Blender and After Effects VFX Masterclass By Ruan Lotter

Welcome to this Blender & After Effects VFX Course

In this exciting course you will learn how to create fantastic worlds by adding 3D objects & characters into any live action scene. We will begin by going step by step through the Camera Tracking process, then we will look at how you can add 3D objects or characters to the scene. You will also learn how to add shadows and how to match the lighting in your 3D scene to the live action footage. Next we will focus on Render Passes and how to render a multilayer EXR sequence, and finally you will learn how to composite these different render passes together using Adobe After Effects.

You will also learn how to use Cryptomattes to easily mask objects to make specific adjustments without re-rendering from Blender. We will do some Rotoscoping, look at how to use TrackMattes, and finally we will color grade the shot, add some film grain to blend everything together, and render your final VFX Shot.

Here is a list of all the Lesson Topics in this course:

1. Creating a PNG Image Sequence using After Effects
2. Camera Tracking: Import PNG Image Sequence into Blender
3. Camera Tracking: Setup Camera Sensor Size + Focal Length + Color Management
4. Camera Tracking: Tracking Setup
5. Camera Tracking: Adding Trackers and Track footage
6. Camera Tracking: Solving the Camera Track
7. Camera Tracking: Refining your Camera Track if needed
8. Camera Tracking: Setup Scene, Orienting the Scene and Set Scene Scale
9. Test Objects: Viewport Render to ensure the Camera Track is good
10. Adding 3D Objects from Quixel to the Scene
11. Adding a Mixamo Character to the Scene
12. Shadow Catchers
13. Matching the lighting using an HDRI and / or Sun
14. Matching the Shadows
15. Configure Render Passes + Cryptomattes
16. Rendering EXR Sequences
17. After Effects: Import Plate & Render Passes & Setup the correct colour space
18. Setup Composition – The Comprehensive Way
19. Setup Composition – The Easy Way
20. Match and Adjust Shadows, Highlights and Reflections
21. Blur 3D Elements to Match Footage
22. Crytomattes and what you can do with them
23. Rotoscoping Foreground Elements
24. Using mist pass for adding mist / haze
25. Final Colour Grading
26. Matching Film Grain or Digital Noise
27. Final Render
28. Bonus Lesson (Adding grass around the well)

I’m including the footage and assets that you will require to follow along, but feel free to use your own footage if you wish.

I really hope that you will learn a lot during this course, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions, I will be more than happy to assist. Ready to create some amazing VFX shots? I will see you in the first lesson!

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