Subtle 3D effect using Pan/Crop Example

GmElliott wrote on 9/30/2004, 10:46 AM
The following is a baby picture montage for a couple I did recently in their wedding video. The 3d effect is very elementary and basic but thought it was kind of interesting considering I didn't touch Track Motion. Still have yet to grasp that tool yet.
Keep in mind I only used the effect I'm talking about in 3 of the shots.

http://home.comcast.net/~g.elliott3/Baby_Picture_Montage.wmv

Comments

smhontz wrote on 9/30/2004, 1:28 PM
Very nice. Could you explain how you did it? Are you using Bezier Masks in Pan/Crop, with a duplicate track below?
Spot|DSE wrote on 9/30/2004, 5:44 PM
Very "Kid Stays in the Picture" in style. Nicely done. Did you do the masks in Vegas or in P-shop?
GmElliott wrote on 9/30/2004, 6:48 PM
oh...most definitly p-shop. V7 not CS...you scared the be-jesus out of me in regards to CS problems!
Spot|DSE wrote on 9/30/2004, 7:39 PM
I STILL hate CS. In fact, have unloaded it from my laptop, just because I'm so often away from a connection, and the damn thing wants to re-authorize.
What? Does Adobe believe that people are ALWAYS connected? Or do they just think it's a minor inconvenience to not be able to use the software they paid 300.00 to upgrade to when they want to use it?
Stupid management in this particular case. Great tool, except for one silly thing.
rmack350 wrote on 10/1/2004, 8:53 AM
Service calls cost them money. Call them every time and just put your own phone on speakerphone so you're free to work while you do it. It's a hassle to you but the sort of marketing boneheads who come up with a plan like this will be horrified at their support costs.

It's a nice effect. Relatively easy and simple. As a variation, you could also make the background drop away instead of the making the foreground creep in. Or you could do both. You could even get a completely separate background plate and make the two slide into each other from opposite sides of the frame.

One of the nice things here is that it's so subtle that you may not know it's happening but it's still enough to make you perk up and pay attention. Or if you've already had a glass or two of wedding wine it might make you stop drinking for a bit...

Rob Mack
GmElliott wrote on 10/1/2004, 11:36 AM
lol...yeah- that's what I was going for...very subtle. I know it can be much more elaborate and flashy especially if I import the layers into AE. But it's nice to know I don't have to...and that my NLE can do it as well. Long live Vegas! :)
jdas wrote on 10/3/2004, 8:31 PM
Enjoyed your movie. I have no clue how the masks were done in photoshop. I would appreciate if you could offer a quick and easy tutorial on how this was done. Thanks.
rmack350 wrote on 10/3/2004, 9:31 PM
You don't really need masks at all. Open the image in Photoshop and cut out the image. copy it into a new image and leave the original alone. Then in Vegas put the original on track 2 and the knockout on track 1. Apply motion and Bob's yer uncle. Easy Peesi and you've got a cool effect real quick.

Of course you have to save the stills as PSD or PNG and the background must be transparent on the knockout image.

(I do a ton of this sort of thing for web rollovers where I want to highlight a hard to see item. In that case I'll fade or blur the background so that the object pops out on mouseover.)

Rob Mack