Learn how to composite 2D or 3D foreground objects to a background scene and seamlessly match light, color, depth of field, and noise so that every element looks natural.
After Effects Compositing: 2 Matching Foreground to Background
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- Before you begin
- Compositing is matching
- Toggle and float panels to optimize your workspace
- Match color in black and white
- Use the histogram
- Incorporate the Info panel
- Prepare for an extreme match
- Match levels with proportions
- Slam to test the match
- Develop an eye for saturation
- Desaturate with Tint
- Why isn't color matching automatic?
- Straddle compositions with an expression control
- Go further with atmospheric haze
- Understand Gaussian vs. Defocus blurs
- Create a simple rack focus between two layers with Camera Lens Blur
- Set up a 3D rack focus with the After Effects camera
- Create depth of field with a depth map
- Add a 3D-generated depth map from CINEMA 4D
- Rack focus with a 3D-generated depth map
- Prevent matte clipping with Find Edges and Minimax
- Add quick-and-dirty defocus with Box Blur
- Re-create bokeh with frischluft's Lenscare
- Organize a VFX comp down in number of layers
- Analyze a complex shot with Uber key and the composition flowchart
- Match shadow grain and color with an adjustment layer
- Spot grain mismatches and match grain
- Reduce or remove grain with Neat Video
- Manage the grain pipeline in a complex shot
- Customize a 2D drop shadow with a masked solid
Taught by
Mark Christiansen
