Using 3-D Cameras and Lights in After Effects

The Sheep Pun Gang from Caitlin Lundin on Vimeo.


The sheep and background were photoshopped to be on their own layer. From there, they were made into 3-d layers that auto-adjusted to face the camera as it past. The door was photoshopped out from the door frame so that they could be moved separately. The door was rotated back on the z-axis once the anchor position had been moved to the hinge of the door so that it moved naturally. The door swings open and then the door and door frame move towards the audience and then the camera moves along the z towards the rest of the scene. From there the camera and point of interest are shifted in order to focus on the sheep.