How to make a video (masked) to face the camera all the time?

[digitalpopups]

Hello Zapworkers. I have video of a person poping out lf a card. Does anyone know how to make this person to always face the camera?
Thanks
Milenne

[Seb]

Hey Milenne,

Hope you’ve been well!

You can billboard an alpha video much like you would an image, or 3D model.

Check out the method to billboard around the Z axis mentioned in the thread below:

Billboarding around the Z-axis

Issue: When using a billboard group node and inputting the values [0,0,1] the result is not as expected. [com-optimize%20(1)] Affecting: ZapWorks Studio Workaround: Create a group node that will house the billboard group node and rotate it by 90 degrees in the X-axis. [com-optimize%20(2)] Place/create a billboard group node within the group node created in Step 1 and set the rotation around the Y-axis [0,1,0]. [com-resize] Add a third group node within the billboard group node from St…

Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any other questions.

All the best,
Seb

[digitalpopups]

Thanks Seb. That worked just fine