Overview
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Introduces the seven essential After Effects compositing techniques and some bonus tips to help enhance drama, correct color, and create convincing transparency.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Time to make movie magic
- Using the exercise files
- Essential 1: Know how to match
- Essential 2: An overview of moving selections
- Prevent alpha channel fringing
- Essential 3: An overview of the camera for compositing
- Essential 4: An overview of what makes an image cinematic
- Push adjustments hard for drama and intensity
- Essential 5: An overview of color correction
- Use Mask Tracker for color correction
- Essential 6: Know how to comp fire
- Add heat ripple and glow
- Create convincing screen transparency
- Essential 7: Develop a "good eye" to go further
