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Creating depth of field - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: VFX Techniques: Digital Set Extension
Creating depth of field
Although we have successfully tracked our new building renders, behind these two windows, we don't have to stop there. You can see how the render is very different in terms of quality when compared to the original live action of the foreground. So here is a case where we can apply various effects to building A and B, to try to get a better match. At the same time, we can try to make it look like that building is really outdoors in terms of being brighter, and even a little out of focus, as if it's in the distance. Let's give that a try, we'll start on building A. I'll select that, and the first effect I'll apply, this curves, effect, color correction, curves. want to use this to brighten this up slightly, I'll put a single point in the center, and bow that up. Now I'll start to brighten it, In terms of colors itself I can even change the colors so it's more of the greenish cast we have in the foreground. To do that I can add a color balance, effect, color correction, color balance…
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