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After Effects Apprentice: 19 Motion Tracking with Cinema 4D Lite

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Learn how to track and extract the camera move and ground plane from previously shot footage in After Effects, and add a 3D model—complete with lighting and shadows—to the scene.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Exercise files and software versions
1. Reconstructing the Original Camera Move
  • 3D camera tracking
  • Setting the ground plane and origin
  • Extracting the camera move
2. Preparing the 3D Object
  • Setting up CINEMA 4D Lite
  • Importing a 3D model
  • Merging the AE camera into C4D
3. Creating and Capturing Shadows
  • Mimicking the original light source
  • Creating a shadow catcher
  • Separating the model and shadow onto layers
  • Compositing the shadow in After Effects
4. Final Tweaks
  • Improving the composite
  • Enhancing the light and shadows
  • Improving the anti-aliasing

Taught by

Chris Meyer and Trish Meyer

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