introduction.
in this lesson, we created a composition using the skills that we have learnt so far in after effects. In my composition i demonstrated: keying, colour grading, and animating (opacity, rotation, scale and position.) i mainly used the shape, text, pen and transform tool.
here are some skills we have learned so far!
- importing and editing techniques
- layering footage and assets on the timeline
- utilising effects on footage and adjustment layers
- blending modes and colour correction
- 2d motion tracking
- masking/rotoscope
using the keylight preset.
one of the videos that i used in my composition included a green screen background. in order to edit this out, i used the keylight preset – in the effects and presets and animation presets menu. This tool was very esy to use. All i had to do was use the eyedropper tool to select the green screen’s colour and it gave me a pretty good result that had a minimal green outline, which wasn’t very important for me to remove because i was using a few backgrounds with the colour green in them anyway.
here is the result of using the keylight tool:
here is my final composition.
conclusion
in this lesson, i learned how to use the keylight preset, and i got a lot of practise with using tools and effects i was already introduced to. im more experienced in how keyframes work, and how to animate the basic elements like rotation and scale etc.