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In part 3 of keying, host Ko Maruyama discusses screen mattes as well as inside and outside masks. He also covers foreground colour correction and edge colour correction. He shows how to enable the colour corrector and shows how to change the saturation, contrast, and brightness if you need to. He also details the tools in the Colour Suppression tool, and how to suppress a certain color based on the color values.
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Video-Based Tutorial:
By Ko Maruyama, Total Training
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By Ko Maruyama, Total Training
In this clip, host Ko Maruyama covers the color range in 3D text. He works in the camera orbit tool as well as the camera control properties in the timeline. He then shows how to increase the range of color that After Effects can see. He also shows how to change the color channels and explains what each change will do to the project.
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By Ko Maruyama, Total Training
In this clip, host Ko Maruyama works with Character offset and Character value offsets. He deetails what will happen when you select character offset or character value. He shows how changing the character values will change the character. He also shows how to offset the values as well by changing the character offset.
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By Ko Maruyama, Total Training
In this clip, host Ko Maruyama discusses stabilizing data, and uses the tracker controls to stabilize motion. He moves track points on the subject, in this case a moving helicopter to track the data. He also works in the Motion Stabilizer Options window to change the Confidence levels. He also uses the attach point to move the object in order to have a reference.
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