Integrating Titles and Graphics into Footage in After Effects
In this series of tutorials, we'll talk about some different ways to integrate titles and graphics into moving footage.
What you'll learn
In this series of tutorials, we'll talk about some different ways to integrate titles and graphics into moving footage. We will start with a problematic shot containing a large body of water that is hard to track. We'll use the 3D camera tracker built into After Effects to give us tracking information. Next we'll figure out what we can do to anchor the 2D text without using the water in our shot and how to make our text look like it belongs there. Next we'll utilize the ability to extrude text with the Ray-traced renderer to create a more 3D looking title with lights and shadows for our city scene. And finally we'll create an animated graphic that we'll integrate into a nature scene and learn how to overcome time-mapped footage when using the camera tracker. By the end of this training, you will have an understanding of how the 3D camera tracker works, how to get around some of the limitations of using the Ray-traced 3D renderer, and a few ways that can help your titles and graphics look more integrated in your own projects.
Table of contents
- Setting up Our Project 6m
- Creating the Text for Our Scene 5m
- Creating a Believable Reflection 10m
- Drowning Our Text 4m
- Integrating Extruded Text with Footage 11m
- Casting Shadows on Our Text 9m
- Adding the Finishing Effects for Our Project 10m
- Integrating Graphic Animations into Footage 8m
- Creating the Graphic for Our Nature Scene 11m
- Creating Exit Animations 4m
- Tracking Our Footage 7m
- Adding the Finishing Touches 5m