So I recently found the VoluMax 3D Photo Animator template available on Envato VideoHive for $55.This is an incredible plug in that allows you to use After Effects to create 4K photo animations of still photos giving them a fake 3d look. and the effects are incredibly effective.
I tried a couple of tests on my Surface Pro and the setup was quick and easy, though pretty brutal render times, though I am sure my tower would be much faster.
Here is an animation I did of a portrait of my lovely wife.
VoluMax Portrait Test from Jonah Lee Walker on Vimeo.
I am blown away by the portrait results! This is so impressive!
And this is a photo of a ww2 plane I took. it works, though not quite as well.
VoluMax WW2 Plane Test from Jonah Lee Walker on Vimeo.
I love the results. The plane warps a little strangely, but still impressive.
Volumax Landscape Test from Jonah Lee Walker on Vimeo.
This is an HDR shot I took in France. I can’t believe how great this looks!
So I also tried this image of buildings in Grand Turk.
VoluMax Buildings Test from Jonah Lee Walker on Vimeo.
You can certainly see the straight lines warp quite a bit, but the effects is still pretty impressive.
And I did another lanscape test and this is another place where VoluMax really shines!
VoluMax landscape tesr Xunantunich from Jonah Lee Walker on Vimeo.
I did this one without any lens flares or dust and the effect is very impressive!
This is such an impressive template! I look forward to using it in the future! Awesome!