After Effects Transparency and Blending

Learn the different ways to control transparency and blending between two or more After Effects layers. Software required: After Effects CC.

Cover everything from keying a green screen, to adjusting blend modes, to opacity, to masking, and more. In this course, After Effects Transparency and Blending, you'll learn about all the different ways to control transparency and blending in After Effects CC. First, you'll start off easy learning about alpha channels and opacity. Next, you'll build from there on more complex ways to cause two images to interact. Then, you'll learn about blend modes and which ones are the most useful for common tasks. Finally, you'll discover tricks for getting better green screen keys and how to do a little color correction for the final bit of polish. By the end of the course, you'll be equipped to find new ways to bring footage together and create transitions using easy and professional effects. Software required: After Effects CC.

• Course Overview 1min
• Transparency 31mins
• Mattes and Other Methods 37mins
• Keying Green Screen Footage 28mins