Apple Motion 5: "CAMERA PROJECTION" TUTORIAL - PART ONE

[@cinema8564]

Your videos always seems to have a timeless benefit, I think because you spell out the thought or conceptual basis, so one can not only SEE what knobs are turned but WHY they are chosen and HOW they do what they do. Thanks.

[@SimonUbsdell]

Thank you.

[@RoryKnighton]

Wow. Just stumbled across your channel from another video recommending you in the comments. Superb tutorials. Absolute goldmine of content. Bravo sir! 🙌

[@juanfernino]

Please never stop making these! You are the best! Thank you for all your help

[@SwanSycorax]

Absolutely brilliant. I am a total beginner with Motion 5 with so much to learn but tutorials like this give me something to really aim for.

[@joshgreenwalt508]

This is an absolutely insane tutorial. Seriously next level stuff and even crazier it's 8 years old.

[@coffeebreakandtalk8529]

The best tutorials on YT. Thanks Simon.

[@SimonUbsdell]

+CoffeeBreakAndTalk Thanks very much - glad you like them!

[@kcwhat]

Simon, you are a wonderful teacher for the motion 5 community. These use cases are fabulous. Much appreciated.

[@SimonUbsdell]

Thank you very much indeed. Do make sure to check out the other two tutorials in this "camera mapping" series which I think help to explain the concept behind this a bit better.

[@tstyles]

I was a beginner in Motion 5 but by following your process step by step, I'm far more comfortable than I would've ever been! You single handedly explained the majority of the sections I experienced difficulty with this SINGLE tutorial. An angel!

[@SimonUbsdell]

+T Styles That's great to hear, thank you :)

[@mathewwalsh1]

Came back to this gem for a refresher - Thanks Simon.

[@CLAudio-pn6qf]

Superb. Thank you Simon. A great combination of great technical know-how and artistic talent, not to mention your generosity in sharing it all with us all.

[@laseptaine]

Really great tutorial. Step by step but surely, clear and accurate. Special big up to you Simon !

[@crabtrem8]

How did I miss these until now. I had to remember to turn on notifications for your channel. You never cease to amaze me and boggle my mind. No one would ever be without Motion after watching what you can do with it. Thank you.

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Michael Crabtree Welcome back, Michael, and thanks for watching :)

[@MarcelHuguenin]

This is fascinating and very well explained! Thank you for sharing this.

[@manaspaul869]

Amazingly beautiful! Light of brilliance

[@profcheese]

You really are a legend - I would call you Mr Motion but that could mean so many different things!! So much to learn - so little time! Thanks for all of your tutorials - so clear that even I can follow them. :)

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Paddy Hill Yes, "Mr Motion" could be a slightly unfortunate name ;-) Thanks for your kind comments.

[@hw8621]

Simon, I just happened upon your tutorial today and man what an awesome tutorial. I never thought you could do that in Motion. I only thought this type of advance effect was only possible in a 3D animation program that cost thousands. Thank you so much for showing us the way! Howard

[@LeeBailes]

Amazing. Loving this attention to such an overlooked program

[@Andysfishing]

This looks very cool. I wonder if I can use it on my fishing videos? You make the best Motion 5 tutorials.

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Andy's Fishing I don't know what you had in mind but this works really nicely with landscape shots, for example, so it's worth experimenting. I'd be happy to advise on a particular shot if you want to email me. Thanks for your support. S.

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Andy's Fishing That's really a different sort of technique where you simply need to rotoscope out the foreground, and possibly recreate sections of the background if you are wanting to do any sort of pronounced camera move. I'll see if I can dig out out some pointers on how to do that. (Great video, BTW!)

[@Andysfishing]

Simon Ubsdell thank you Simon. I'm pretty sure you are talking about a similar technique to the 2.5D effect, is that right? If so I know what you mean. Thanks for the video comment, if you ever have an idea about what else (camera angle/editing/etc) may make my videos POP! I'd like to hear them. Cheers.

[@theatheobhv]

Großartige Tutorials, großartiger Kanal, angenehme Stimme - vielen Dank Herr Ubsdell! Great tutorials, great channel, charming voice- thank you very much Simon!

