Digital Commons at Penn State

Camera mapping is a technique I first learned about at the NAB Show 2008 in Las Vegas. After seeing the technique demonstrated I immediately recognized the power of knowing such a technique and decided to commit myself to learning the skills necessary to achieve it. If you haven't heard about Camera Mapping or Camera Projection I will illustrate what it is and how it works.

Camera mapping is a process where we can use a simple photograph and turn it 3d, this allows us to setup camera movements and fly around this life like 3d image without the expense of all the rigging that would be necessary to create such shots in the real world. Camera Mapping is used extensively in Television and Feature Film production as a cost effective way to create background mattes, and establishing shots among other things. The process requires extensive use of Adobe Photoshop and some basic 3D, in my case I used Cinema 4D as the 3D application.