Easily Fake An Ambient Occlusion Look in After Effects

Daniel Brodesky demonstrates how to get an ambient occlusion look right in After Effects using some fairly simple techniques.

In this tutorial I show how to create fake ambient occlusion in After Effects using simple tools and techniques

An effect can really add to your After Effects scene by plussing the shadow effects in the corners and contact shadows as well.

There are 3rd party tools for creating ambient occlusion effects in After Effects, most notably, , which is specifically a GPU accelerated Ambient Occlusion Plugin for After Effects, however, Daniel fakes the AO look in AE with only After Effects native tools. Check out the tutorial for s here.