Join Chris Meyer for an in-depth discussion in this video An introduction to cloning, part of After Effects Apprentice: 13 Paint Roto and Puppet.
If you're familiar with cloning in Photoshop, the Clone Stamp tool in After…Effects works in a similar fashion.…It samples pixels from one part of a layer and copies them to another part.…If you are still following along, I have closed the Compositions from…the previous movie.…If you have the project file, open Composition 03-Cloning*starter.…We have two layers in this composition.…The first layer, miscellaneous splats, is just a series of marks we made with…India ink and then we scanned it in and applied the tint.…
The second layer is a series of watercolor images.…If I turn off Frame Blending, you can see that it's a series of images that have…been sequenced together.…These are sections caught from a larger image.…When Frame Blending is enabled and you RAM preview, you can see the images…are blended together.…This is an inexpensive way of making interesting backgrounds.…To practice using the Clone Stamp tool, we will concentrate on layer number 1.…So let's double-click it to open it in the Layer panel.…
Chris Meyer
Trish Meyer
Updated
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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