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Create a Photo Montage with After Effects

CATEGORIES: Living In Layers | RC | June 22, 2009

Hey guys.. first off, wanted to apologize here for the late post (and double posting). Seems like a couple of things were off on the publishing software and while the posts were alive.. they werent in the section that they needed to be for you guys to see that. Consider it a PEBKAC error (Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair.. I love that one). Couple of tutorials, and a contest coming up here!

Create a Photo Montage with After Effects
Steve Holmes gives us a cool tutorial on how to create a Photo Montage with After Effects. Check it out:

” Lots of programs and plug-ins create cool photo montages easily and quickly—handy for such things as photo DVDs and slideshows. But what if you don’t have those programs or plug-ins, or you want something a little more creative (yet still as easy to replicate and reuse) using a software program you already own? A few tricks and techniques in After Effects will have you up and running in no time at all.

1 IMPORT SLIDESHOW ASSETS
In After Effects, double-click in the Project panel to bring up the Import File dialog, then locate and import the images you wish to use. For our project, I’m importing three folders of photos of yours truly training in the Italian Alps before a big race in Spain and one paper-texture image I downloaded from iStockphoto to use as a background. Note: Though not imperative, ensuring your snapshot images are all the same pixel size will make this project a breeze to complete at the end.”

If you want to follow along with the rest of the tutorial (and download the coursefiles to follow along) click on the link below:

Photo Montage with After Effects by Steve Holmes

Contest Time
Go to the Contact page, select the Layers Blog drop-down, then fill in your name, email address and answer to this week’s following question. Remember, the contest will end Thursday 5PM,. and the winner will be announced Friday morning.

The Contest Question: Dave Huss talks about the new Joby Gorillapod Focus in our online review. How many pounds can the Gorillapod Focus hold?

The Prize:A copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4 Real World HDR by Matt Kloskowski as well as a subscription to Layers Magazine!

Thanks for stopping in today everyone. Be sure to stop back in tomorrow!

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