[@alexisjohanson4454]

Very exciting to see this part of the production process! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@SimonUbsdell]

Thanks for you comment. Please do check out the other two tutorials in this series (see the comments) which go into this in more detail. But also note that this technique is a cheat's version of camera projection rather than the real thing - which Motion can't actually do.

[@JEJE-si1dx]

Very nice tutorial. I came to believe that you can do almost anything with Motion 5. Thank you.

[@Temersson]

Beautiful! Clear, easy to follow and precise. I thank you, Sir!

[@chsstudio-hangkepvideo4536]

I have newer seen so clear and understandable tutorial like this before. Congratulation for your excellent work!

[@SimonUbsdell]

+CHS Studio - hang, kép, videó Thank you very much.

[@KnightBott]

Insanely good video. Thank you so much for your work and time. Pure eye candy!

[@PavlosKavadiasTrackingOn]

Hi, I just discovered your tutorial and I admit it is one of the best I watched. It is simply explained and the fact that it is built from zero helped me understand many things. I used to work with After effects but I think I prefer Motion because is more intuitive. I want to combine backgrounds made with apple motion and hand animation, so I will check your other videos. Keep up the good work!

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Wow. I am getting Motion based on the quality of these tutorials. And look Ma, no dislikes. (That's quite an accomplishment in itself.)

Great! Love to watch your awesome tutorials Simon. Thank you so much for sharing them.

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Pekka Järvensivu It is my pleasure. Great to know that I have a Finnish audience :)

Simon Ubsdell well, actually swedish but with finnish roots. Thanks again.

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Pekka Järvensivu Ah, apologies. I thought I was being clever recognising a Finnish-looking name. But Swedish is great too, of course!!

+Simon Ubsdell hey np at all :-)

[@checkyofacts8126]

Once again a masterpiece!! I just love your work.

[@TheBobSingleton]

Absolutely masterful! Thank you for sharing so much with the motion graphics community here!!!!

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Bob Singleton Thanks, Bob.

[@AdamLoretz]

Amazing tutorial as always Simon

[@onestooge]

Awesome. Great job. Thanks.

[@FozzyJ85]

excellent tutorial. Thanks.

[@pavlosavagianos6398]

Excellent tutorials Simon.Thanks!

[@OliverBunz]

Thanks a lot Simon for your tutorials. Some of them did really help me for my music videos.

[@afa257]

Fantastic!!! I loved it!! Congratulations and thanks for this great tutorial!

[@NaturalGallantBodybuilding]

Great work. Hard to follow a bit at first due to my limited experience with the grid part, but awesome tutorial nevertheless! thanks for uploading. I look forward to more Motion 5 tutorials from you.

[@Flight72]

Simon, sir you are fenomenal!! Amazing!! I've to try to replicate it following your steps! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!

[@ROSSKRISTIAN]

this is dope!! finding your tutorials very helpful thank you

[@loveitf]

This is really good tutorial. You showed me a lot. Thanks.

[@Alex4DGollner]

Great stuff. Hope you are free to go to the FCPX Creative Summit next year. I'm sure they'd love to have you teach some sessions!

[@11dremoss]

Incredible work fam

[@seventhsevenmedia]

This is fanstastic. Thank You!

[@doingnothingatwork]

This was freakin' amazing! Thank you so much!

[@JoshuaPictures]

How to you think of all this stuff?! Its amazing!

[@rcoldman]

This is really an outstanding tutorial. I'm very grateful for this. Subscribing, and I'm locked on to learn from you!

[@vantomas7815]

Simon your tutorials are great. Maybe sometime you can make a tutorial how create a waterfall?

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Harald Führer A waterfall, huh? That's quite a challenge - but an interesting one, thanks for the suggestion!

[@a_nick_t]

Nicely done Simon!

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Nick Toth Thanks, Nick.

[@jrosaflow]

Awesome tutorial! Keep more coming please! :)

[@Sjaubi-qf6wd]

i think it would be awsome if you can make a tutorial on this . it would give the 3d room a purpose.

[@SecretSpyStudios]

You are a miracle worker.

[@raybrown4557]

You are a beast. Wow. Nice work.

