After Effects Guru: Time-Lapse 3D Motion and Compositing
After Effects Guru: Time-Lapse 3D Motion and Compositing is an Intermediate level course on Photography, written by the creator, Keith Kiska. This course is an essential pillar for anyone who needs to get better at his/her Photography expertise. It provides you a thorough grip on Masking + Compositing, Motion Graphics, Photography, Video, After Effects, Masking + Compositing, Motion Graphics, Photography, Video and After Effects.
Having a solid understanding of how compositing works—and what can be achieved in After Effects—can alter your overall approach to shooting time lapses. In this course, Keith Kiska demonstrates how to effectively apply 3D motion and compositing effects in After Effects to create superior time-lapse shots. Keith explains how to add dynamic movement to static shots, and goes over how to add or remove elements from your shots. He also shares helpful methods for compositing layered shots by adding skies, composing stylized text into your time-lapse shots, and creating HyperZoom time lapses.
Topics include:
- Adding 3D motion to static shots
- Enhancing motion in motion shots
- Creating a HyperZoom in time-lapse shots
- Adding text to shots
- Compositing natural skies or background elements
- Compositing foreground elements for motion or depth of field
- Removing unwanted elements from shots