From the course: Practical Motion Background Workshop

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Coloring the background

Coloring the background

- [Instructor] Let's stylize this background a bit. To do this, I'll take advantage of adjustment layers. Now, one of the first things I like to do is bloom things out a little bit. So let's add new Adjustment Layer, and then, over in Effects & Presets, I'll type in the word fast. And I'll drag the Radial Fast Blur onto that layer. Now, in this case I could adjust the amount. That looks pretty good, but let's actually change the blending mode. I like something like Soft Light or Overlay to make this a bit gentler. That's lookin' really good. If I toggle that off and on, you see how it softens the the image and creates a nice, warm glow. Let's preview a few seconds of that. That's lookin' pretty good. What I'd like to do now is apply some color. Now, there are many different ways of doing this. One method is to simply add a new Solid. This will allow you to choose a color and place it into the project. You can make that the composition size and click OK, and then just use different…

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