Course
Skills Expanded
After Effects CC Compositing
In this course, you will learn how to properly composite footage using Adobe After Effects CC.
What you'll learn
In this course you will learn how to properly composite footage using Adobe After Effects CC. The course starts off by discussing how to use specific filming techniques when it comes to compositing. Next you'll learn how to create a project, complete with pre-composing your footage, masking, tracking, keying, animating, stabilizing, and color correction. You'll also learn how to construct elements missing from footage, add realistic elements like shadows, and much more.
Table of contents
Introduction
20mins
Preparing Your Project File
12mins
Tracking and Masking the Skateboard
44mins
- Creating a Null Object for Tracking Data 2m
- Tracking the Wheels 6m
- Creating a Solid Layer 3m
- Masking the Skateboard 6m
- Creating the Skateboard Track Matte 2m
- Feathering and Expanding the Mask 3m
- Correcting the Mask 7m
- Parenting Your Mask to the Tracking Data 3m
- Animating the Mask 7m
- Polishing the Mask Animation 3m
- Adding in the Background Footage 3m
Keying, Stabilizing, and Animating Footage
33mins
Building the Rear Wheels
23mins
Adding the Exhaust Footage
43mins
- Creating a Precomp for Exhaust Tracking 4m
- Creating Null Object for Exhaust Tracking Data 2m
- Tracking the Exhaust Port 3m
- Correct the Exhaust Port Track 6m
- Copying Tracking Data to your Precomp 2m
- Applying Exhaust Footage to Composition 4m
- Correcting the Tracking Movement 3m
- Color Correcting the Exhaust Footage 3m
- More Corrections to Exhaust Footage 3m
- Looping the Exhaust Footage 5m
- Copying Exhaust Footage for Second Port 5m
- Creating a Precomp for Organization 4m
Building the Bottom of the Skateboard
47mins
Replacing the Exhaust Port and Foot
28mins
Applying Color Correction
26mins
Creating the Subject's Shadow
19mins
Adding a Shaky Cam Effect
18mins
Conclusion
4mins