Street Disaster Scene VFX
I use Photoshop for Matte painting and for Camera mapping (Projection Man) in Cinema 4D, Compositing in After Effects.
Photo Source
Water Street New York (1978) Photography By THOMAS STRUTH
In part one of this tutorial, I show you how to set up a camera projected scene in Cinema 4D using a photograph. then in part two I show you how to Using the External Compositing tag and AEC export for transferring 3D information from CINEMA 4D to After Effects.
And the third part is dedicated to compositing in After Effects, using Optical Flares Plugin for the lamp post.
Watch the short video below to complete this tutorial!
Just a small correction concerning “How to use projection man”
In this tip i show how to use only one camera for all layers to create a Projection.
Paris Freeze Time
Camera Mapping in Cinema 4D & Compositing in After Effects.
Photo Source by Lyodoh KANEKO
Music : Edith Piaf – Paris – 1949
Camera Mapping allows you to project a texture (in most cases a photograph) on some simple geometry to create a 3D object that can be used in more then one camera angle. Of course the angle is limited but small movements are possible, which is often sufficent. This technique is based on recreating the original camera postion, angle and optical settings. If you have precise information on this you can use it directly, but in many cases some adjustment by sight will suffice.
Visit the Tips & Techniques – Camera a basic tutorial from maxon.net.
Here’s some examples of using images with basic geometry, from Video Copilot Blog.