Animated still test

Animated still test from Abbey Armstrong on Vimeo.
This is my first go at creating an animated still using photoshop and after effects. This image was made up of 8 different layers of images I got from google. It was quite time consuming to cut out the backgrounds from the images I wanted especially on objects like clouds or trees as they are not completely solid as light still passes through certain parts. To create this 3D effect using only 2D images we had to use the camera tool in after effects which I was new to. This tool allowed us to create depth of field and we could arrange the layers in a 3D space giving the look of them being different distances apart.