[@photographingdestinations4130]

Great work!

[@pd1jdw630]

Love it, can't wait to have my own mac.

[@alexismaskio5299]

c'est vraiment stylé ce que tu as fait

[@tompen]

Hi so good video!! thumbs up(Y)(Y)(Y)! one ask.. When i adjust the grid in scale and use the X, the grid moves forwards and little bit backwards, why does the grid move backward? i cant solve it :/ in youre video 3:52sec does youre grid stay stil on the left side!

[@E.s3_old]

if I resize the Picture I will get many problem , I need to solve the first input the picture and resize it without get the error in the Grid Crop step

[@anly0130]

Dear Simon is possible to make Rain stop effect in motion ? Wish u can make a tutorial...thanks so much

[@anly0130]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3PZgH2vn9OghKM like this is possible made in motion5?

[@SimonUbsdell]

Try this rain tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWm8aoGCfMqSoKc Or this new one on water bubbles: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWHdmX6EZbOsgrc

[@fossekoivogui2938]

You are the best I have so amazing thank for everything

[@unityhPyros]

Just like in afterfx.... Great Tutorial 👍🏻

[@KnightBott]

Hi Simon, I'd LOVE to see you do a video on adding rain "splashes" into a scene like this one. I cannot seem to find anyone who is doing this. Kind of like a rainy alley way. Everyone does rain on windows or just rain. I see ripples in FCP, but not in Motion.

[@rwcguitar]

Man you are amazing! I wish I had your skills...

[@clubvipvbc]

great effect, but unfortunately the speed you go through the instructions is to fast form a beginner like me, can you recommend a channel that goes through motion at a slower pace?

[@SusanCatherine]

This is amazing!

[@themorkieguide9996]

WOW Great tut!

[@imageblogger2142]

Amazing. You gifted so much. I wanted badly to learn how this effect was done. Q : can you stop halfway down the alley, turn +/- 90degs, and play with the what's in front of you, the wall; where you could place a pic so as to make it a grungy gallery walk thru? Then... adventure into the image on the wall and explore what's in background space of that image? What an adventure. Really like to know if this scenario is possible. I think it must be after viewing your very technical video. Love to know. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Hugs, Mal

[@SimonUbsdell]

Glad you like this technique. Make sure you check out the other two tutorials in this series which take this on quite a lot further. As to your question, you need to remember that your photo won't have very much resolution at all if you start to look at it from the side, so you'll be fairly limited in what you can use. But if you were to shoot a side angle view of your scene, then you would have a lot more flexibility. Another idea would be to add a completely new image, like a poster, that you could align to the side wall and get the resolution that way. Hope that helps a bit. It's kind of tricky to explain ...

[@imageblogger2142]

Simon Ubsdell of course. I am watching them now. Thank you so much. This knowledge is unreal. So in other words, create a new animation to go to when you turn 90deg and look at the wall image? I think that would work. I'll share a youtube vid link later. What I'm trying to achieve. Mal

[@SimonUbsdell]

Np, you don't need a new animation. Just place your new image in the right position in 3D space and it should work fine.

[@imageblogger2142]

Simon Ubsdell Thanks heaps. This is a whole brand new creative world for this old man. I appreciate you so much.

[@SimonUbsdell]

Please feel free to email me if you would like some more detailed advice on anything - you can find my address in the About tab above.

[@fernandodisla7467]

Excellent tutorials! thanks sU

[@treverpetty8464]

Is there a way you could put a box holding something at the end of the alley that the camera looks into at the end?

[@SimonUbsdell]

+trever petty Have a look at Part Threee of this tutorial here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKOmqKaufL11h9U for how to create 3D objects using a variant of this technique. Hope that helps.

[@coryjeffreys5146]

I made my numbers exactly as your but my grid is off I don't understand what I did wrong everything was going great up to this point?

[@armaanchanana]

Mindblown

[@protibadikontho]

I can't do the floor transformation Have tried atleast 4 times, but the xy rotation ends in a horizonal straight line across the center...aaargh

[@TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

Why are you cloning some layers and duplicating others? What would be the difference? I don’t have this software but I’m considering it.

