You should now see a lot clearer background behind the skateboarder.īefore saving and rendering the clip, do a ram preview to make sure the keylight settings work for all the other frames. We now have a lot cleaner matte.Ĭhange keylight back to FINAL RESULT. Overview Changelog Elements of basic JavaScript relevant to After Effects scripting. Now select 'SCREEN GAIN' and change it to '120'. After Effects Scripting Guide latest Introduction. We now see that the matte isn't a sharp and clear black and white, which is causing the problem with the background not clearly showing through. Start by changing the FINAL RESULT option to SCREEN MATTE. or is it? Take a closer look at the original 'BACKGROUND.JPG' and then as it is on the preview window. Then go to the preview window and select a part of the green background.Īs if by magic the background image will appear. So first thing we have to do is select the keylight filter and 'SCREEN COLOUR' option. (The big changes are under the hood, such as support for the Intel Mac.) The first decision in Keylight is most important: sampling a color for the Screen Colour setting. the reason being that keylight has a default screen colour of black, when we want green. After Effects CS3 features version 1.2 of Keylight for After Effects its usage is more or less identical to that of the previous version. Making sure that the 'GREEN SCREEN FOOTAGE' is selected, go to the menu and choose 'EFFECT /KEYING /KEYLIGHT(1.2)'.Īt first nothing changes.
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I've had to move along the timeline to get a more full shot of the skateboarder. Place both elements on the timeline making sure the footage is above the background image. Now lets import the 'GREEN SCREEN FOOTAGE.mov' and 'BACKGROUND.jpg'. Start by creating a new composition and call it 'GREEN SCREEN'. Our clip of someone on a skateboard and a still image for our background. Step 1.īelow we have the elements for the scene. do your very best to give a clear background colour on the film shoot.
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If you want something that gives you the best green/blue screen keying in After Effects, then in my personal opinion keylight is it.įirst download the demo of keylight at You can also find example green footage here But before I start I can't stress the importance of lighting when filming. Here is a tutorial covering the basics of keying using keylight in After Effects 7.
AFTER EFFECTS: Adding a lightwrap blur around keye.Refine the effect using the parameters Below Such as: clip black, clip white, etc. On the Keylight 1.2 effect (in the effect control), change the View mode to Screen Matte and open the Screen Matte tab. Shot_10 - adjusting the scale of the CG elements On the Keylight 1.2 effect (in the effect control), use the Eyedropper tool to select a green area of the footage.Setting a key frame for the contrast/gain settings.Creating a water droplet effect in After Effects.Keyframing exposure values in After Effects.Open blend shapes, by selecting 'windows' > 'animation editors' > 'blend shapes'īlend shapes should appear and be working! Once all obj files are imported, select them in order of blend shape (however preferred), making sure that the main geometry is the last to be selected)
(They appear as geometry in the Outliner) Select the geometry (in object tab, adjacent to the layers menu)Ĭreate a folder in the Maya project, to save the blend shapes.
Repeat the above for all blend shape expressions. E.g for the layer 'L_smile' apply a mask to the right hand side of the face. Select the mask tool and also select the mask icon (at the top of the layers menu).Īpply the red mask to the geometry that is to remain unaffected by the blend shape. Select the original layer and rename for either left of right. Simply turn off the visibility of the new duplicated layer. Once happy with the sculpt, save.ĭuplicate layer (at this point the geometry will show double strength and will look very distorted. Select 'Send to Maya' (drop down menu under 'File'