Compositing Video Tutorials

4 Impressive Compositing Video Tutorials in After Effects for Beginners

Compositing is the process of combining all the VFX elements together. So it is surprising that every great visual effect studio has a great compositor. However, you don't have to be a Hollywood level visual effect artist to composite like a Pro, all you need is your creativity and time in Adobe After Effects software.

In this blog, we are going to explain four compositing video tutorials for beginners.

4 Compositing Tutorials in After Effects

1. Basic Compositing

In this video of Dan Allan, he explains how to composite multiple 3D objects into a scene in this after effects video tutorial. As you probably know in the professional 3D modeling world artists don't just render out the final scene altogether. Instead, they combine multiple render-passes to blend the shadows, specular, ambient occlusion, and more together to create a realistic view. This video from Dan Allan shows how it been done using blending modes in After Effects.

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2. Simple Compositing Techniques

There’s been a resurgence of 2D and 3D scene processing over the last few years. This technique combines traditional 2D art with the ‘live-action’ footage to create a unique and creative look. While these scenes can look surreal, it is necessary to match video characteristics like blur and noise, so your scene looks seamless. This below video tutorial from Kert Gartner shows how we can do the compositing in few minutes.

3. Compositing Tips and Tricks

This helpful video tutorial from Tunnelvision shows how to use some of the most basic techniques in After Effects software to create a realistic composite.

There are many helpful techniques to learn from this video tutorial, but one of the techniques that got stuck over is the creativity use of a blur to match the background footage. It can be very easy to drag and drop a video element into the scene without matching the camera distortion, but a great composite will try to match everything from depth of field to the saturation.

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4. VFX Breakdown - Compositing Tutorial

This video tutorial from the VFXBro is an excellent example of using lighting which help to sell your composite. The tutorial mainly focuses on keying, but the thing that helps to sell this effect is the shadow that has been motion tracked into a scene, when the shadows and reflections are created by your the objects to match the background plate, during that moment audience will have hard time to figure out which is fake and which is real.

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