Compositing Principles, Keying and Color Correcting Green Screen: 30 Days of Ae

Day 21 of the 30 days of After Effects tutorials comes with part two of the compositing principles needed to marry two shots together. In this case, it is placing footage of a mascot into another shot of a back yard.

School of Motion’s Joey Korenman offers tons of techniques looking at getting keying and color correcting, creating a shadow and creating a light wrap to the new element can fit in the scene much better.

Check out part one of Compositing Birds into Backyards, After Effects Compositing Principles and Workflow in Action here, and part two over at SchoolofMotion.com here.