From the course: Motion Control 3D: Bringing Photos to Life in Three Dimensions with After Effects and Photoshop CC (2019)

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Working in color or black and white

Working in color or black and white

From the course: Motion Control 3D: Bringing Photos to Life in Three Dimensions with After Effects and Photoshop CC (2019)

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Working in color or black and white

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Whether you're working with a black-and-white historical photo or a modern image, I strongly suggest working in the RGB color space. This is going to give you the most consistent results. Some color images may come in the CMYK space, cyan, magenta, yellow, and key, or black. These should be converted back to RGB so they're compatible with After Effects. But if you're working with a historical photo, even if it's a black-and-white image, be sure it's in the RGB mode. Now, in this case, I've opened up one of the photographs, and I can tell it's in RGB because it says RGB up top here. If there's any concern, you can also go under the Image menu and check Mode and make sure that RGB is selected. I would also suggest, if you've got the processing power, to consider working in 16 bits per channel for more quality. This will give you a bit of flexibility as you work. Even if the image was captured in eight bits, switching to 16 bit…

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