City Environment Compositing in After Effects
Taught by Kirill Pleshakov
- Course Number:
- AFX228
- Software Version:
- CC 2018
- Original Run Date:
- October 2018
- Duration:
- 2 hours 46 minutes
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The course starts with Kirill sharing his organizational structure for projects and then works he works his way through the shot. Along the way, like with most comps, he solves numerous problems with source material and elements in order to create the final shot. It's certainly no "import your layers and hit render" kind of course.
course syllabus
Class 1: Initial Prep
Adjusting the incomplete city matte painting elements.
Class 2: Compositing
Compositing of the city matte painting, matching it with live action footage, and using link expressions to speed up compositing.
Class 3: Keying
Foreground actor extraction, compositing of the boundary.
Class 4: Animating
Animating the matte painting elements for realism, adding final details.
Class 5: Rendering
Multi-machine rendering using After Effects Render Engine and the final polishing of the shot.