Integrating Titles into Footage in Composite
In this series of lessons, we'll learn how to composite a text title into background footage. Software required: Composite 2011 and up.
What you'll learn
In this series of lessons we'll learn how to composite a text title into background footage. This is a common task for show openers or to add extra information into your shot. We'll begin this project by importing our background plate and creating the text we'll integrate. Then we'll track the background plate and attach our text to the track. We'll then learn how to texture our text and how to combine various tools to make our text look more three dimensional. We'll then learn how to take elements from our background and layer them into our text to create the illusion that the text is in the scene. We'll finish by doing some quick color correction and render out our finished shot! Software required: Composite 2011 and up.
Table of contents
- Importing and Setting up Our Composition and Slate 5m
- Tracking Our Plate Movement and Adding It to a 2D Transform 7m
- Adding Texture to Our Slate Using Noise and Cc Basics Nodes 5m
- Using the Drop Shadow Node to Create Shadows 4m
- Using the Emboss Pxl Node to Create a 3D Text Effect 8m
- Rotating Our Emboss Light Source and Controlling Intensity 9m
- Using a Luma Keyer to Isolate Our Plate Shadows for Layering 5m
- Creating Static Shadows Using Our Tracker and a Garbage Mask 10m
- Rotoscoping Our Moving Shadow Using Multiple Masks 11m
- Refining Our Shadow Garbage Masks 4m
- Filling in Our Shadows with a Modified Slate 3m
- Making Final Tweaks to Various Tools to Finish Our Composite 12m
About the author
Along with creating and recording training, he also used to manage the support team and work closely with the production development team at Digital-Tutors, now a Pluralsight company. He began his career working freelance and quickly realized that he wanted to find a company where he could use his talents to help people succeed in the CG industry. Chris has likely watched more Pluralsight creative training than anyone on the planet, and its evidenced by his Einstein-sized brain and encyclopedic... more