Blender and After Effects VFX Masterclass

Welcome to this Blender & After Effects VFX Course

What you will learn?

• 3D Camera Tracking

• Adding 3D objects and Animated Characters to your real world scene

• Using Mixamo to import animated characters

• Using Bridge to import Quixel Megascans into your scene

• Match the lighting of the real world scene

• Adding shadow catchers for compositing later

• Adding an HDRI for realistic reflections and lighting

• Using Render Passes and Cryptomattes

• Rendering an EXR Image Sequence

• Full Compositing workflow in After Effects
  

In this exciting course you will learn how to create fantastic worlds by adding 3D objects & characters into any live action scene. We will begin by going step by step through the Camera Tracking process, then we will look at how you can add 3D objects or characters to the scene. You will also learn how to add shadows and how to match the lighting in your 3D scene to the live action footage. Next we will focus on Render Passes and how to render a multilayer EXR sequence, and finally you will learn how to composite these different render passes together using Adobe After Effects.

You will also learn how to use Cryptomattes to easily mask objects to make specific adjustments without re-rendering from Blender. We will do some Rotoscoping, look at how to use TrackMattes, and finally we will color grade the shot, add some film grain to blend everything together, and render your final VFX Shot.

Here is a list of all the Lesson Topics in this course:

1. Creating a PNG Image Sequence using After Effects

2. Camera Tracking: Import PNG Image Sequence into Blender

3. Camera Tracking: Setup Camera Sensor Size + Focal Length + Color Management

4. Camera Tracking: Tracking Setup

5. Camera Tracking: Adding Trackers and Track footage

6. Camera Tracking: Solving the Camera Track

7. Camera Tracking: Refining your Camera Track if needed

8. Camera Tracking: Setup Scene, Orienting the Scene and Set Scene Scale

9. Test Objects: Viewport Render to ensure the Camera Track is good

10. Adding 3D Objects from Quixel to the Scene

11. Adding a Mixamo Character to the Scene

12. Shadow Catchers

13. Matching the lighting using an HDRI and / or Sun

14. Matching the Shadows

15. Configure Render Passes + Cryptomattes

16. Rendering EXR Sequences

17. After Effects: Import Plate & Render Passes & Setup the correct colour space

18. Setup Composition - The Comprehensive Way

19. Setup Composition - The Easy Way

20. Match and Adjust Shadows, Highlights and Reflections

21. Blur 3D Elements to Match Footage

22. Crytomattes and what you can do with them

23. Rotoscoping Foreground Elements

24. Using mist pass for adding mist / haze

25. Final Colour Grading

26. Matching Film Grain or Digital Noise

27. Final Render

28. Bonus Lesson (Adding grass around the well)

I'm including the footage and assets that you will require to follow along, but feel free to use your own footage if you wish.

I really hope that you will learn a lot during this course, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions, I will be more than happy to assist. Ready to create some amazing VFX shots? I will see you in the first lesson!