• Adobe After Effects

  Creating a glowing outline to a human body

  Posted by Matthew Young on February 20, 2015 at 11:06 am

  HI guys

  I’m new on here and hope someone can help with a project I’m about to undertake.

  I was wondering if anyone knows of a way I can achieve the effect in the link below minus the skeleton stuff using green screen and not 3D animation in AE

  https://www.istockphoto.com/video/backbone-pain-15646305?st=450e1d6

  I just want the outline of the body parts and have the subject animated. I’m hoping theres a way to do this using a key on a real life person doing the actions rather than animating as well.

  Thanks so much in advance

  Matthew

  Matthew Young replied 11 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Cuevas

  February 20, 2015 at 5:59 pm

  If you have a green screen it will be pretty easy. Key your subject, then duplicate the layer. On the top layer, add a matte > simple choke effect and set it to 8(adjust to taste). Now change the bottom layer track matte to alpha inverted. Precomp those two layers and effect(glow) to taste.

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  Thinkck.com

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  Matthew Young

  March 6, 2015 at 3:12 am

  Hi John, thanks for your reply, sorry my late response I didn’t realise someone had got back to me.

  Yeah thats the direction I’ve headed, but couldn’t figure out an easy way to get the lines over the arms as they are largely obscured by the body if you get what I mean. In the end I’ve had to toga brush different body parts to get what I need. Is there a faster way?

  Thanks again

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