The After Effects VR Comp Editor

Name: The After Effects VR Comp Editor
Author: Ken Geary

In this chapter you will learn about what 360 video is and how to edit it in After Effects.

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Hello, welcome to this lesson in After Effects. In this lesson, we will explore what a 360 video is. A 360 video is either a video recorded with a special 360 degree, spherical lens camera, or a camera rig with multiple cameras arranged in a spherical configuration. The video footage is acquired and through software, stitched together into one composited clip. 360 footage can also be generated by 3D animation software. The footage can be viewed with a VR headset or within a web browser with the proper video player embedded allowing you to click and drag to view everywhere around the scene as the footage plays. The perspective mapping of this footage can be formatted in several ways. One type of image perspective mapping is a CubeMap, a CubeMap divides 360 video into six square images that are used as the individual faces of a cube. CubeMaps are most commonly viewed flat with the six faces unfolded. CubeMaps are one of the best ways to display the way 360 video works in 3D space. CubeMaps are popular in creating 360 environments within 3D game engines. The next type is a SphereMap. SphereMaps act like CubeMaps, but instead of the video being wrapped around the six faces of the cube is wrapped around a sphere. This is how web based video players interpret the footage with the virtual camera viewer on a mobile device or a virtual reality headset positioned inside the center of the sphere. The most popular type of mapping is the EquirectangularMap. This mapping perspective is more complex than others. These type of maps are often use as environment maps to 3D objects. The 360 video footage is unwrapped as a flat image. This is actually what a 360 video looks like before being played in a 360 compatible video player. This type of unwrap footage is an accurate 2D visualization, of 3D data, but isn't very useful for editing. This is just to give a basic understanding of how to work with 360 video. In the next lesson, we're gonna learn how to edit a 360 video in After Effects. Thanks for watching.

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Course Description

In this chapter you will learn about what 360 video is and how to edit it in After Effects.You will learn how to setup 360 video so you can view, add elements, and edit the video. You will see and understand how to render your edited footage and make video footage viewable in VR web browsers as well as Virtual Reality headsets.

What You'll Learn

Understand what 360 video is
Set up 360 video in After Effects so you can view, add elements, and edit it
Use the VR Toolset within After Effects to edit 360 footage
Render your final composition as VR footage
View rendered output in VR web browsers and Virtual Reality headsets

Key Takeaways

This chapter teaches what 360 video is and how to edit it in After Effects.
Setting up 360 video lets you view the footage, add elements, and edit the video.
The VR Toolset within After Effects is used to edit 360 video.
Edited footage can be rendered so it is viewable in VR web browsers and on Virtual Reality headsets.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this course cover?

It covers what 360 video is and how to edit it in After Effects, including setting up 360 video to view, add elements, and edit it, then rendering the footage so it is viewable in VR web browsers and Virtual Reality headsets.

What tools will I learn to use?

You will learn how to use the VR Toolset within After Effects to edit 360 video and render out your final composition as VR footage.

What skills does this course build?

It builds skills in Adobe After Effects, Google Display & Video 360, Linear Video Editing, Video Editing, Video Editing Software, and Video Mixing.

Where can I view the rendered 360 video?

The rendered output can be viewed in VR web browsers as well as Virtual Reality headsets.