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Give life to a photo using multiple planes

Recorded on 15 June 2012 by Mattias Peresini

Important notice for English members

This tutorial video has been translated into English with a voice-over, but the software interface remains in French.

Learn how to animate a photo using the multiple planes technique. Preparation of the photo in Photoshop before importing it into After Effects.

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In this video tutorial on After Effects and Photoshop, we will see one of the techniques to give life to a picture: the use of multiple planes.

We will perform most of the work on Photoshop to prepare our photo for its animation. We will do a quick matte painting work by recreating some materials.

We will then see two ways to set up our system of layers in 3 dimensions. The first is manual, and the second will be based on the excellent script pt_Multiplane .
It will bring more speed and flexibility in the process, but is entirely optional for this tutorial.

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  • Isolation of the various plans of our photo
  • Use of Photoshop tools (selection tools, masks, automatic filling, stamp, coin, etc. ..)
  • Import photoshop file into After Effects
  • Implementation of our elements into the 3D environment
  • Camera Animation and setting of the depth of field
  • Color correction on our composition
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Mattias Peresini
mattiasperesini.com

I am the Founder of Mattrunks. I work as Creative Director and Motion Designer in my studio. I also create video tutorials to share my passion of motion.

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