• Adobe After Effects

  Best Way to Extract Foreground Building?

  Posted by Jeffrey Fitzgerald on October 1, 2006 at 3:24 am

  Hi All, I am working adding a city skyline behind a straight on zoom shot of a low level building. I need to make this look at good as possible and want your advice. Without frame by frame hand drawn masking, is there a way to automate this? I also need to “hang” a sign on the building in the foreground. Any tips are appreciated.

  Mike Clasby replied 19 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Michael Szalapski

  October 1, 2006 at 4:59 am

  Check out this tutorial for adding in the city skyline. It might help.
  https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_page_wrapper.cgi?forumid=1&page=https://www.creativecow.net/articles/kramer_andrew/sky_replacement/index.html

  The stabilizer/tracker is what you’ll need to “hang the sign” on the building.

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  Mike Clasby

  October 1, 2006 at 5:42 am

  These two tuts from Adobe for the Tracker will help to start:

  Using the new Motion Tracker

  https://studio.adobe.com/us/tips/tip.jsp?p=1&id=487&xml=aft6ttmotiontracker

  Keep motion in perspective

  https://studio.adobe.com/us/tips/tip.jsp?p=1&id=100241&xml=aft65cornerpin

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