In this advanced After Effects course, you will enhance your motion graphics and visual effects work using professional compositing techniques. Learn to master keying, rotoscoping, and tracking while smoothly integrating graphic elements into complex compositions.
By working through real-world projects, you will gain practical experience with advanced After Effects compositing workflows. You will explore precise keying for background removal, rotoscoping to isolate specific elements, and motion tracking to accurately align graphics with live footage. The course also covers the use of mattes and masks to achieve refined and detailed control in your composites.
What You Will Learn
- Learn motion tracking techniques using Point Tracker and Mocha AE
- Combine 2D and 3D graphics with video in After Effects
- Stabilize footage and remove green screen backgrounds
- Create slow-motion and fast-motion effects using time remapping
- Rotoscope footage and build track mattes for visual effects
- Remove unwanted elements from video using Content-Aware Fill
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
