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Visual Effects Compositing in Adobe After Effects

Christopher KenworthyLessons: 18Length: 2 hours
Post-Production Motion Graphics
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4.5 Adding Flashes of Light

To really sell the idea of a minor explosion, and to cover the change from one model to the other, we’ll add a sheet of bright, flashing light to the scene.

1.Introduction
1 lesson, 01:54

1.1
Introduction
01:54

2.Setting Up the Scene
5 lessons, 42:12

2.1
Tracking the Scene
05:49

2.2
Creating the Walls
12:14

2.3
Mask Blending
09:40

2.4
Foreground Texturing
05:24

2.5
Creating and Lighting the Ceiling
09:05

3.Modelling the Grate
4 lessons, 23:50

3.1
Creating the First Metal Bar
05:19

3.2
Building the Model
06:22

3.3
The Second Model
06:24

3.4
Animating the Model
05:45

4.Creating Depth, Light, and Texture
7 lessons, 53:54

4.1
Creating Raindrops
07:18

4.2
Adding Beams of Light
06:24

4.3
Working With Difficult Shots
06:02

4.4
Creating the Main Sparks Layer
10:26

4.5
Adding Flashes of Light
07:06

4.6
Adding Larger Falling Sparks
06:58

4.7
Final Compositing
09:40

5.Conclusion
1 lesson, 01:03

5.1
Conclusion
01:03

Christopher Kenworthy
Christopher Kenworthy
Christopher Kenworthy (born 1968) is an Australian writer and former film director. He is the author of two novels, The Winter Inside and The Quality of Light for Serpent's Tail, along with a short story collection, Will You Hold Me? and the chapbook Sullom Hill. His fiction has been widely praised by authors such as Michael Moorcock, and anthologised in books such as The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. Born in Preston, England, he moved to Australia in 1997 and began a directing career which lasted until 2013. His Master Shots books are best-sellers for Michael Wiese Books. He is the director of The Sculptor. He won the Award For Directing (WA Screen Awards) in 2007. He directed many music videos, including Dreaming Light for Anathema (band).
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