Basics: Introduction to After Effects

Overview

“To create believable visual effects, you need the elements to seem like they belong in a scene. This is done through tracking and turning a video into data. There are many methods to solve the tracking challenges you’ll face. The first and most basic form of this is called point tracking. This process looks at a point or sample area, often called a feature, and tracks where it moves in a frame so we can attach other elements to that feature in two dimensions.”

In this video lesson Evan Abrams addresses the topic: Point Tracking, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 7: VFX Processes. Explore advanced tracking techniques to integrate graphics and visual effects with real action sequences. Transform your visual skill with precision and creativity..

Partial transcription of the video

“In visual effects, we often need to attach our graphics to the subjects of scenes or into the areas of shots. This is the simplest way of doing that with point tracking, asking After Effects to generate positional data for us to work with from the footage. Let's have a look at a few examples. So here is a quick example in After Effects. We've got a little callout following car 1 there through this chaotic traffic. So that's one example of using positional data of the car that After Effects can create for us to then parent graphics to it so that we can see it tracking along, see them stickin...”

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Course summary for: Course 7: VFX Processes

• Level: Beginner
• 12 students
• 7 units
• 7 lessons (1h 6m)
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