VFX Techniques: Digital Set Extension

Overview

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Learn how to digitally extend a set with After Effects. Create a missing wall in the composite and add a moving scene outside windows.

Learn how to digitally extend a set with After Effects. Lee Lanier shows how to remove a tricky green screen with the KEYLIGHT plugin and a custom luma matte, motion track a new background with appropriate parallax, digitally dress a set with static artwork, fabricate shadows, and relight the footage to create a realistic result.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome
Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started

Breakdown of the final composition
Setting up the project

2. Keying Green-Screen Footage

Applying the Keylight effect
Creating a luma mask
Using a track matte
Refining the alpha matte

3. Motion Tracking the Background

Combining multiple tracks
Adding 3D renders to the background
Parenting additional layers

4. Adding Fake Reflections

Creating depth of field
Layering background reflections
Layering foreground reflections

5. Tracking Foreground Elements

Adding set dressing
Set dressing the window
Creating drop shadows
Building a new window
Adding a reversed reflection
Determining perspective shift
Animating a 3D layer

6. Color Grading and Lighting

Building a custom glow
Making a glint
Final adjustments and rendering
Checking out the finished project

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Lee Lanier

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