After Effects | Creating a Visual Effects Shot of an Exposed and Beating Heart

Breaking down the process for creating a visual effects show in his short film, Kevin Gater shows how to create an exposed and beating heart on provided footage.

This is a walkthrough of the beating heart effect used on the short film Skifte, directed by Daniel Burman

Daniel uses After Effects’ Rotobrush and motion tracking tools to prep the clip that will compose the final shot, before compositing and animating the beating heart effect. Check out the tutorial for Create an Exposed Beating Heart Effect in After Effects here.