Adobe After Effects Classroom in a Book (2020 release)

13 Working with the 3D Camera Tracker

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Track footage using the 3D Camera Tracker.

• Add camera and text elements to a tracked scene.

• Set a ground plane and origin.

• Create realistic shadows for new 3D elements.

• Lock elements to planes using solid objects.

• Remove rolling shutter distortions from DSLR footage.

This lesson will take about an hour and a half to complete. If you haven’t already done so, download the project files for this lesson from www.adobepress.com/AfterEffectsCIB2020, following the instructions in the Getting Started section under “Accessing the lesson files ...