# After Effects Compositing, Tracking, & Keying (Self-Paced)

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## Overview

Take your motion graphics to the next level with this self-paced advanced After Effects course. Learn expert compositing techniques, including keying, rotoscoping, and tracking, to seamlessly blend graphic elements into your projects.

Through hands-on, real-world assignments, you’ll gain practical experience with backgrounds, mattes, and masks while mastering complex compositing workflows. By the end, you’ll be equipped to produce polished, professional-quality composites that enhance your motion graphics and visual effects.

## What you'll learn

- Master motion tracking using Point Tracker and Mocha AE
- Integrate 2D and 3D graphics with video in After Effects
- Stabilize footage and remove green screen backgrounds
- Create slow-motion and fast-motion effects with time remapping
- Rotoscope footage and apply track mattes for visual effects
- Remove unwanted video elements using Content-Aware Fill

## Prerequisites

Knowledge of After Effects equivalent to our After Effects Bootcamp is required.

## Curriculum

#### Using Content-Aware Fill for Video

- Integrating Content-Aware Fill in Your Projects

#### Motion Tracking Using the After Effects Point Tracker

- Tracking Transform: Position, Rotation, and Scale
- Compositing 2D Graphics & Effects

#### Motion Tracking Using MochaAE

- Types of Tracking: Point vs. Planar
- Tracking Corner Pin: Screen Replacement

#### 3D Camera Tracking

- Using the 3D Camera Tracker Effects
- Compositing 2D & 3D Graphics with Video
- How to Export 3D Data for Other Programs

#### Stabiliation of Shaky Footage

- Using the Warp Stabilizer VFX

#### Chroma Keying: Green Screen Removal

- Green Screen Shooting Basics
- Using Masks for Cleanup (Garbage Mattes)
- Using the Keylight Effect for Chroma Keying

#### Time Remapping Video

- What is Time Remapping?
- Creating a Slow/Fast Motion Effects
- What is Frame Blending?

#### Rotoscoping Video Footage

- What is Rotoscoping?
- Manual Rotoscoping
- Using the Roto Brush Tool

#### Working with Track Mattes

- What are Track Mattes?
- Track Matte Properties (Luma and Alpha)
- Creating Track Mattes (Images and Video)
- Animating Track Mattes

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $975