Preparing And Importing 3D Image Files - Adobe 12040118 - After Effects Standard Tutorial

Preparing and importing 3D image files

Importing 3D images from Photoshop Extended and Illustrator
Importing and using 3D files from other applications
Import RLA or RPF data into a camera layer
Baking and importing Maya data
Importing 3D images from Photoshop Extended and Illustrator
3D object layers in PSD files
Adobe Photoshop Extended can import and manipulate 3D models (3D objects) in several popular formats. Photoshop can also create 3D objects
in basic, primitive shapes.
After Effects CS5.5, and earlier can import these 3D object layers in PSD files and render them using the active camera in a composition. (See 3D
object layers from Photoshop.)
For a video tutorial about using 3D object layers from Photoshop in After Effects, go to the
After Effects CS6 cannot import 3D objects from PSD files.
Vanishing Point exchange
When you use the Vanishing Point feature in Photoshop Extended, you can then use the File > Export For After Effects (.vpe) command to save
the results as a collection of PNG files—one for each plane—and a .vpe file that describes the geometry of the scene. You can then import the
.vpe file into After Effects. After Effects uses the information in the .vpe file to re-create the scene as a composition containing a camera layer and
one perspective-corrected 3D layer for each PNG file.
The camera is on the negative z axis, at (x,y)=(0,0). The point of interest for the camera is in the center of the composition. The camera zoom is
set according to the field of view in the Vanishing Point scene.
The 3D layers for the planes in the scene have a parent layer with its anchor point at the center of the composition, so the whole scene can be
transformed together.
Vanishing Point exchange only works well for images that have square pixels in Photoshop.
For video tutorials about using Vanishing Point data from Photoshop in After Effects, go to the Adobe website:
Working with Vanishing Point in Photoshop and After Effects
Using Vanishing Point to map a 3D environment
Bob Donlon provides a tutorial on
Aharon Rabinowitz provides a video tutorial on the
Lester Banks provides a video tutorial on
the 3D scene into After Effects as a .vpe file or bring the 3D scene in as a 3D object layer in a PSD file.
Andrew Kramer provides a video tutorial on his
Importing PSD files as 3D scenes
Paul Tuersley provides a script on the
composition and adds expressions to the layers from the PSD file. When you move the layers along the z axis, the scene looks exactly like the
original artwork through the Active Camera view. You can animate the camera around the scene to see that the layers are at different depths in 3D
space.
Illustrator 3D effects
The effects in the 3D category in Illustrator—Extrude & Bevel, Revolve, and Rotate—give a three-dimensional appearance to any vector graphics
object, including text and drawings. If you want to add depth to your vector art and text, consider creating it in Illustrator, using the 3D effects, and
then importing the results into After Effects.
Importing and using 3D files from other applications
After Effects can import 3D-image files saved in Softimage PIC, RLA, RPF, OpenEXR, and Electric Image EI format. These 3D-image files contain
red, green, blue, and alpha (RGBA) channels, as well as auxiliary channels with optional information, such as z depth, object IDs, texture
coordinates, and more.
his blog that shows how to use Vanishing Point Exchange.
Creative COW website
his website that demonstrates how to use Vanishing Point in Photoshop Extended and then either bring
Video Copilot website
AE Enhancers website that turns a layered PSD file into a 3D scene in After Effects. The script creates a
Adobe website.
that shows how to use Vanishing Point Exchange.
that shows how to use Vanishing Point Exchange.
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