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Assigning an object buffer

Assigning an object buffer - After Effects Tutorial

From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 17 Video Walls in Cinema 4D Lite

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Assigning an object buffer

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- Our next task is to create a mat that cuts out our video in After Effects to match the bezel of that video wall in CINEMA 4D. To do that, we need to create something called an Object Buffer. I'm going to switch back to CINEMA, select Cap1 again, which is that surface of the video wall that's supposed to have the video. Go up to the Tags menu again in my Object Manager, and this time choose CINEMA 4D Tags, Compositing. Not External Compositing, but Compositing. I know, a little bit confusing, but they're both very useful. When I select Compositing and add that tag, I get a series of different options for this layer, including the ability to create an Object Buffer. That says create a high contrast black and white layer that only is white where this layer is visible in the scene. Whenever it's obscured by another layer, blot it out and make it black. That makes a perfect track mat to use back in After Effects. So I'm going to Enable the Object Buffer for my Cap1. Next I need to tell…

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