop CS6.
When you first get started, you're going to want to be very deliberate.…Now this could be because you have to build a relationship with the producer, or you…might just be new to thinking in three dimensions, and you want to map out your plans on paper.…I'm a big fan of creating a staging diagram.…In the photo you see here, we have our foreground, our subject, and our background.…This is going to help dictate what we're going to see.…Now looking at the photo in a flattened view, it's difficult to understand the relative…distance between the subjects, so I went a step further and identified how things are going to fall.…
What you see here is a simple staging diagram, identifying where the camera is going to be…placed as well as the relationship in distance.…I've decided to set the camera slightly off axis here, and that's going to help emphasize…the sense of depth and perspective.…The grass and our subject are pretty close together because they are standing in the grass.…However, I'm still going to split them slightly apart so there is a small sense of depth.…
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10/4/2012- Understanding parallax
- Choosing the best photos
- Identifying planes
- Using Quick Selection, Quick Mask, and Refine Edge to create layers
- Adding a 3D camera to your scene
- Setting the depth and size of your composition
- Using multiple views
- Adding depth of field and Bokeh blur
- Setting ambient and directional light
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 2s
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1. Introducing Motion Control 3D
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The technique explained1m 44s
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2. Choosing Photos for Motion Control 3D
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Image selection guidelines3m 45s
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Resolution guidelines3m 4s
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3. Planning the Move
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Identifying planes1m 33s
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Creating a staging diagram1m 42s
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Understanding parallax1m 58s
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4. Layering the Image
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The Quick Selection tool1m 32s
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The Refine Edge command3m 35s
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Filling in the holes6m 26s
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5. Organizing the Comp
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6. Build the Composition
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Importing a layered PSD file1m 49s
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Adding a 3D camera2m 31s
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Setting the initial depth5m 33s
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Setting the composition size1m 58s
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7. Animating the Camera
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Using multiple views7m 11s
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Understanding keyframes6m 33s
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Modifying camera paths5m 29s
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8. Adjusting the Camera
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Setting the depth of field5m 55s
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Changing the focal length3m 45s
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Adding bokeh blur2m 46s
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9. Lighting the Scene
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Setting directional light6m 59s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye30s
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