{"id":29959,"date":"2013-10-16T14:46:46","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T18:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=29959"},"modified":"2018-06-13T16:08:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T21:08:47","slug":"after-effects-tutorial-create-a-3d-room-from-a-still-photograph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/after-effects-tutorial-create-a-3d-room-from-a-still-photograph\/","title":{"rendered":"After Effects Tutorial: Create a 3D Room From a Still Photograph"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"take-a-still-photo-and-convert-it-into-3d-using-a-few-simple-tools-in-photoshop-and-after-effects\">Take a still photo and convert it into 3D using a few simple tools in Photoshop and After Effects.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fixed-adobe-after-effects-all-ver2.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fixed-adobe-after-effects-all-ver2-300x23.jpg\" alt=\"fixed-adobe-after-effects-all-ver2\" width=\"300\" height=\"23\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is one of those <strong>After Effects<\/strong> tricks that looks WAY harder than it really is. In the <strong>After Effects tutorial<\/strong> below I&#8217;ll show you how to take a picture of a room and &#8216;magically&#8217; convert it into 3D. This effect is especially useful for video\/show opens or scene recreations.<\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial we&#8217;ll make use of the underutilized \u00a0<strong>Vanishing Point tool in Photoshop<\/strong> to define the walls and dimensions of the room in our still image. This Photoshop feature makes creating the 3D room easy.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we&#8217;ll bring this model into <strong>After Effects<\/strong> where each wall will be broken into separate layers (with one parent that controls the entire &#8216;model&#8217;). 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