If you’re getting into compositing, this is a good place to start.
When adding an element to a shot, you’ll want to track it, match move, color grade, add lighting and reflections, and blur.
While this isn’t a full step-by-step tutorial, it’s a great walk through of how to think through a shot.
In this video from Casey Faris, you’ll learn about:
- Adding glasses element
- Masking to avoid reflections
- tracking with Planar Tracker
- Merging the glasses element over footage
- Applying Motion Blur
- Matching with Color Corrector
- Adding drop shadow
- Adding new reflections
- Applying movement to reflection
Also check out Casey’s Fusion Zero to Hero course for more Fusion tips!
Gedaly is the Founder and Lead Educator of DVResolve.com and is Blackmagic Design Certified Master Trainer. He’s edited commercials for major brands and has done color & VFX for independent films. He consults on post-production workflow and creating online education. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor, a former marketing manager for large brands, and creates original film projects with his production company Razee.