Compositing Visual Effects in After Effects

Learn how to composite professional-quality, high-end visual effects using After Effects. Lee Lanier covers all the common visual effects tasks any serious artist needs to know, including complex greenscreen removal, motion tracking, advanced channel and colorspace manipulation, particle simulation, and the realistic integration of 3D renders and render passes. Apply these techniques through multi-chapter tutorials to produce professional-level VFX shots. Video image sequences, 3D renders, matte paintings, and other tutorial materials is provided at the book's companion website.