Using the mask tracker – Adjusting Color and Mood
The mask tracker transforms a mask so that it follows the motion of an object or objects in a movie. It’s similar to the face tracker you used in the …
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Adjusting contrast – Adjusting Color and Mood
The Auto Contrast effect adjusts the overall contrast and mixture of colors. It maps the lightest and darkest pixels in the image to white and black, and then redistributes the …
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Creating the composition – Adjusting Color and Mood
You’ll create a new composition based on the Collectibles movie file. After Effects creates a composition named Collectibles and opens it in the Composition and Timeline panels. Previewing your project …
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Adding animated text – Using the Roto Brush Tool
You’re nearly done. All you need to do is to add the animated title between the bird and the background. A new text layer named Reflections appears in the Timeline …
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Changing the background – Using the Roto Brush Tool
There are many reasons to isolate a foreground image from a background. You may want to replace the background entirely, moving the subject to a different setting. Or you could …
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Creating a base frame – Using the Roto Brush Tool
To use the Roto Brush tool to isolate a foreground object, you start by adding strokes to a base frame to identify foreground and background areas. You can start on …
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Getting started – Using the Roto Brush Tool
In this lesson, you’ll use the Roto Brush tool to isolate a bird and rock pool so you can replace the background. To finish up the project, you’ll add an …
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About rotoscoping – Using the Roto Brush Tool
Lesson overview In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following: This lesson will take about an hour to complete. If you haven’t already done so, download the project …
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Extra credit – Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools
Act it out with Adobe Character Animator If you identify strongly with your characters, you might want to use Adobe Character Animator instead of creating cumbersome keyframes. It’s especially useful …
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Defining areas of overlap – Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools
If your animation requires part of an object or character to pass in front of another, use the Puppet Overlap Pin tool to define what should appear in front when …
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