2015
Train Simple
Chad Troftgruben
5:00
English
In this course Chad Troftgruben will review how to properly composite footage using Adobe After Effects CC. He starts off by discussing how to use specific filming techniques when it comes to compositing. Next he'll show you 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.
1. Introduction
What You Will Learn in this Course
Prerequistis for this Course
Explanation of the Exercise Files
Creating a Keyable Green Screen
Explanation of Filming the Subject
Explanation of Filming the Background
Examining Use of Diffused Lighting
Using Proper Camera Equipment
2. Preparing Your Project File
Importing and Interpreting Footage
Setting Your Footage Inside a Comp
Creating Our First Precomp
Cleaning up the Project Panel
3. Tracking and Masking the Skateboard
Creating a Null Object for Tracking Data
Tracking the Wheels
Creating a Solid Layer
Masking the Skateboard
Creating the Skateboard Track Matte
Feathering and Expanding the Mask
Correcting the Mask
Parenting Your Mask to the Tracking Data
Animating the Mask
Polishing the Mask Animation
Adding in the Background Footage
4. Keying, Stabilizing and Animating Footage
Using KeyLite
Applying Warp Stabilizer to the Background
Adjusting Warp Stabilizer Settings
Other Methods for Fixing the Tiling Issue
Creating Movement for the Subject
Adding Rotation to the Subject
5. Building the Rear Wheels
Creating the Rear Wheels Precomp
Masking out the Rear Wheels
Scaling and Positioning the Rear Wheels
Correcting the Parallax Effect
Making Further Corrections with Easy Ease
6. Adding the Exhaust Footage
Creating a Precomp for Exhaust Tracking
Creating Null Object for Exhaust Tracking Data
Tracking the Exhaust Port
Correcting the Exhaust Port Track
Copying Tracking Data to your Precomp
Applying Exhaust Footage to Composition
Correcting the Tracking Movement
Color Correcting the Exhaust Footage
More Corrections to Exhaust Footage
Looping the Exhaust Footage
Copying Exhaust Footage for Second Port
Creating a Precomp for Organization
7. Building the Bottom of the Skateboard
Preparing the Wood Texture
Darkening the Wood Texture
Applying Fast Blur and Bezier Warp
Shaping the Texture
Animating the Texture's Scale and Position
Hiding the Texture
Correcting Texture Movements
Animating the Texture's Color
8. Replacing the Exhaust Port and Foot
Building the Foot
Creating Tracking Data for the Foot
Correcting Movement for Foot
Creating the Exhaust Port
Correcting Movement for Exhaust Port
Polishing the Board, Foot and Exhaust Port
9. Applying Color Correction
Color Correcting the Background
Color Correcting the Skin
Tracking the Face for Correction
Sharpening and Brightening the Face
Coloring the Back Wheels
10. Creating the Subject's Shadow
Duplicating the Subject Layer
Precomposing the Shadow
Altering the Layer's Appearance
Positioning the Shadow
11. Adding a Shakey Cam Effect
Preparing Shaky Cam Footage
Tracking the Shaky Cam Footage
Applying the Tracking Data to Your Assets
Correcting For Any Gaps
12. Conclusion
Polishing and Final Touches
Final Thoughts
Download File Size:3.74 GB
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