Greg Robbins
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Haha “very bad weather” filter. Its right next to staples “easy” button, just click and its done!
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After Effects is for video and would not be used for making business cards. Try photoshop, indesign, or illustrator. The only thing I can think of where I would use AE in a situation like this is with using trapcode form or particular to create a graphic and export a still image.
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We need more information on what you are trying to do. What does it need to look like? Very realistic or a sketch? Best results would be to 3d model it in a 3d app like 3ds max or maya.
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Also After Effects is not a compressing program. And should not be using as one. AE is used to produce the highest quality file format and then use a different outside program to compress like Adobe Media Encoder or Apple Compressor ect.
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Right, lots of rotoscoping. Which defeats the point of shot on a green screen in the first place. The point of a green screen is to help the computer identify the difference between the subject and the background so that u can seperate them using the color differences, so green on green greatly impairs the ability to distinguish the two. So to repeat what was already said, rotoscoping is your best bet.
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Try multiple color keys/keylights. One for each color (the blue sky and the white clouds).
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There is nothing to install, you just import the footage from the dvd or folder you downloaded from into AE just like you would import any other footage
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Also when I render out a shadow in a 3d app I usually render the objects and the shadow seperatly. That way you have direct control over the shadows opacity and darkness ect.
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If you really want to do it in after effects you can use pretty much the same method I stated but in after effects. You would create 3d layers and lights and a camera. Andrew Kramer has several tutorials on 3d layers and shadows here https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/submerged/ and here https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/3d_shadows/. But doing this will not give you an accurate shadow being that the 3d model is now a flat video card instead of true 3d. Creating a realistic shadow needs to be done in the 3d program you modeled it in. You would not want to use ‘drop shadow’ blending option.
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What I do is render the shadow in the 3d app. I\’m not sure how to do it in maya but in 3ds max you\’d create a camera and assign your desired background shot as the background and then quickly create planes where the ground is and then one for the wall. So pretty much recreating your shot in a 3d world. Then apply a \”matte/shadow\” material to the planes to allow the shadow to fall on them and renders only the shadows not the planes. Again that is for 3ds max but I\’m sure maya is similar. Plus if your background footage is moving then you will need to matchmove it in pftrack or similar tracking program and import the data into maya. Maya also has maya live which is a built in tracking function as well. Hope this helps.