Adobe After Effects for Character Animation
Course 2: Get to Know After Effects: Masks, mattes, and blending modes
By Facundo López , Illustrator and Motion Graphics Artist
Joined April 2020
Joined April 2020
About the video: Masks, mattes, and blending modes
Overview
“In this unit we will briefly see how the masks, mattes and blending modes that After Effects offers us work, and then delve into future units.”
In this video lesson Facundo López addresses the topic: Masks, mattes, and blending modes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 2: Get to Know After Effects. Learn the workflow and create your first project.
Partial transcription of the video
“When working in After Effects. it's common to want to reveal only a part of an element or precomposition you are working on. Masks can help achieve this by allowing selective visibility. Alternatively. if you need a shadow effect that appears in a specific manner. masks offer precise control over the area where shadows Blending modes serve this purpose. At times. we may need an element to adopt certain properties. allowing more creative control and effects. from another mask. For this. we'll use mattes. This may seem a bit complex. but in practice. it will be easier for us. Let's explore wh...”
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Course summary for: Course 2: Get to Know After Effects
Facundo López
By Facundo López
Facundo López is an Argentine motion graphics artist and illustrator specializing in 2D animation, with over ten years of experience in the industry. He currently works as a motion graphics artist in Le Cube design studio.
As an expert in character design, he has worked on projects for major clients like IBM, Google, and Cartoon Network.
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