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  • Late Show with Stephen Colbert Intro

    Posted by Brian Higgins on December 21, 2015 at 1:12 pm

    Wondering how the Stephen Colbert Intro was done. https://youtu.be/rBnsYwb0QgY, and how to create something similar in After Effects, or was this done using something else like 3DSMax?

    any ideas for how I might get similar results in AE?

    Thanks for any Info or suggestions

    Brian

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    Josh Bell replied 10 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Joseph W. bourke

    December 21, 2015 at 3:36 pm

    I think this was done for the most part with real videography and tilt-shift effects in post. In most of what I’ve read, the shots are credited as “photography” by Fernando Livschitz.

    Here’s a link to quite a number of large stills from the production, as well as the “director’s cut” of the open:

    https://skyrisecities.com/news/2015/12/late-show-intro-offers-tilt-shift-tour-new-york-city

    There are lots of special effects (tilt-shift the primary style, making the shots look like table-top miniatures), color correction, and a good amount of compositing. While you might be able to do it in After Effects, you would certainly have to start with footage that cost a lot of money to stage and shoot.

    Joe Bourke
    Owner/Creative Director
    Bourke Media
    http://www.bourkemedia.com

  • Josh Bell

    January 8, 2016 at 3:04 am

    This article helped me create a free youtube intro for my channel. Using templates downloaded from the web it is easy to create a high quality intro in not much time!

  • Josh Bell

    January 8, 2016 at 3:04 am

    This article helped me create a free youtube intro for my channel. Using templates downloaded from the web it is easy to create a high quality intro in not much time!

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