How can I make a sky replacement, not look green screened?

[Ryan Elder]

Okay thanks, how would be the best way to shoot it then for AE to do the best job?

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

[ryan elder] “So do I have do use masks for each frame, as the camera moves?”

As for tracking, you should be able to point track or planar track (with Mocha) and attach null or layers that function as light sources, local lighting, etc. It’s not going to be fast nor easy. The car would have to be tracked separately if you want to make it stand out with a different color adjustment. Same with (people and) faces.

Actually shooting at night is going to be about 100 times faster than taking that mid-day footage and turning it into night. Especially if you have a lot of night footage with moving camera.

Kalleheikki Kannisto
Senior Graphic Designer

[Ryan Elder]

Okay thanks. It’s just that shooting at night is much more expensive cause you need much brighter lights, and that’s the problem for me.

Plus I can shoot whatever I want at night and no one cares, as long as I don’t light the streets. But lighting the streets requires costly permits as well.