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After Effects Compositing, Tracking & Keying Course Online (Self-Paced)

Composite graphics and effects into live-action footage using motion and camera tracking, green-screen keying, rotoscoping, stabilization, and time remapping.

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Class Description

Description

This course focuses on the visual effects work that makes added elements look like they belong in a shot. You track motion with the Point Tracker and Mocha AE, solve camera movement so 3D elements sit correctly in a scene, and pull clean keys from green-screen footage with Keylight, including spill suppression.

The course also covers rotoscoping for shots that a key can't handle, stabilizing shaky footage, and time remapping. Each technique is applied to composite projects that combine 2D and 3D elements with live-action footage, so you practice the precision that believable effects require.

What You Will Learn

  • Track motion with the Point Tracker and Mocha AE
  • Use camera tracking to place 3D elements in a live-action scene
  • Key green-screen footage with Keylight and suppress spill
  • Rotoscope complex shots
  • Stabilize shaky footage
  • Apply time remapping
  • Integrate 2D and 3D elements into live-action footage
  • Produce realistic composite projects

Course Outline

Using Content-Aware Fill for Video

  • Integrating Content-Aware Fill in Your Projects

Motion Tracking Using the After Effects Point Tracker

  • Tracking Transform: Position, Rotation, and Scale
  • Compositing 2D Graphics & Effects

Motion Tracking Using Mocha AE

  • Types of Tracking: Point vs. Planar
  • Tracking Corner Pin: Screen Replacement

3D Camera Tracking

  • Using the 3D Camera Tracker Effects
  • Compositing 2D & 3D Graphics with Video
  • How to Export 3D Data for Other Programs

Stabilization of Shaky Footage

  • Using the Warp Stabilizer VFX

Chroma Keying: Green Screen Removal

  • Green Screen Shooting Basics
  • Using Masks for Cleanup (Garbage Mattes)
  • Using the Keylight Effect for Chroma Keying

Time Remapping Video

  • What is Time Remapping?
  • Creating Slow/Fast Motion Effects
  • What is Frame Blending?

Rotoscoping Video Footage

  • What is Rotoscoping?
  • Manual Rotoscoping
  • Using the Roto Brush Tool

Working with Track Mattes

  • What are Track Mattes?
  • Track Matte Properties (Luma and Alpha)
  • Creating Track Mattes (Images and Video)
  • Animating Track Mattes

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