How did they do it?

General Animation discussion
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Hi everyone,

I would love to have some clue on how the first sequences of this synfig animation video was done

youtube.com/watch?v=0_Jy_kvkOOo

And i mean that impression that a camera is filming and moving downward…I don’t know how to put it sorry :blush: …hope you understand.
Which tool do you think they used? zoom? Or what is it? I couldn’t figure it out.

Thanks in advance.

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The multiplane effect is made by moving the three planes and the camera at the same time. The scene is break down in four planes:

  • Front Trees and ground (red line)
  • Second plane foliage (cyan line)
  • Mountains (yellow line)
  • Sky - moon

They are move relative to each others from separated vertically to final composition. At the same time the framed area moves from top to down giving the illusion of a stereoscopic multiplane camera.

-G
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Thanks Genete, this shows the wonderful things one can do using Synfig. When I first started using synfig, i didn’t expect it to be that performing and to offer so many options. Synfig holds a lot of hidden treasures :slight_smile: , one just needs to go and explore.

Once again thanks for your help

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Agree with Genete…But you can zoom the camera to add more effects :slight_smile: