In this advanced After Effects course, you’ll elevate your motion graphics and visual effects projects with professional compositing techniques. Learn to master keying, rotoscoping, and tracking while seamlessly integrating graphic elements into complex compositions.
Through hands-on, real-world projects, you’ll gain practical experience with After Effects’ advanced compositing workflow. Explore precision keying for background removal, rotoscoping to isolate elements, and motion tracking to align graphics accurately with live footage. You’ll also learn to apply mattes and masks for refined, detailed compositing control.
What You Will Learn
- Learn motion tracking techniques with Point Tracker and Mocha AE
- Combine 2D/3D graphics with video using After Effects
- Stabilize footage and remove green screen backgrounds
- Create slow-motion and fast-motion effects with time remapping
- Rotoscope footage and create track mattes for effects
- Remove unwanted video elements using Content-Aware Fill
Course Outline
Using Content-Aware Fill for Video
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Integrating Content-Aware Fill in Your Projects
Motion Tracking Using the After Effects Point Tracker
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Tracking Transform: Position, Rotation, and Scale
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Compositing 2D Graphics & Effects
Motion Tracking Using Mocha AE
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Types of Tracking: Point vs. Planar
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Tracking Corner Pin: Screen Replacement
3D Camera Tracking
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Using the 3D Camera Tracker Effects
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Compositing 2D & 3D Graphics with Video
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How to Export 3D Data for Other Programs
Stabilization of Shaky Footage
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Using the Warp Stabilizer VFX
Chroma Keying: Green Screen Removal
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Green Screen Shooting Basics
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Using Masks for Cleanup (Garbage Mattes)
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Using the Keylight Effect for Chroma Keying
Time Remapping Video
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What is Time Remapping?
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Creating Slow/Fast Motion Effects
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What is Frame Blending?
Rotoscoping Video Footage
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What is Rotoscoping?
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Manual Rotoscoping
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Using the Roto Brush Tool
Working with Track Mattes
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What are Track Mattes?
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Track Matte Properties (Luma and Alpha)
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Creating Track Mattes (Images and Video)
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Animating Track Mattes
This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
