The Digital Matte Painting Handbook

Final Camera Move

Have you been wondering when you’d get rid of the border around the edge of the image? You’ll remove it when you select the final resolution for the animation, and add a camera move to tie the entire piece together.

Select all the layers in the SeasonsChangeForAE comp, and choose Layers ⇒ Pre-Compose, or use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Command/Ctrl+C. Name the new comp AllLayers, and choose Move All Attributes Into The New Composition. Now the SeasonsChangeForAE comp contains only the new AllLayers comp.

Reformatting the New Comp

The current composition is 3672 pixels × 2648 pixels—much too large for a usual render. You’ll reformat this comp to produce a more reasonably sized render and give it a more cinematic aspect ratio. ...