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Working with 3D effects

Working with 3D effects

Another way to get 3D in After Effects is through the use of certain effects. And one of those that we are going to look at in this movie is perhaps among those powerful as far as the native effects in After Effects, and that is the Shatter effect. Meant to blow stuff up, which is actually we are going to be doing in this movie, but because of its 3D power, there is a lot of application there. Now what I am going to do is show you around this project, show you what we are going to be doing, and then we are going to look at Shatter a little bit and then put the pieces together. So, basically what I have here is I have the shop sign that's not in perspective. Then I have the original video with the window cutout with this dark magenta solid in the background cut through. So, what we are going to do is we are going to have this window, put in perspective with the Shatter effect and then blow up the window and that could like something is shattering the window. It will be a pretty…

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