Moving scenery first person perspective

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I am working on an animation from a first person perspective of someone driving down the street. How do I give the effect of buildings continuously passing by?

My Idea is to have two background images, one overlaying the other and change the Z access magnitude for each at different rates so that as one comes out of view you see the other moving toward you. Then make the first image transparent and reverse the Z magnitude back to it's origin and then increase the opacity again. Repeating the same thing with the second image and then setting those key frames to loop.

The theory is sound but I
a. Can't help but thinking I'm doing it the complicated way.
b. Can't help but wondering if I am reinventing the wheel.

If anyone of you LM members knows how to do it please enlighten me.

[shift]

Brainstorming some more. I'm wondering if switch layers would work. How would I get the smooth moving effect with switch layers?

[sbtamu]

I am working on an animation from a first person perspective of someone driving down the street. How do I give the effect of buildings continuously passing by?

My Idea is to have two background images, one overlaying the other and change the Z access magnitude for each at different rates so that as one comes out of view you see the other moving toward you. Then make the first image transparent and reverse the Z magnitude back to it's origin and then increase the opacity again. Repeating the same thing with the second image and then setting those key frames to loop.

The theory is sound but I
a. Can't help but thinking I'm doing it the complicated way.
b. Can't help but wondering if I am reinventing the wheel.

If anyone of you LM members knows how to do it please enlighten me.

There is nothing wrong with doing it this way. You could even do it this way in 3D.

[Mikdog]

Strangely enough I did a test tonight of some 3D buildings made in AS.

PM me your email address and I'll send it your way.