Animation Question

whiskeytangofoxtrot

Hello All,

I am trying to make a sort of zoom in and fly-over animation of my 2d high-resolution product documents for a video portfolio.

Here is what I am trying to go for:

Youtube Video

This was done in Sketchup, which apparently wont export high resolution video of imported images. I changed the Preferences setting to "high resolution textures", and it shows up in SU as high resolution, but they export in 72 dpi, apparently.

Please let me know how this can be done in high quality, and what I would need to do it. Or, possibly point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Brandon

Dave R

So you have imported an image of that document page into SketchUp and then you are panning across it to create the animation?

It seems to me you would be better off to use something specifically intended for what you want to do. A video editor ought to allow you to do this and get better image quality. there are some video editors that offer the "Ken Burns Effect" as a preset. That would give you what you want. See this.

whiskeytangofoxtrot

Thanks Dave.

"So you have imported an image of that document page into SketchUp and then you are panning across it to create the animation?"

Exactly.

I have Blender, which is freeware, but its interface is incomprehensible and it seems extremely slow at dealing with animations.

I think I will try downloading a trial version of After Effects...

Youtube Video

Dave R

That makes sense.

Use the right tool for the job.