Seeing 10M views on any of my videos feels so UNREAL! Fun fact: I almost never uploaded this video, I remember creating it felt like a waste of time because of how much work was involved, and now it's literally changing the future of the entire channel. I hope you guys enjoy and find value in this tutorial. THANKS for watching! 😍🙏 📂Project files available on Patreon: bit.ly/2Yupyu0 🔈 Discord server: bit.ly/3qixniz 💻 My Current Setup: amzn.to/3BqTuc1
@@elgranpichiricky So AE is more interesting in terms of speed for basic animation of an image, but to add some layout elements, Blender is longer but interesting? I am a young landscape designer and I try to find tools and methods to communicate effectively without being professional on even more software ^^
@@MDMZ You can make small selections each time and do it many times, but of course sometimes you still need to fix them manually! By the way, awesome tutorial, every time I see the Capcut videos that are trending recently, I think of this video!
The train sound Fx, the blowing leaves, animated branches, sunflare and the SOFT edges of the layers with the overall scene vibration motion.. Are the things that gave life to your final work.. An infinite thank you for your tutorial sir !
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Dude, I don't photoshop at all. RU-vid algorithm hooked me up with this video. Now that being said, I have used photoshop before in the past, and this video makes me feel like I could become a pro in no time. Fantastic editing; Fantastic tutorial; Fantastic tips and tricks; and Amazing personality brotha.
9 years ago I visited Sziget and it was hands down the best vibe at a festival I have visited. Unforgettable week with two old friends. We have gone our own way since, but I'm sure we all reminisce about that summer with fondness.
@@JM1675 Yes, easily the best vibe/ spirit of any music festival I ever experienced. It was something else. Just walking around it was a joy, like floating (and I was completely sober).
MDMZ: **puts skyscrapers in Budapest** Me: “You and I remember Budapest very differently.” (Great tutorial video btw, and being myself a Hungarian, a huge upvote for using Budapest picture :) ❤ )
I got so many comments asking about my setup, I'm currently using an ACER laptop to edit, the same device was used to edit and record this tutorial and you can find the exact model here: amzn.to/3BqTuc1 👈
i do not subscribed any YT channels last months or years but at this time my hand automatically did it because of the good stuff and humbleness of this guy, what a man, keep up the good work.
I really cannot believe something like this is actually free... You're amazing. I don't have the funds to support you over on patreon, but I just wanna let you know I appreciate your work so much
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100k views?! I'm blown away 😱 I'm reading all the comments and trying to answer as many questions as I can, I'd love to hear from you guys about what kind of videos you want to see next, let me know :) Join me on Discord: bit.ly/3qixniz Project Files: bit.ly/2Yupyu0
I watched this video years ago and it shows how much Photoshop has improved, because all of the time consuming, painstaking stuff in this video can be done almost instantly in 2024. Glad I came back to this, because it's super easy to do now.
@@MDMZ I haven't tried anyting yet, but I was thinking of how generative fill and neural fllters would make a lot of what you were doing in the video take only seconds now.
you explain everything so clearly im really impressed. As a tip, i'd make every layer a smart object before transforming (as you did with the train) because photoshop makes those layers lower resolution and when you make them bigger they look blurry. The rest was spot on and I learned a few tricks too
Join me on Discord: bit.ly/3qixniz This is officially the longest tutorial I've ever uploaded. It was super challenging to create so I really hope you guys like it and find it useful ♥ PS: if you're experienced and don't wanna watch a 30mins long tutorial, play the video in x2 speed (the voice-over sounds hilarious tho 😂)
I love this tutorial, it combines selecting, cleaning, reconstruction, camera work, animation all in one. This should definitely be a "must try" for beginners even if they don't want to make this specifically, but the amount of tricks and knowledge you can learn from this is really useful. Later on you can use all this information and make new correlations for new type of work. Thank you!!
I know I’ll probably lose my mind trying to use this technique but nonetheless, this is simply a great video, it’s concise and very clear and easy to understand
Don't forget by adding the perspective of the shadow animation from the train according to the perspective of the object shadows on the ground or depending where the light source in the scene is coming from would also help in creating a realistic look to the scene as well. Nice video!!!
The first time i did this was in 720x576 in 1999 , seeing this done years later in such nice definition means that i'm going to revisit this!! Many projects the 3d guys at work thought they would be doing certain parts of the job, however AE used to do so much more than they expected, One of the cool things about becoming a 3d guy was being an AE guy first..!!! Cannot imagine how much harder my job would be if i had not come the route i did. Brilliant video!! thank you for sharing.
Instead of: - create new layer - select fill tool - change color to red - click empty area of canvas You can: - create solid color layer - select red Not only is it half the steps, but the color can easily be change by double-clicking the solid color layer
Or shorten it further by having the layer mask selected. And hitting the “ | “ key on the keyboard. * Or “q” as one of the other comments suggested. What that does is give the layer mask a red colour for all the “transparent” areas. (: Edit: didn’t get a chance to go though the comments and it was mentioned already my bad xD
Bro I need you to know you're really awesome for posting this. I haven't been this engaged in a tutorial in a while. The speed of which you teach, the background music not being too loud and the over all quality of this is perfect. Earned a sub from me. Looking forward to more uploads. Respect!
Unmentioned things that were in the final composition: animated dust, leaves, tree motion/warp, camera shake, train noise. Things that might improve the composition: Changing rate of zoom... fast then slower. Also animating a wisp of her hair fluttering in the wind (or fold of clothing). Excellent work, really good stuff.
thanks for your comment:) I wanted to focus more on the parallax part, such details are just an extra creative touch that's not essential for the parallax effect to work!
