video tutorials for working in 3D by Andrew Devis

Andrew Devis (who has been creating a lot of great material lately) recently published a five-part series on setting up 3D scenes and animating cameras in After Effects. I appreciate how simple Andrew managed to keep these video tutorials, while still showing how to fine-tune and control 3D animations.

Here are direct links to all five parts in the series, with a very brief summary of what’s covered in each:

“Setting up a 3D Scene”: basics of 3D layer transformations, including orientation and rotation; how to modify a camera or 3D view “Setting up a Static 3D Particle System”: setting up a 3D particle system using the CC Particle World effect “Simple & Fast Camera Animation Technique”: basics of animating cameras using null object layers and simple keyframe copying “Finessing Camera Animation”: fine-tuning camera animations by modifying camera properties and finessing motion paths and keyframe interpolation “Panning Large Scenes Using Target Layers in 3D”: moving a camera around a large scene with target layers

If you haven’t already done so, you should also check out Andrew’s After Effects basics series.