The real power in using any compositing program comes in combining its tools to create something more powerful than any one hammer or screwdriver can give you. In this previous column, we show you how to combine the motion tracker in After Effects with the Clone brush in its Paint tools to help automate the removal of an unwanted, moving object in a shot. (And how do we combine those tools? Using Expressions, a third tool in After Effects.)
Click here to jump straight to “A Track of the Clones” (with apologies for the terrible pun in the name).
Chris & Trish Meyer are the founders of CyberMotion, an award-winning Los Angeles motion graphic design studio. Their design and animation work has appeared on shows and promos for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, The Learning Channel, HBO, and PBS. CyberMotion was one of the first studios to create major release film opening titles using desktop tools (including major films such as The Taleneted Mr. Ripley), and they have also created promotional and trade show videos for corporate clients from Apple Computer to Xerox. They specialize in unusual format videos, having animated for IMAX, CircleVision, the NBC AstroVision sign in Times Square, and the four-block-long Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas.
