Join Chris Meyer for an in-depth discussion in this video Applying Refine Edge in AE CC, part of After Effects Apprentice: 13 Paint Roto and Puppet.
- [Narrator] Roto Brush is useful,…but it's far from perfect.…One of its faults is that it's very binary.…Either you're inside the shape, or you're outside the shape.…And the line in between, it does not have…a lot of subtlety to it.…Well, because of this, Adobe later added a capability…called Refine Edge.…It's not perfect either, but it does give you a solution…to help clean up issues such as hair.…If you have access to the CC version of the exercise files,…or to the fourth edition of our book, open up comp…RE - Refine Edge starter.…
Here we have a really nice couple posing for the camera,…and she has a lot of hair that's just flying away…from her head.…His hair's pretty well composed, but hers has some…subtlety to it.…I'll zoom in here so you can see more detail.…Now the problem is that Roto Brush only sees this as…inside her head or outside that boundary.…Now let's just select that layer and press F3,…you'll see we've already done the Roto Brush work for you.…If I was to turn on effects for this layer,…you'll see the result of the Roto Brush mask.…
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11/11/2016Released
12/21/2011The After Effects Apprentice series was created by Trish and Chris Meyer. These tutorials are designed for After Effects CS4 through CC, and can be used on their own or as a companion to the Meyer's book, After Effects Apprentice.
- Creating, erasing, and animating brush and clone strokes
- Using Paint to reveal a layer over time
- Creating animated distortions to flat artwork with the Puppet tools
- Replacing backgrounds with the Roto Brush
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 41s
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1. The Brush Tool
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Setting up5m 29s
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Duration options4m 42s
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Animating strokes4m 3s
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2. The Eraser Tool
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Eraser tool modes5m 39s
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3. Painting to Reveal
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Creating a reveal stroke6m 45s
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Finishing the reveal4m 11s
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4. The Clone Stamp Tool
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Using clone presets3m 7s
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Time-shifting clone strokes3m 43s
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5. Roto Brush Quick Start
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Basic Roto Brush setup3m 14s
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Creating a matte7m 26s
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6. Screen Replacement Using the Roto Brush
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The Roto Brush workflow2m 37s
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Choosing a base frame2m 30s
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Defining the base frame9m 21s
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Making corrective strokes13m 49s
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Creating multiple spans6m 51s
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Refining the matte8m 3s
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Refine Edge Matte in AE CC3m 36s
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7. The Puppet Tools
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Distorting a layer4m 12s
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The Puppet Overlap tool5m 55s
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The Puppet Starch tool4m 51s
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Deforming multiple shapes5m 36s
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8. Idea Corner
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Teaching a puppet to write6m 26s
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