Lake Keene :: Visual Design http://www.lakekeene.com Interactive, Motion Graphics and Visual design studio located in San Diego, CA Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:38:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to track footage and make a matte with Mocha AE http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/how-to-track-footage-and-make-a-matte-with-mocha-ae/ http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/how-to-track-footage-and-make-a-matte-with-mocha-ae/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:23:13 +0000 Lake Keene http://www.lakekeene.com/?p=206 Read More...]]>

This demonstration shows how to utilize Mocha AE and the Mocha Shape plugin to quickly track and rotoscope an object. Mocha AE data is then passed to the Mocha Shape plugin in After Effects and used as track matte.

]]> http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/how-to-track-footage-and-make-a-matte-with-mocha-ae/feed/ 0 Keying in After Effects with Keylight + light wrapping http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/keying-in-after-effects-with-keylight-light-wrapping/ http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/keying-in-after-effects-with-keylight-light-wrapping/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:18:40 +0000 Lake Keene http://www.lakekeene.com/?p=203 Read More...]]>

This demonstration shows how to quickly pull a chroma key to create a matte using Keylight and After Effects. After the initial Key is created a light wrap is made, giving a more accurate final compositing result.

]]> http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/keying-in-after-effects-with-keylight-light-wrapping/feed/ 0 How to build a lightwrap in After Effects http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/how-to-build-a-lightwrap-in-after-effects/ http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/how-to-build-a-lightwrap-in-after-effects/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:17:17 +0000 Lake Keene http://www.lakekeene.com/?p=173 Read More...]]>

This brief tutorial covers the compositing technique of light wrapping.

This technique uses a duplicate of a matted foreground element and a copy of the background overlaid onto the new mask to create a more photorealistic blend between the foreground and background.

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This tutorial covers how to use the after effects paint engine to build an alpha channel used to expose a layer in a write on style.

]]> http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/how-to-expose-layers-with-paint-in-after-effects/feed/ 0 How to use strokes in After Effects http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/how-to-use-strokes-in-after-effects/ http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/how-to-use-strokes-in-after-effects/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:14:04 +0000 Lake Keene http://www.lakekeene.com/?p=168

This demonstration shows various ways to use strokes and masks as animation elements and support layers in after effects.

]]> http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/how-to-use-strokes-in-after-effects/feed/ 0 Live Comic-Con 2011 demo http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/live-comic-con-2011-demo/ http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/live-comic-con-2011-demo/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:04:04 +0000 Lake Keene http://www.lakekeene.com/?p=110 Read More...]]> This demo was preformed for the Arts Institute of California – San Diego on July 24th 2011.

The camera and audio quality are not stellar but after post processing and up converting to HD hopefully the content can shine through.

]]> http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/live-comic-con-2011-demo/feed/ 0 Creating Kinetic Type and Camera Rigs in After Effects http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/creating-kinetic-type-and-camera-rigs-in-after-effects/ http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/creating-kinetic-type-and-camera-rigs-in-after-effects/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:34:25 +0000 Lake Keene http://www.lakekeene.com/?p=79 Read More...]]> This workshop was recorded live at the Arts Institute – San Diego on Monday, April 25 2011.

The workshop covered how to produce motion based typography (kinetic type) in After Effects V7 -> CS5.0. The workshop also covered how to setup a kinetic type project for animation in 3d space via a fast and easy to build camera rig.

]]> http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/creating-kinetic-type-and-camera-rigs-in-after-effects/feed/ 0 Professional Video Encoding with Adobe Media Encoder Tutorial http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/professional-video-encoding-with-adobe-media-encoder-tutorial/ http://www.lakekeene.com/tutorial/professional-video-encoding-with-adobe-media-encoder-tutorial/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:33:11 +0000 Lake Keene http://www.lakekeene.com/?p=77 Read More...]]> This video describes in detail the process of creating a professional h.264 video file. These mp4 files are used in the delivery of virtually all video media today. The scope of h.264, as well as fundamental encoding ideas are touched on.

The video that is being encoded is a promo Lawrence and Clark created for the album The One by G-Side – video at vimeo.com/​18089095

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