How to color grade your animations in After Effects - Tutorial

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In this tutorial, we'll focus on color grading our animation. Think of this as some sort of training or exercise. We'll be doing 4 different lighting scenarios. And in each of those, I'll share with you my thought process, tips, and tricks on how I color grade my animations to match the background.
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Choosing background images
04:39 - Alpha mattes (the new way)
07:51 - Option 1: Library
21:00 - Option 2: Library with foreground
50:05 - How nested compositions work
52:57 - Option 3: Street lighting
01:14:52 - Option 4: Back lighting
01:25:33 - Conclusion
Images used:
Library with foreground - Photo by Polina Zimmerman: www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of...
Library - Photo by Engin Akyurt: www.pexels.com/photo/assorted...
Street lighting - Photo by Pixabay: www.pexels.com/photo/side-vie...
Backlighting - Photo by Josh Hild: www.pexels.com/photo/silhouet...

[@godyatox]

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[@plainlysimple]

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[@raviranjan5698]

You are doing a great job!..... Nice tutorial.... Thank you from India!

[@plainlysimple]

You are welcome! Glad to know you liked it 😊

[@yayanglawira]

this is cool one

[@newtimespro]

great! so what settings do you use when rendering in movie format?

[@plainlysimple]

Hi! This would depend on the kind of look and feel you're going for. The time and place would also be a factor 😊