Virtual 3D Backgrounds with After Effects

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Pip Cleaves

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9th - 12th Grade

Higher Education

3rd - 5th Grade

6th - 8th Grade

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Graphic Design

A tutorial on how to create a virtual 3D background for chroma-keyed video footage with Adobe After Effects—the industry-leading animation and creative compositing software. Your students will be making stunning SciFi movies in no time!

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Learn more about Adobe After Effects

Create cinematic movie titles, intros, and transitions. Remove an object from a clip. Start a fire or make it rain. Animate a logo or character. Even navigate and design in a 3D space. With After Effects, the industry-standard motion graphics and visual effect software, you can take any idea and make it move.

Get started with After Effects

Learn Adobe After Effect's basic tools and techniques with the Get Started series. Get familiar with the workspace and how to create and save your work.