Realistic Planetary Rings in After Effects – Sky Replacement Tutorial
Want to add a ring to your sci-fi scene? Or something else in orbit? This video covers the basics of sky replacement, but instead of adding a different sky, I chose to add planetary rings in one video, the look of the Halo’s Ring from the surface in another video. And then for good measure, I added Helios from Borderlands 2 (my wife and I still play it regulary – couch co-op rules). The process is pretty straight-forward:
- Track your footage either through motion tracking or I found easier results with camera tracking
- Create your space object (I run through making a Ring again)
- Use Keylight to remove the blue from a duplicate of your sky and then use that as a luma matte for your ring / space station / curved Forerunner world.
Pexels (stock footage)
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