Bro i rarely like any videos, but yours is a must, perfect guide, simple and easy to understand, great quality and results, congrats man your work is sick
At a point in life I found myself laying paths w/the pen tool to lacrosse heads/mesh, full-size soccer goals, soccer, lacrosse and rugby hard and soft goods. Everyone, at some point thinks they can knock it out quicker or easier . . . To avoid the zen detail and precision, which is silhouetting objects with the pen tool. Gotta own it. Thanks for spreading the word that these processes require patience and time for all involved.
Great tutorial. Very well explained. The only suggestion I have is that the shadow for the train was coming straight towards the camera instead of being angled towards the lower-right, as the other shadows were. Otherwise, this whole scene could easily pass as a movie clip. Love it!
Damn this guy spends tons of time not only just making the final product, but then goes through and takes the time to explain how to do it all, good work man!! I loved it!!
So I took an After Effects course in college and to be quite honest I think I have learned more from you in this 30 minute video than I did in that entire semester. It was a basics to after effects I suppose and we did learn everything from scratch not knowing a single bit of knowledge of this program. However as advanced as I'm sure this is, the break down you did with this project made it seem so simple. With being able to see the keys you are pressing on the screen as well as telling us exactly what you are doing makes this video incredible. You have an incredible art talent as well as an act for teaching. This is the first video I've watched of yours so if you are a teacher your doing and incredible job. If you aren't a teacher then you have an amazing act for teaching. I would highly encourage you to teach. Keep up the amazing work and I hope you continue to make tutorials like this!
Very good tutorial! I found it really useful. I appreciate how the final product exists in its own reality which is not really any specific city in general. It clearly has a European feel in the foreground (Budapest, as I've seen in the comments), but we know it isn't because of the skyscrapers. And then at the same time, anyone who recognizes the Sears Tower will see that the skyline is Chicago, but also that this scene could never exist because there is no land where this photo was taken. At first that sort of bugged me, but I actually really like the fact that this is a totally manufactured scene that combines European and American city life. Very nice!
Free advice but the Adobe suite costs a bomb these days. Sadly you need a good solid income to support playing with it now. Years ago the program was a free throw away bundled with PC hardware. Funny how everyone forgets so fast.
its literally 20 dollars a month for the entire suite with photoshop, premier, lightroom, after effects, cloud, spark etc. its never been cheaper, ever 10 years ago all those things were like 5 grand together
@@sunburst8810 Thats the student price, it's $78 per month in Australia. Sorry for the reality check it's an expensive suite that way back in time was a free handout with hardware purchases.
It's amazing how much I just learned in 30 mins... Very simple, straight to the point, and did not stray from what I needed to know. Very well done tutorial!
Hello You can always Press alt + backspace to fill the forground colour instead of painting with brush after selecting. Hope you like this trick, If you liked please mention me on your following videos. ❤️
having the red color in the background to spot anything you missed was really smart, i recently learned that just with my simple art and its a life saver
Amazing video but at 26:55 the train shadow will be in line with the rail as the way you put it,it was at the same position as the bottom of then fence which is solid. So the train shadows can go through it.
Hopefully that made sense. Aka the shadow needed to be moved down towards thrhe bottom of the frame, as you can see the fence shadow that's right on the edge of the frame. Where the train extends above the rail, so it would be at the bottom of the screen but mostly cut off
@@MDMZ thanks. The ground plain thing helped me alot because I've only done it before with images that have no ground aka couldn't do car photos. Now with this knowledge a cool car 3d effect might be possible 😲
This is all wellll above my skill level, but I watched with fascination from beginning to end! I didn't even know something like this was possible -- Amazing work! Thanks for sharing it all with us.
thank you so much for this! I was just beginning to work on photoshop for digital art so this was such a huge help (the shortcuts and the tools on the interface) plus the animation was just fantastic!
Bravo. Standing Ovation. This actually gave me goose bumps. I would love to you create another world scene. Like something from Avatar. Using a scene from Earth and create new flora and fauna, planets in the sky etc. You are another level. GOD MODE.
Respect for your expertise bro. the amount of clicks this video gets with only 130k followers show that you did a nice job. on the other hand it's really unpleasing for me to see so many people are into creating fake picture stuff these days though, yeah call me boomer
Thats a nice easy tutorial to understand how to set motion on after effects , would be nice to see you adding movement to a old picture like somebody riding a bycicle or a car, or war pictures a plane flying by or a ship .
Quick shadow tip from an artist, dont use black, use a very Dark desaturated Purple and in Photoshop change the option left to the opacity option to Soft light (im not sure if AE has this tool, but you can copy paste it into a new layer and just match the train motion) :D
Nice tutorial! I had it in my recommendation for quite a while but didn't watch it until now. I like that you're just talking quietly and making it as easy for everyone to understand. Some tutorials are by people who are super loud and just talk way too much about unnecessary things
Came across ur video.. and wow this opens up a whole new world for me.. I have 25+ years of photoshop experience and learning after effects would take my work to whole other level.. awesome video thanks.. 🙌
4:45 You can just select those area which you need to remove with quick remove tool and then erase it with brush.... after that if you think edges are not perfect you know we have rush and layer mask.
Amazing tutorial!! Hope my professor in school can teach students just like you, showing all the work process instead asking us to do uncountable readings
I just wanna say this video saved me on my assignment as what u just did with the still images was what I needed to do for my assignments even the camera panning forwards Thank you so MUCH. FYI The environment was a futuristic city in the horizon of a sunset as the camera panned towards the city
