Motion Control 3D: Bringing Your Photos to Life in Three Dimensions

Discover how to transport your photos into a three-dimensional world using Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.Have you looked at a photo and wished you were there, or wondered what the scene looked like to the photographer? Now you can bring your photos to life by adding motion and depth to your images. Author Rich Harrington reveals how you can transport your photos into a three-dimensional world using Adobe Photoshop and After Effects. The course shows you how to select the right images and resolutions; how to use masks and layers to build the composition in Photoshop; and how to animate the camera and light the scene in After Effects. Topics include: 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