Basics: Introduction to After Effects

Overview

“You can also use tracking with the masks. By selecting a patch or area of footage, you can ask After Effects to follow the selected area and deform a mask to match the movement of that area. This is great for touching up the lighting in a scene or quickly creating a “garbage mask” to remove elements from a shot. But, to do any of that we must first get a sound track. ”

In this video lesson Evan Abrams addresses the topic: Mask 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

“Similar to point tracking, we can use After Effects to track larger patches or features of an image. This is great for applying masks and therefore effects to only certain areas of footage. Let's see how it works. Here in After Effects, we have some lovely footage of this person staring down the camera. Now, what if they requested that we pixelate their face? They didn't wanna be on camera, they didn't wanna sign the waivers. Well, we can go ahead and put a mask and we can anonymize them. So there we go, we've anonymized this person. Or alternatively, what if we look in here and we think, a...”

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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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