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linzoa
linzoa
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March 12, 2018
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Rollercoaster in After Effects

  • March 12, 2018
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Hi,

I'm very new to after effects so I have no idea how it works!

I've been on it about 3 weeks now, and I want to make a rollercoaster with the camera acting as the person in the rollercoaster cart.

I can move the camera forward along the tracks fine, but I want to have a dip in the tracks so I want the camera to follow the tracks, not just move the axis downwards so it just drops down. The same when I move the tracks around a corner, I want it to move around the tracks.

I hope I explained myself properly! Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in advance!

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    Correct answer Kevin-Monahan

    Have you gone through some basic After Effects tutorials yet, Linzoa? Start here and come back with any more questions you may have about your specific effect. After Effects tutorials | Learn how to use After Effects CC

    Thanks,

    Kevin

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    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Legend
    March 12, 2018

    That's what rotation animation is for.

    Mylenium

    linzoa
    linzoaAuthor
    Participant
    March 12, 2018

    Thanks for replying!

    Is rotation animation its own effect? As I said before I don't have any knowledge of this program!

    I have tried to rotate the camera at the point I need but the rotation applies to the whole footage and not just at the point I need which isn't ideal. Could you explain it a bit more?

    Thanks very much!

    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Legend
    March 12, 2018

    You can't just zoom into a 2D image and hope it would somehow give you the illusion of 3D. You have to read up and watch some tutorials. AE has no genuine 3D geometry and 3D layers are just placards. Of course just tilting the camera then will look entirely fake if you don't prepare your footage and lay out your composition accordingly. The rest is not worth commenting and I'm retiring from this thread to avoid escalation. Your ignorance of some basics after muddling through for three weeks without presumably even having looked at the help files is just baffling and frustrating to me. AE simply isn't an intuitive program and just slapping stuff together without having consulted educational resources won't get you anywhere. Good luck! Perhaps someone else with a more forgiving disposition will jump in...

    Mylenium

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