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Adding vibrance

Adding vibrance - After Effects Tutorial

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Adding vibrance

- The vibrance adjustment is one of the best things about After Effects, because it allows you to target the color that needs it the most. Now, you may find vibrance in some third-party tools, or built into the Lumetri effect, but it is just an essential adjustment that's worth exploring. I also suggest that you consider blending vibrance. It goes a long way into producing natural-looking results. So, if we look at this here, you'll see two different options. In this case, we actually have a couple of things happening. So, we've got the use of vibrance adjustment layers, applying a change, and the use of a track matte. This allowed me to really go after the color quite aggressively. Let me show you what this looks like. So, first up, let's add a new simple adjustment layer. And I'll toss on the Lumetri effect and increase the amount of vibrancy. That really helps bring out the color. Now, while we're at it, we can…

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