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So let's start.
First, we have to import our footage into
After Effects.
You can download the full project including
the light leaks, from the link in the description.
The parallax effect is a technique where background
and foreground images, move by the camera
at different speeds, creating an illusion
of depth in a 2D scene. Let's see how we can
achieve this in After Effects, without any
third party plugin.
Create a new composition and name it: parallax
animation. I'm using the FULL HD 1080 pixels
preset with 30 frames per second and 7 seconds
long.
Bring your image into your new composition.
Then go to effects and presets panel, and
search for: optics compensation.
Apply it to your image layer, and let's adjust
its settings.
Click on this icon, and place the cursor on
the point of interest of your image. This
will represent the foreground image, which
will move slower.
Select the reverse lens distortion box.
Then create a keyframe on the field of view.
Move to the last frame, and change this value
to 70. You can test it first, and find the
perfect value for your image, but never overreact
with it, if you want to get a realistic result.
This is how your image animation should look
like. As you can see the parallax effect gives
a good depth to our image.
In lots of cases, you can give even more depth
of field to your still images using light
leaks and particles overlays.
So, let's bring the light leaks file into
our parallax composition.
And change its blending mode to: soft light.
If it's too intense for your image, click
T on your keyboard to open the opacity, and
bring its value down, as much as you need.
Let's check our final result.
Wow, looks great.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to
animate a still photo with parallax effect
in After Effects.
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