Digital Tutors - Compositing Decay into Architectural Footage in After Effects

Duration 1h 40m

Difficulty Level Advanced

Project Files Included

Software used

CINEMA 4D 14, Photoshop CS6, and After Effects

What you will learn

In this tutorial we will learn to cause decay in a VFX shot using handheld footage. We will replace everything in the shot besides the structure itself by painting in damage and debris, motion tracking our elements, and using cloth dynamics to enhance our shot.

After going through this tutorial, you will be able to take many kinds of exterior shots and add realistic damage to them in post.

Guest Tutor

Andy Lefton

1. Introduction and project overview 01:07

2. Rotoscoping our footage 09:18

3. Beginning to motion track our footage 10:00

4. Painting in our damage and debris 17:21

5. Painting in more damage and debris 12:11

6. Creating a curtain in CINEMA 4D 18:19

7. Rendering out our Alpha plate 08:53

8. Adding color correction, levels, and atmosphere 15:10

9. Color correction to change the mood 08:06