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
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Integrating Content-Aware Fill in Your Projects
Motion Tracking Using the After Effects Point Tracker
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Tracking Transform: Position, Rotation, and Scale
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Compositing 2D Graphics & Effects
Motion Tracking Using Mocha AE
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Types of Tracking: Point vs. Planar
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Tracking Corner Pin: Screen Replacement
3D Camera Tracking
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Using the 3D Camera Tracker Effects
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Compositing 2D & 3D Graphics with Video
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How to Export 3D Data for Other Programs
Stabilization of Shaky Footage
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Using the Warp Stabilizer VFX
Chroma Keying: Green Screen Removal
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Green Screen Shooting Basics
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Using Masks for Cleanup (Garbage Mattes)
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Using the Keylight Effect for Chroma Keying
Time Remapping Video
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What is Time Remapping?
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Creating Slow/Fast Motion Effects
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What is Frame Blending?
Rotoscoping Video Footage
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What is Rotoscoping?
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Manual Rotoscoping
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Using the Roto Brush Tool
Working with Track Mattes
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What are Track Mattes?
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Track Matte Properties (Luma and Alpha)
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Creating Track Mattes (Images and Video)
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Animating Track Mattes