Author › Lee Lanier
Lee Lanier has worked as a professional computer animator since 1994. While at Buena Vista Visual Effects at Walt Disney Studios, he created video effects for numerous feature films. While at PDI/DreamWorks, he served as a senior animator on Antz and Shrek. Along the way, Lee directed a series of independent, animated short films that went on to play 200+ film festivals, museums, and art galleries worldwide. His work has been featured at such venues as Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, the Ottawa International Animation Festival, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Smithsonian Institution. As a world-renowned expert in the video effects (VFX) field, Lee has written several popular high-end software books, and taught at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood. He is a member of Visual Effects Society (VES), and the executive director of the Dam Short Film Festival.
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Remove an unwanted building from a live-action plate and replace it with a new matte painting that is motion-tracked.
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Shows how to build complex composites with After Effects and mocha, where motion graphics are mapped to live-action footage of an actor's face.
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Simulate a large crowd using live-action footage of a small group of people, 3D renders, and Photoshop artwork.
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Discover how to create render passes in Maya, recombine the passes in After Effects, and motion track the passes to live-action video footage that contains a moving camera or a moving character.
