Compositing Text and Video in After Effects

Get a glimpse behind the scenes of a real-world commercial made with After Effects—and learn advanced techniques for compositing text and video.

Introduction

• Compositing text and video in After Effects
• What you should know

1. Concept and Design

• Overview of the client brief
• Creative agency pitch deck
• Storyboard presentation
• Team project credits

2. Integration and Preparation

• The importance of picture lock
• Integrate via Dynamic Link
• Copy and paste between applications
• Import Premiere Pro project
• Preparation for compositing and VFX

3. Mask the Dust

• When the Warp Stabilizer fails
• Using the classic stabilizer
• Formatting the text
• Animating and exposing text
• Keying dust based on its value ranges
• Rotoscoping using masks

4. Liquidize Type

• Selective color correction
• Designing and animating text
• Creating a liquid displacement
• Masking foreground elements

5. Compound Elements

• Cleaning lens dirt
• Removing color cast
• Placing and scaling text
• Wiping titles
• Extracting and masking
• Repeating the key process

6. Sugar Particles

• Enlarge while preserving quality
• Using parenting to animate
• Blending the type into video
• Disintegrate text using effects
• Disintegrate text using particles

7. Merging Shots

• Reviewing the packshot
• Replacing elements with 3D tracking
• Creating a rack focus effect
• Tracking and replacing a texture
• Cutting out a background
• Compositing shots together
• Reviewing the logo animation
• Adding final touches

Conclusion

• Next steps