After Effects Apprentice 12: Tracking and Keying with Chris Meyer and Trish Meyer

MOV + Exercise Files | Duration: 3h 22min | 960x600 | Video: 30 fps 979 kbps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 128 kbps 2 stereo | 1.08 GB

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

Explore how to use the motion tracker and stabilizer built into After Effects and shows how to handle a variety of shots. Author Chris Meyer leads a quick tour of the third-party software mocha and demonstrates the workflow for The Foundry's KEYLIGHT, both bundled with After Effects. The course also covers tracking a greenscreen shot with a handheld camera and replacing its background.

Topics include:

• Understanding motion stabilization and keying

• Performing a track

• Applying tracking to effects

• Keying with KEYLIGHT

• Replacing images

• Improving the composite

• Garbage masking

• Dealing with interlaced footage