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Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects

You're reading from   Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects Learn the ins and outs of motion graphics, post-production, rotoscoping, and VFX

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804617281
Length 332 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Vishu Aggarwal Vishu Aggarwal
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Working with Motion Graphics
2. Chapter 1: Getting to Know the User Interface and Workflow FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Applying Effects and Presets to Create Animated Graphics 4. Chapter 3: Deep-Dive into Text Animations 5. Chapter 4: Animating Shape Layers 6. Chapter 5: Adding Motion to Photoshop and Illustrator Graphics 7. Chapter 6: Creating Motion Graphic Templates for Premiere Pro 8. Part 2: Post-Production and Visual Effects
9. Chapter 7: Color Correction and Color Grading 10. Chapter 8: Rotoscoping and Mask Tracking Techniques 11. Chapter 9: Chroma Keying 12. Chapter 10: Working with Particle Simulations 13. Part 3: 2D and 3D Tracking, and Rendering
14. Chapter 11: Working with 2D and 3D Tracking 15. Chapter 12: Exporting and Managing Projects 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using the Keylight (1.2) effect for chroma keying

The Keylight (1.2) 1.2 effect in After Effects stands out as a robust keying tool, essential for professional compositing tasks. Its advanced features enable the accurate removal of backgrounds, allowing seamless integration of subjects into diverse environments, making it a crucial effect for VFX artists and filmmakers.

We will be using the Keylight (1.2) effect to extract the background of the Women_Working.mp4 layer in the Chroma Keying composition. This will allow us to composite Women_Working.mp4 over the Background layer.

Follow these steps to use the Keylight (1.2) effect:

  1. Locate the Chroma Keying composition in the Project panel and double-click to open it in the timeline.
  2. Select the Women_Working.mp4 layer in the Chroma Keying composition.
  3. Go to the Effect menu at the top of the screen.
  4. Navigate to Keying and select Keylight (1.2).
  5. In the Effect Controls panel, you will find the Keylight (1.2)...
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