Here, let's create a parallax video inside After Effects without using any third-party plugins. then let's get into it.

    First, we created a new composition and as a first step, we separated the main object from our photo, Here in my case the mosque was the main object so I made separated it from the image using Roto-Brush.

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    Then we used Content-Aware fill to separate the sky from the photo. for that, we masked the object and all the obstacles contained in the image using Pen-Tool. But this step is not compulsory if you use an image from external sources as background. So you may skip it.

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    And We rendered those images as jpeg and png sequences.

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    Then Import the images we have rendered. Then shift the pictures to 3D. After that, change the z-axis position of the Background layer to 4000. and create a camera layer and animate it by giving keyframes to its position.

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    Then we made clouds using an effect called "Fractal Noise" (Watch the video; can't explain it only with text, Kindly asking you to watch the video).

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    after we had created an adjustment layer and applied the effect called "Lens Flare" and changed its lens type to "105mm Prime" and placed it in a better place in the video. Then applied the same steps to create parallax.

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Then we were done!

The final render!


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