Lesson12.Advanced Compositing

Lesson 12. Advanced Compositing

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Time	This lesson takes approximately 2 hours to complete.
Goals	Use 3D tracking data in the MultiPlane node
	Create a Glow macro
	Use the Curve Editor to modify an animation
	Animate with local variables and expressions
	Transfer the animation of other nodes with parameter linking

In this lesson, you will integrate computer-generated elements with a live-action background by importing and massaging 3D tracking data. Then you'll produce the finished shot by creating a macro and using advanced animation tools such as parameter linkings, local variables, and expressions. Animation is traditionally known as creating imagery on a frame-by-frame basis either by hand or digitally with computers. In this lesson, you will be using tools and techniques that will save the labor of animating on every single frame.