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Shawn28068082mby5
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February 10, 2023
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Wild Y-axis distortion on 3D layer...

  • February 10, 2023
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Firt time posting under this user account. This is the work-Adobe account.

 

So, animating a logo (I blurred the full name just for the agency's privacy), and decided to do something I've done before several hundred times on animations over the years - rotate an element into view using the Y-axis rotation. Here's what I did:

Saved the asset in Illustrator

Imported to After Effects

Created a new composition

Added the element

Set the anchor point to the left edge to anchor the rotation

Clicked the 3D button on the layer...

 

That's where it went sideways.

 

Never seen this before, but if you look at the screenshots attached, the Y-axis is wildly distorted. It's unuseable as a rotation value. I did nothing exotic or different. Done this many, many times. This is the first time I've seen anything like this.

Anyone have a suggestion?

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Correct answer Rick Gerard

It looks like you created a camera with a very wide lens. Your cropped screenshot doesn't tell us anything about the comp, but I suspect it's something like this:

Try deleting the camera, then create a camera with a 35 to 50 mm lens and the distortion should go away. 

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Rick GerardCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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February 11, 2023

It looks like you created a camera with a very wide lens. Your cropped screenshot doesn't tell us anything about the comp, but I suspect it's something like this:

Try deleting the camera, then create a camera with a 35 to 50 mm lens and the distortion should go away. 

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Shawn28068082mby5Author
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February 13, 2023

Thanks Rick - I didn't create a new camera or choose anyhthing, however, after your comment, I looked around the composition to loom for such things. The "Active Camera" was set to "Default" and whatever that was, was the cause. I set the camera to "Front" and then it behaved as expected.

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Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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February 13, 2023

Only Active Camera will render. The other views are only to be used to help in arranging elements in 3D space. Their views are isometric (no perspective), and they do not render. If you set up your comp using anything but the active camera, the final render will not look like the composition panel. 

Rene Andritsch
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Rene AndritschCommunity Expert
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February 11, 2023

What version of AE are you using? Can you also show your layers panel and the rotation values?

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