Production ProcessPart of the Moving Image class was to create a VFX shot. I decided to create a Star Wars holographic map effect.
Below is the process I went through to create the final product. To start I created folders that would contain the various elements. Assets for the planet images, Footage for the video, and Comp for the comps that would be created. I then created a black solid and applied the lens flare preset with a keyframed brightness, and a 105mm lens type. There's also a glow to make it blue. I created a new comp for the planetary images, which I made 3D and moved in z space. I then added a blue fill to them all bar the main planet which I used a tint on. Lastly I created a default camera and adjusted the aperture and blur. I then dropped the HUD comp into the main scene and moved it around, I duplicated it and created a mask with a low opacity to act as a reflection on the TV screen. I repeated this but added more glows and changed the mask to be the same as the triangle mask I had created for the blue fill. I duplicated the main HUD again and moved it over to be a reflection on the glass, this involved roto out the guy in the corner and setting the mask to subtract so that the HUD would be behind him. I then rendered out using Adobe Media Encoder with standard 1080p YouTube settings. The final image shows my file structure. I had four folders, AE for my After Effects project, In for the footage and assets I brought in, Out for the final encoded video, and Process for the screenshots of my work.
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SynopsisVarious effects I've created in After Effects. Archives
June 2019
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