Learn the professional After Effects log footage VFX workflow: composite visual effects on log footage without breaking your color pipeline before the final grade.
In this tutorial, Eric walks through the exact After Effects color workflow professional VFX pipelines use to composite on log footage. From project setup at 32-bit linear sRGB, to interpreting footage correctly, to the levels-based contrast trick that lets you comp comfortably, all the way to the reverse-gamma technique that delivers your shot back in log space so it color grades identically to the rest of the footage in DaVinci Resolve.
He also shows how to integrate 3D renders and Storyblocks footage like atmospheric smoke and sunset cloud sky replacements without fighting the color space.
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Chapters:
0:00 The log vs. graded VFX problem
0:19 How pro VFX pipelines handle log
1:11 Why 32-bit linear scares After Effects users
1:27 Inspecting the plate and final comp
3:08 Project settings for 32-bit linear sRGB
3:50 Interpreting your log footage correctly
5:26 Adding contrast with a simple levels trick
7:23 Sky replacement with a Storyblocks asset
9:05 Compositing 3D renders into the plate
10:24 Reverse gamma back to log
12:14 Grading the final result in DaVinci Resolve