Pandemic Film: Monkeys Shopping

The initial five shots in the film being assembled in Premiere Pro had many layers which I moved independently. Though animating these layers added some depth, I found that there is a way to get a much better effect suing depth maps. I ordered the program last night and need to spend time learning the interface. The first five shots will be the first shots I experiment on to achieve a look of deep space.

My pandemic series of paintings is on hold while I teach myself how to get the effect I want. It should be an exciting few weeks as I learn something new each day. YouTube has a surprising number of tutorials. I know exactly what I want to accomplish so my learning will be targeted in getting up to speed on how to achieve parallax.

Should anyone want to have their paintings come to life in deep space then what I post in the coming weeks should be of interest. Today I will be using After Effects for the first time. My plan is to always be working on scenes from this film in order to learn the basics of the program.