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Photo Gallery Animation in Adobe After Effects!

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Uses of Chroma Key in After Effects

 
Before we go and take a look at Chroma key, we need to understand what is keying?

Keying is a composition effect that takes a part of an image or a video and makes it transparent. This part of the image or video is chosen based of color blue or green.

There are different types of keying Adobe After Effects such as

• Color difference key
• Inner/outer Key
•  Linear color key
•  Keylight or Chroma Key

In Keylight or Chroma Key in Adobe After Effects, we take a composition of two images or two videos and compose them together in a single timeline.

As now we have understood what is Keylight or Chroma Key in Adobe After Effects now let's see how to make this happen.

For example, let's make news channel compositions.

First you would need a background.

The background can be an image but it would be suitable if it is a video related to news channel appropriate.

Add an anchor

Now we would need an anchor who is reading some headlines with blue or green background for this part you can download this an appropriate and suitable clip from the internet or shoot it yourself in front of a green or blue background.

You can shoot this clip otherwise standing or sitting; if sitting makes sure there is a desk you are sitting behind to give your composition a formal look. If you are downloading the clip from the internet make sure the anchor and the news, he or she is reading, complements the background. If the size of the anchor is cropped or zoomed-in in the clip make sure you resize it to the proper proportions. 

Add a Table

To make it more realistic add an image of table in front of the anchor to hide any cropped areas. Remember to resize the table according to the proportions too otherwise it may look out of proportion and unrealistic. 

Now you can start to make the news channel composition

First, we need to go to a new project to make a new composition, give any composition name as you desire then choose preset for the composition. You can choose any preset from the several presets provided in the drop-down menu or choose custom and give your own desired size. 

After that choose the Pixel Aspect Ratio, you can leave it at 'square pixels' or choose any other from the drop-down menu. 

Then choose the Frame rate again you can leave it at 29.97 frames per second or choose any other option from the drop-down menu. 

After that, you need to resolution in which you want to work on while composing your video. 

Then you need to enter the duration in which you decide how long you want the video to be. After that, we finally choose the Background color you want to work on.

Remember whatever background color you choose in the final render the background will be black. For any other background color, you need to take a solid layer in the composition and make that the background. 

After clicking on OK go to File click on import and bring all the files in the project panel then drag all the files in the timeline panel. 

Arrange the clips and images wherever they look appropriate. Then choose the anchor layer with a green or blue background and to Effect options from many bars. 

Choose Keying then Keylight (1.2) then take the eyedropper from the Screen color option and choose the background of the clip which is blue or green. 

This will make the clip or image under this layer visible. 

 

Now readjust the layers above to make the composition look realistic. 

Add an adjustment layer to the composition to colorize the video and make it presentable. 

Now that we have seen how we can make a news video clip with the help of chroma key let's see where else chroma key is used. 

Chroma Key is used in movies as a visual effect (VFX), in whether showcase for news channels, in music videos or in any simple images with plain green background. 

Chroma key also has its pros and cons is a very simple and easy tool. 

Pros - With Croma key, we can make a different composition with the same image or video by just changing the background. 

Cons -But chroma key also has some of its difficulties after changing the background the edges of the foreground image have to adjusted so that it looks realistic.

Here we have seen how and where to use chroma key and compose a video, we have also seen some pros and cons of chroma key. And where it can be used.

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How to Create Effect, Title and Generator in Motion?

Motion is a behavior-driven motion graphics application that allows you to create stunning imaging effects for a wide variety of broadcast, video, and film projects. Motion lets you create sophisticated moving images and other visual effects on the fly and in real time. Whether you need simple text effects like lower-thirds and credit rolls, a complex 3D motion graphics project for a show intro or television commercial, or more advanced image manipulation techniques to stabilize footage or composite green screen effects, Motion has a flexible tool set to meet your motion graphics needs.

Steps for Creating a New Effect Template in Motion:

• In Motion, choose File > New From Project Browser (or press Option-Command-N).
• In the Project Browser, click Final Cut Effect, then click the Preset pop-up menu and choose a project size.
• Click Open (or press Return)-A new, untitled Motion project opens, with the Effect Source placeholder layer selected.
• Add a reference image to the Effects Source placeholder to preview your work, do one of the following:
  • In the toolbar, click Import, then drag a still image from the dialog to the placeholder arrow in the canvas (or to the Effect Source layer in the Layers list).
  • From the Finder or Library, drag a still image to the placeholder arrow in the canvas (or to the Effect Source layer in the Layers list).

Release the mouse button when the pointer is over the placeholder.

The image is added to the Effect Source layer, replacing the arrow graphic in the canvas. This image is temporary media used to preview the result of the effect you are building.

• Add filters or behaviors to the Effect Source layer to create a custom effect. Filters are special effects used to modify the appearance of images and video clips.

• Choose Publish from the Animation pop-up menu of each parameter you want to make accessible. 
• Remove the preview image from the template by selecting the Effect Source layer, then clicking the Clear button in the Image Inspector. 
• Choose File > Save, then do the following:

• In the save dialog, enter a name for the template.
• Choose a category from the Category pop-up menu.

• Click Publish.

The template and remaining media are saved Motion project browser (exported to Final cut pro effect browser).

Steps for Creating a New Generator Template:

A generator template is similar to a standard Motion project. However, when saved, it’s exported to the Generators browser in Final Cut Pro.

• In Motion, choose File > New From Project Browser (or press Option-Command-N).
• In the Project Browser, click Final Cut Generator, then choose a project size from the Preset pop-up menu.
• Click Open (or press Return).
• A new, untitled project opens. The project contains no placeholders.
• Build the project using shapes, text, behaviors, camera animation, and so on.
• Choose Publish from the Animation pop-up menu of each parameter you want to make accessible.
• Choose File > Save, then:

In the save dialog, enter a name for the template.

• Choose a category from the Category pop-up menu.
  Click Publish.

The template is saved and exported to the Final Cut Pro Generators browser.

Steps for creating Titles in Motion:

• In Motion, choose File > New From Project Browser (or press Option-Command-N).
• In the Project Browser, click Final Cut Title, then click the Preset pop-up menu and choose a project size.
• Click Open (or press Return).

A new, untitled Motion project opens containing two layers: a text layer  and a placeholder layer.

To add a reference image to the Title Background placeholder to preview your work, do one of the following:

• In the toolbar, click Import, then drag a still image from the dialog to the placeholder arrow in the canvas.
• From the Finder or Library, drag a still image to the placeholder arrow in the canvas.
• Release the mouse button when the pointer is over a placeholder.

The image is added to the Title Background layer, replacing the down arrow graphic in the canvas. This image is temporary media used to preview the effect you are building.

• Modify the text as needed and add animation, filters, text behaviors, and other effects to create custom titles.
•  Choose Publish from the Animation pop-up menu of each parameter you want to make accessible.
• Remove the preview image from the template by selecting the Effect Source layer, then clicking the Clear button in the Image Inspector.
• Choose File > Save

• In the save dialog, enter a name for the template.
• Choose a category from the Category pop-up menu. (You can also create a custom category. Custom categories also appear in the browsers.)

• Click Publish.

The template and remaining media are saved and exported to the Final Cut Pro Titles browser.