Integrating Titles with Footage in After Effects
In this After Effects tutorial we'll learn how to composite a text title into background footage. Software required: After Effects CS4 and up.
What you'll learn
In this After Effects tutorial we'll learn how to composite a text title into background footage. This is a common task for show openers or to add extra information into your shot. We'll begin this tutorial by importing our background plate and creating the text we'll integrate. Then we'll track the background plate and attach our text to the track. We'll then learn about the uses of pre-composing and how to combine various effects to make our text look more three dimensional. We'll then learn how to take elements from our background and layer them into our text to create the illusion that the text is in the scene. We'll finish the tutorial by doing a quick color correction and render out our finished shot! Software required: After Effects CS4 and up.
Table of contents
- Importing and Setting up Our Background Plate 3m
- Tracking Our Plate Movement and Applying It to a Null Layer 4m
- Creating Appealing 3D Text Effects Using Multiple Bevels 8m
- Duplicating Our Text Precomp to Create Shadowed Text 6m
- Using a Luma Key to Isolate Our Plate Shadows for Layering 5m
- Creating Static Shadows Using Our Tracker and Masks 8m
- Rotoscoping Our Moving Shadow Using Multiple Masks 6m
- Rotoing Our Body's Shadows to Finish Our Shadows 7m
- Correctly Track Matting Our Text Layers with Our Cutout Alpha 5m
- Color Correcting Our Background for Increased Contrast 6m
About the author
Along with creating and recording training, he also used to manage the support team and work closely with the production development team at Digital-Tutors, now a Pluralsight company. He began his career working freelance and quickly realized that he wanted to find a company where he could use his talents to help people succeed in the CG industry. Chris has likely watched more Pluralsight creative training than anyone on the planet, and its evidenced by his Einstein-sized brain and encyclopedic... more