[@SimonUbsdell]

I did a tutorial that explains clones which you can find here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXKsm5Rof7ZnnMk

[@max_pin]

Another great tutorial. I've tried camera projection in AE and find it a confusing process for some reason. This makes more sense to me. I was wondering though about the floor. You didn't seem to mask out the walls from the floor layer, and it didn't seem to be behind the walls, so I would have expected to have seen some odd distortion of that area when moving the camera. But it looked fine. Does it just not matter or did I miss a step?

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Design Your Own Card Good question about the floor. The answer is that the excess image at the sides of the floor is being masked by the walls, just as the excess at the bottom of the walls is being masked by the floor - since these together form a genuine 3D shape in 3D space. You'll notice that when I track back too far with the camera, you can see all those excess areas. One could mask them off, but there's no need. I hope that makes sense - you'll see more clearly if you build it and have a look around the scene.

[@max_pin]

+Simon Ubsdell Oh, right. The geometry itself is doing the masking. Makes perfect sense; thanks.

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Design Your Own Card Yes, that's a better way of putting it. Anyway, no need to go to the extra trouble of masking by hand, which is a bonus.

[@GavinMcAuley]

Thank you for your tutorial Simon. Another question? IS motion as good as After Effects?

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Gavin McAuley Good question! The answer really depends on the type of project you are working on. For many purposes, Motion is as good as After Effects and has the benefit of being a lot quicker because it can harness the GPU in ways that Ae still can't manage. The fact remains that After Effects is a lot more powerful in terms of its overall toolset and extensibility, as well as its enormous support ecosystem, so from that point of view there is no contest.

[@GavinMcAuley]

+Gavin McAuley Many thanks Simon. I am not an expert. So I think learning motion will be enough for now. Thanks again.

[@BrianPex]

Hey man. I’m a photoshop crazed person and have run several workshops on it. However I want to begin creating top notch video post production work for KZbin and also master classes to market. I use ScreenFlow and have Final Cut. I’m in the process of learning more about Final Cut but I also have bought Motion. Where is the best place to begin learning motion? There is so much I want to do and I have a creative mind. I just need the best direction to start.. thanks

[@SimonUbsdell]

By far the best place to start is with Mark Spencer's Ripple Training for Motion - nothing else is as good: www.rippletraining.com/products/motion/getting-started-in-motion-5/

[@johnnyinch1010]

Really impressive!

[@mihimarugt520]

非常快速！再次感谢你！！

[@rap819]

That was great!

[@E.s3_old]

I have problem on the 1st part after Crop the left group, if I check the crop with the reference group the clone Picture is not appear , Please tell me what is that problem & what is the solution ?

[@E.s3_old]

this problem is caused by I Opposite the picture

[@FcP37]

You are a GENIUS.

[@coryjeffreys5146]

I'm running 5.4.3 does that matter?

[@Chrisreedbeats]

Awesome Stuff Thank you

[@patrickgoethals3235]

I'm assuming the image should be 1920x1080. and the end point in the middle to make this work. is this correct? thx 4 the vid.

[@SimonUbsdell]

As I point out in the description this method won't work in all cases, which is why I made this follow-up tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2XRhJWBi76WsM0

[@pkmntrainersergio]

Simon, would I be able to chroma key myself in something like this to show like I'm walking down?

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Sergio Garcia Yes, you could - that would work very nicely.

[@pkmntrainersergio]

+Simon Ubsdell perhaps you would be willing to do this for me? On commission of course I'm nowhere near this great and it's all about (meat | team- work)

[@MsTokies]

any chance to get the project file?

[@BenHappyVlog]

great. i cdid it :-D i am Happy. thank you for the tutorial :-D

[@SeninkikacvitesBlogspot]

Very cool project. Is this image file or movie ?

[@SimonUbsdell]

This is a still image, which you can download here if you want to recreate this project: tokyo-uk.com/Motion/AlleyComp.jpg.zip

[@SeninkikacvitesBlogspot]

Thanks for answer. So cool, perfect. Thank you again. Take care

[@VincentMIESCH]

aie Simon , i begun to work with motion 5 not so long ago , and I don't understand 1 thing with camera . May you help me???. When I add a thing after I begin to move the camera ; this thing don't move according to the movements of my cams . Do you have a solution? Thank's for your tutorial , I love them!!!!

