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Changing Seasons in After Effects and Photoshop

by Evan Clarke James

In this After Effects and Photoshop tutorial, we'll learn how to transition between seasons by making a spring-time park into fall. Software required: After Effects CC, Photoshop CC.

What you'll learn

In this After Effects and Photoshop tutorial, we'll learn how to transition between seasons by making a spring-time park into fall. We'll start off by giving the shot a golden hue using a matte and an adjustment layer. We'll then paint colored leaf elements in Photoshop before bringing them back in After Effects to track the trees so we can get the leaf layers moving with the pan. We'll finish off the shot by adding some more orange leaves with a adjustment layer and a mask using tracking data. In the end of this After Effects and Photoshop training, you'll have created colorful fall foliage out of a scene that was shot in the spring. Software required: After Effects CC, Photoshop CC.

About the author

Feeding his obsession with film making since he was 13 years old, Evan has built a mountain of industry experience from working on things like 300, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and South Park. Before that, he fed his obsession by devoting his time to learning, and earned a degree in film from NYU, as well as a MFA from CalArts in Experimental Animation. It’s safe to say your creative education is in good hands! As he continues expanding his passion for telling stories, let Evan help yo... more

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