From the course: After Effects CC 2021 Essential Training: VFX
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Isolate key elements with garbage masks - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects CC 2021 Essential Training: VFX
Isolate key elements with garbage masks
- [Instructor] In preparation for the process of keying, it is oftentimes helpful to remove anything from the shot that would be extraneous or unrelated to the isolation of our foreground subject. Usually this means any camera or lighting gear that's in the frame or any other tidbits of the frame that aren't fully covered with green screen. And we can get rid of these elements by use of a garbage mask. Now, a garbage mask isn't any different from a regular mask. I like to think of garbage masks as being more utilitarian, rather than creative. They're there to take out the bits of lighting that were used in the shot to light the green screen or the actor, but obviously aren't intended to be in the final shot so we can get rid of these things by use of the pen tool. Let's go ahead and select our layer one and switch over to our pencil. It's always a good idea to go through and scrub your shot, to see what you're up against.…
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