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Adobe Aer Eects CS5.5 What’s New
The Timecode effect, which displays timecode graphically when applied to a clip, has also been
updated to either read source timecode directly or to use values based on composition timing or
whatever values you choose. This allows you not only to display accurate timecode in a
composition containing a source clip, but also to use timecode as a customizable graphical
element in compositions.
While you may still want to do the majority of your previewing and editing in applications designed
for that purpose, having this capacity in After Effects gives you a sure-fire method to get the
numbers right.
Easily establish a stereoscopic 3D workflow
After Effects CS5.5 makes it easier than before to set up a stereo-ready 3D image pipeline for
review and output of stereo scenes that use the After Effects camera. Initial setup is nearly
instantaneous. Start with a composition containing 3D elements, select the main camera (if one is
present) and then simply choose Layer > Create Stereo 3D Rig. A right and a left camera are
created flanking the master camera, and a set of nested compositions is established with a stereo
3D view containing left and right eye nested compositions, each of which contains the original
source composition viewed with the appropriate camera.
The stereo 3D composition includes a control layer with two individual effects already applied,
using customizable presets: Stereo 3D Controls and 3D Glasses. The Stereo 3D Controls effect
allows you to center around any one of the three cameras and adjust the stereo depth by changing
the distance between the left and right views (known as the “interaxial” or “interocular” distance).
The cameras can remain parallel, or they can converge at the point of interest or zoom distance.
This convergence point can then be offset with a slider control.
The stereo 3D preview itself is created with the 3D Glasses effect. Significantly enhanced in After
Effects CS5.5, this effect includes controls to match the physical setup of source stereo footage. You
can fine-tune convergence and vertical alignment (if actual physical cameras were misaligned).
This effect produces the actual stereo image, allowing you to choose from one of nine 3D output
configurations (interlaced, stereo pair, or various types of anaglyph), allowing you to don 3D
glasses and preview directly in After Effects.
Because stereo 3D animations often use more than one point of view on the same source material,
you can create multiple rigs to correspond to multiple cameras in a single composition. For final
output, any changes you make in the master composition are passed through to the composition
for each eye.
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Although stereo 3D projects have been created in Aer Eects for some time, setup was never as quick and easy. A master
composition to preview the stereo eect contains a sub-composition for each eye and a rigged source.