[@rodolfoelgert1102]

Great, very well, Thanks very much

[@TheAirsoftGuys]

That was f**king amazing! Thank you

[@Sjaubi-qf6wd]

how can i place a green screen image like myself into the projection

[@SimonUbsdell]

Simply use the built-in keyer and position yourself wherever you want within the scene making sure that your keyed layer is 3D not 2D.

[@GeococcyxHappyRunR]

Super Simon! thank 2 share.

[@slapdashrapper]

Am I right in thinking that this doesnt work if the corners of the floor arent right in the corner of the screen ?

[@SimonUbsdell]

That's right. For situations like that, you will want to have a look at Part Two of this tutorial which gets a bit more precise with the method: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2XRhJWBi76WsM0

[@slapdashrapper]

I tried it with this image lovelace-media.imgix.net/uploads/275/ec04ade0-e2e5-0132-ceea-0e01949ad350.png? It would NOT work when I tried to do the walls. Is the angle too extreme?

[@SimonUbsdell]

Were you trying this with the method from Tutorial Part Two or the much less reliable method in Part One?

[@slapdashrapper]

Part two. I have tried your method with another image with perfect success (thanks by the way), but every time I tried it with this one image it would break.

[@SimonUbsdell]

Hmmm - there is not reason it wouldn't work with that image. In fact the method is foolproof for corridors like this. The only issue would be the protruding pillars which are both wall and ceiling and would require a bit of extra finessing. If I have time, I'll build the project with this image for you. In the meantime, maybe have a look at Part Three of the tutorial, which should hep you understand how the principle works for literally any 3D object with straight sides, as well as showing how to accommodate extruded elements such as your pillars in this example.

[@guguemichaels]

How can I contact you direct for a film project?? Thanks!

[@SimonUbsdell]

You can reach me at [e-mail].

[@Paddy_Mac]

Just wow!

[@rashavisuals1194]

soo cool thank you

[@CreativaRecordsMarvinBoj]

wooowwww! gracias por compartir!!!

[@Mario-AV]

you live in japan? im in Brazil

[@SimonUbsdell]

+Mario Viera Olá. No, I'm in London not Japan - Tokyo is just the name of the company. Confusing, I know ...

[@JoshuaPictures]

Hey simon! I was trying this effect and i was trying to use masks along with it but they kept distorting in very weird ways... Is there a way to use masks alongside this technique?

[@SimonUbsdell]

+JoshuaPictures With this particular method you shouldn't need masks as the geometry masks itself, but if you want to email me your still and explain what you need I'd be happy to take a look. Please note that I am working on a new tutorial for a more sophisticated version on this effect, so if you are having difficulties, you may want to wait for that. This example only really works for very simple set-ups.

[@JoshuaPictures]

+Simon Ubsdell Thanks! I'll wait for the next tutorial.

[@SimonUbsdell]

+JoshuaPictures I think it should be much more helpful - I just wanted to show the basics of the idea in the first tutorial, but in this next one we will really gets to grips with the technique. Coming very soon, I hope.

[@SimonUbsdell]

+JoshuaPictures It's here already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2XRhJWBi76WsM0 Hope that works for you. Let me know if you need any further help.

[@georgeluna6217]

How do you decide where you put the grid in each copy of the image in more "complex" images like this for example? imgur.com/a/jyj6ulF

[@SimonUbsdell]

Try this follow-up tutorial for a more advanced method: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2XRhJWBi76WsM0

[@georgeluna6217]

@@SimonUbsdell thank you but again is difficult to me to understand what decisions I have to make to convert such a complicated image @t from 2D to 3D and add cameras lights and probably 3D objects. A corridor is an "easier" concept to think what parts of the image have to be cut and transformed to 3D.. I am new at this so I try to understand the thinking behind. I do not know if there is something that I can read maybe to start understand the basics for these transformations..? Thanks again and happy new year!

[@thebluesmiler2864]

@Simon Ubsdell is the photo copyrighted?

[@SimonUbsdell]

No, it's not.