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So, whether you’re a beginner or a professional user, the After Effects tutorials we have for you here cover various aspects of the application, from basic animation techniques to advanced special effects.

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These tutorials provide step-by-step instructions and tips on how to create various special effects in After Effects, making it easier for you to master the software and produce professional animations. However, plenty of tutorials are available to help you get started and improve your skills. It offers all the tools and features that allow designers, animators, and video editors to add an extra dimension to videos and motion graphics, making them more engaging and visually appealing.īut if you’re new to After Effects, the learning curve can be steep.

Close the mask by clicking back on the first mask point created. Then, select your green screen footage and click to draw a mask around your subject. Select the Pen Tool icon in the top left tool bar. You can do this before or after you apply the keying preset. If your green screen doesn’t cover the entire background, you may need to use the Pen Tool to create a Mask around your subject. To add a background image or video to your clip, simply drag and drop it below your green screen footage in your composition. You can see evidence of green color spill here, on the subject’s hair. (Note, a blue screen will have blue color spill.)
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This may show up on parts of their skin or clothing, or as a thin, green line around the edges of the subject. However, you may still notice some green color spill on your subject. If you increase it too far, the edges can look overly sharp and pixelated.Īt this point, your footage should have a clean key with the background removed. This will sharpen up the edges of your subject if they look too soft.

I also recommend enabling Reduce Chatter, to reduce visible noise along the edges.įinally, if needed, you can increase the Alpha Contrast. I found that lowering the value of the Additional Edge Radius yielded better looking results on my footage. Lowering the value of the Additional Edge Radius and enabling Reduce Chatter allows for better results.ĭepending on your footage, there are two settings with Key Cleaner you may want to adjust. At this point you might not need to adjust any settings with it, if everything already looks good. It basically works in conjunction with the Keylight effect, ensuring that the edges of everything are clean. Unbeknownst to you, the Key Cleaner effect has already been working on your footage from the time you applied the preset. If there is, continue to adjust the Screen Matte settings. You can also playback your footage now to see if there’s any unwanted noise on the image. You can now toggle the Transparency Grid to see that the background has been completely removed. This is important because if the view accidentally gets set to Final Result, artifacts will occur on your keyed footage. Now, change the View setting back to Intermediate Result. You can also adjust settings such as Screen Shrink/Grow or Screen Softness, if needed. Now, toggle open the Screen Matte settings.Īdjust the Screen Matte settings Clip Black and Clip White until the background is completely black and the subject is completely white. This shows a black, white, and grey matte view of your footage. Next, change the View setting to Screen Matte. This will give you a better color average.
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Pro tip: Hold CTRL while you click the green screen color to sample even more pixels. For Screen Color, select the Color Picker and click on an area of the green screen close to your subject. Let’s start with the Keylight effect, which we’ll use the select the green screen background.
