we're going to look at adding a depth of field effect … to rendered footage from a 3D program. … Now, as we saw in the cinematography course, … the depth of field is the area of the frame that's in focus. … When our depth of field is shallow, … meaning objects in front of … and behind the subject are out of focus, … it makes a huge difference in the beauty of an image. … and this is the one that we're going to be using, … but you don't have what I'm about to do. … So, don't follow along with this. … I'm going to go in my project panel … and get these files from my computer. … This is a Photoshop sequence of this pass … from Cinema 4D that was rendered out with a depth of field. … I'm just going to go ahead and bring that in. … And so we have this kind of shallow depth of field … on our footage, and it looks more realistic … and believable with this blur here. … But here's the problem. … This render took 40 hours, … 40 hours with the depth of field. … And the shallow depth of field isn't even that great. …
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3/18/2019- Approximating believable realities
- Creating a great key
- Keying impossible shots
- Tracking in After Effects (AE)
- Removing objects with AE and Mocha Pro
- Making CG scenery
- Creating an aerial shot
- Preparing a Cinema 4D file for AE compositing
- Rotoscoping characters
- Shooting VFX shots
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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The Assurance7m 44s
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Introduction to this course2m 13s
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1. The World of VFX
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Understanding compositing3m 38s
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2. Creating a Great Key
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Intro to keying: Keylight11m 32s
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Intro to keying: Primatte5m 56s
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Tips for pulling a great key4m 54s
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Keying fine details8m 23s
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Creating a luma key11m 18s
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Keying impossible shots5m 7s
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Getting perfect edges14m 48s
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Painting the alpha channel4m 13s
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3. Motion Tracking and Other Core Skills
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Tracking in After Effects (AE)15m 24s
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Tracking in Mocha6m 29s
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4. Creating CG Worlds
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Making CG scenery3m 26s
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An overview of VUE xStream4m 31s
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5. Creating the Aerial Shot
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Making the campfire elements8m 37s
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Creating glowing embers9m 38s
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Cleaning up the footage6m 37s
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Changing the time of day11m 58s
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6. Creating the Helmet Shot
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Why did we create this shot?3m 47s
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Modeling the candlesticks6m 25s
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Creating the melted candles7m 32s
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Lighting the scene12m 5s
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7. Rotoscoping Out Characters
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Creating a strategy1m 44s
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Rotoscoping out the characters10m 22s
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Polishing the composite3m 33s
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8. Creating the Finale Scene
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Editing the VUE renders4m 51s
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Creating matte paintings3m 16s
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Anatomy of shot 137m 43s
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9. Shooting Visual Effects (VFX) Shots
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Using a VFX supervisor1m 29s
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Conclusion
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Previewing the next course1m 29s
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