Chapter 13. Creating a News Open: Working in a 3D World

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Time

This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Goals

Create multiplane composites in 3D space

Use 3D Canvas views and controls

Understand camera controls

Animate a camera with behaviors

Work with 2D and 3D groups

Working in 3D can be complicated. When you add that third dimension of depth, your virtual workspace becomes infinitely large, and it can be easy to get lost. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

In this lesson you will begin to explore multiplane compositing and camera animation as you create a TV news open. While building a three-dimensional scene including three “sets,” you’ll get ...

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