Hello Everyone prithiv here from Seven stone
studio back with another video tutorial.
Today's guide is perfect for photography fans
and anyone who enjoys working with motion
graphics.
the effect makes use of adobe photoshop to
cut out an image, then uses the timeline feature
to convert the still pictures into a video.
Its works by clipping the image into different
areas, then adding subtle movement so that
the foreground and background move at different
rates to create a slow motion panning effect.
its Works best with images where there's a
clear contrast between the subject and its
background, so choose a picture that has a
obvious outline that you can trace around.
Open the image in photoshop, then select the
pentool and begin tracing around the main
subject.
Keep the path within a few pixels, From the
edge to avoid accidentally capturing any slithers
of background in the cut out.
When you've traced the images back to the
starting point, close the path then right
click and choose make selection.
Enter 0.5pixels in the feathering option to
eliminate the hard edge, then copy and paste
the selection in to a new layer.
Double click the background layer to make
it a workable layer, then hold the ctrl or
cmd key while clicking the thumbnail of the
cut out layer to load its selection.
With the background layer still selected,
go to select - modify - expand and enter 10
pixels.
Next go to Edit- fill and make sure the option
is set a content aware.
Photoshop will automatically Fill the space
the best it can to erase the original subject.
Toggle off the visibility of the cut out layer
to see the result.
It doesn't have to be perfect, but it will
help disguise any areas where the foreground
and background become unaligned from their
original positions during the animation.
Turn the visibility of the cut out layer back
on, then create a new document.
Since the final effect is exportd into video
format, im making a 1080pixels document at
1920*1080 pixels.
Switch back to the original document and select
both layers.
Drag them into the new video document and
position them centrally.
Individually select each layers and choose
convert to smart object from the right click
menu.
This will allow us to scale the image down
an backup without affecting the quality.
next go to window menu and select timeline.
Make sure the option is set to create video
timeline rather than create frame animation,
then click the button.
press the ctrl+t or cmd+t shortcut to transform,
then hold shift and scale the background to
fill the majority of the canvas.
Move the playheadto the end of the timelines,
then click the little keyframe icon to set
a new position.
Transfer the background again and scale it
up slightly.
Photoshop will automatically animate the size
between the two keyframes for the duration
of the timeline.
Repeat the process with the other layer that
contains the main subject.
Add a transform keyframe at the start and
end of the timeline and adjust the size of
the layer.
This time scale the subject in the opposite
direction, so go from layer to small to intensify.
the parallex effect.
scrub the playhead back to the begining then
press the play icon or press space bar to
see the effect.
The first time it plays it might be a little
jumpy until it render the timeline.
But the second time should play through smoothly.
The result is a cool subtle animation, Where
the foreground and background move at different
rates to create the parallex effect.
The final video can be exported by heading
to file and select export and then render
video.
Set the file name and change the preset to
youtube HD 1080p, Which should be available
if you have Adobe media encorder installed
as part of premier or after effect from the
full adobe CC suite.
This Parallex Effect also works great with
Landscape images where there's clear definition
between the Horizon and the object moving.
Its works Exceptionally well if the foreground,
Middle ground and background can be separated
and moved independently.
In this next example i'm Creating a clipping
of the ridgeline and creating a time line
of the object in the foreground against the
main object in the sky.
A subtle scale on the main object layer against
some slight rotation and movement of the sky
creates a cool effect when the animation is
played through.
This time i added a couple of extra lighting
efect layers.But the effect itself can be
easily created by manually dabbing a bunch
of while splodges with brush and adding some
bluring.
The trick is to adjust the key frasmes just
enough so they produce some subtle motion.
You can always move the time line playhead
back over a keyframe and read just the transformation,
or you can switch the keyframes around so
the transformation plays in the opposite direction.
A video Timeline was created for all the layers
then each section was animated independently
by adjusting the size and position.
so i hope you have some fun with this parallex
effect to bring your own photographs to life.
it provides a cool new way to experience yours
shots in the kind of pseudo video format,
as opposed to basic stills in the slideshow.
if you enjoyed the tutorial or learnt any
new tips, a thumps up to help spread the word
would be really appreciated.
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So as always thanks you very much for watching
and i'll see you in the next tutorial guys.
