The Difference Matte effect creates a transparency a mask or a matte by comparing the pixels in a source layer with the pixel in a defined difference layer, and then keying out (eliminating) pixels in the source layer that match both the position and color in the difference layer.

This brief tutorial covers the compositing technique of light wrapping.

In this Quick Tip, Ewan Smith is going to run you through inserting an expression to the properties of an object to give it a Jello-like Wiggle.

This plugin will create mattes that are attached to objects in 3D renders by using a PPass

YY_MagicKey is a very powerful keying plugin, minus the complicated settings. It was designed specifically with the keying-out of premultiplied stock elements (explosions, blood, muzzle flares, etc) in mind, and never takes a long time to set up.

Compositing fog elements seems like a pretty straightforward thing to do in After Effects. Shoot or render your fog element against black, and then Add or Screen it on top of your footage, right? Wrong. This method is incorrect. Let's go over why.

It shouldn't matter what rotation methods and parenting the original camera has, as it translates all of that into a free camera with only position, rotation, and zoom parameters.

SplatterType is a preset that will allow you to create amazing ink and paint splatter animations with just a few clicks. Based on a special font type.

Learn how to build this "Canyon Dusk" scene by using silhouette layer elements and effects...