Now that we've finished winterizing the mountains and the chalet, I want…to replace the sky.…The sky in the plate doesn't silhouette the mountains very well, and I want a…larger sky, so I can move it during my After Effects animation.…I have some beautiful skies in my library that I shot while I was on vacation in…the Virgin Islands, and I'm going to use a couple of them here.…Both of these skies were shot in the Camera Raw format.…Camera Raw is an amazingly flexible format that keeps all of the data the…camera records at the moment a picture is taken.…
I recommend to anyone interested in matte painting that they invest in a camera…capable of taking pictures in that format.…This sky is lit from the correct direction for my scene, and I'm going to make a…couple of adjustments before I open it.…First I am going to raise the highlight and darken the exposure a slight amount.…I'm going to raise the contrast a couple of points and go ahead and open it.…First, I want to get rid of the clouds that I already have on the plate.…
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7/3/2012- Making precise selections using the Color Range command
- Controlling reference material through layer masks
- Creating custom brushes
- Painting snow, icicles, and trees
- Painting through a high-contrast matte
- Replacing the sky in an image
- Animating smoke and falling snow
- Reformatting and rendering a scene in After Effects
Skill Level Intermediate
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After Effects CS6 Essential Training
with Ian Robinson8h 41m Beginner
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Welcome
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Introduction1m 20s
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Using the exercise files1m 22s
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1. Revising the Plate
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Extracting the foothills5m 58s
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Extracting the mountains8m 10s
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2. Painting Over the Plate
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Creating a custom brush2m 58s
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Adding form to the foothills3m 31s
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Adding snow to the rooftops2m 58s
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Removing hard shadows3m 50s
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3. Replacing the Sky
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Extracting clouds5m 15s
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4. Creating a Dusk Version of the Scene
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Adding a blue Multiply layer2m 56s
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Lighting windows3m 28s
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Adding an orange glow3m 31s
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5. Animating Your Scene in After Effects
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Animating the scene2m 35s
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Adding snow using CC Snow4m 57s
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Video: Preparing the sky for cloud replacement