In this lecture guys I would like you try your hand on that visual effects so you will discover how
easy it is to apply visual effects to any video within after effects.
Also you might have more ideas later on to create your own video with this technique.
So you start by imparting good video you might probably already know that you can right click in the
project panel go to import and you go to find the click on file.
And of course you have it your file manager and here there is a specific video I would like to import
is the river 14 2 or 5.
Make sure that create composition is unchecked and you click on import.
Now that you have your video within after effects you want to create a new composition to start working
on The View and applying the facts.
The best way is to click and drag the video into the timeline over here.
And when you release a composition is created for you and this is the comp over here and your project
panel and you can start working.
Our aim here is to change the color of the water.
Want to give it a different look with different colors.
For this we need to create a mask that will include only what.
Now that's pretty easy to create a mask.
First of all make sure you have selected your layer.
OK.
That's important.
And then you can go to the pen tool you can link click and select and tool and you start creating the
mask.
Let's see if we start creating the mask from over here.
So to start you put your first Cliq over here.
You'll have a first point.
Then he goes inside and you decide OK.
This is the second point trying to make straight lines a bit.
I'm going to be a bit rough.
It's OK for this lecture.
And let's put another point over here.
And one point just over here to continue with the mask we need to shift the viewer.
You can simply press on the spacebar and keep abreast then click and lock up OK.
Then you the space bar.
So let's click outside is no problem you are selecting the water.
This click over here and then if you point the first point or your first click you notice that the Pentagon
has changed and there is a small circle.
This means it's going to close the mosque you do a let's go back to 100 percent and click over here
and go to fit.
Now you notice that the mask has masked your lair of course it's including only the area within the
mosque.
The other area is not visible.
It doesn't matter for now because this is exactly what you want to apply.
In effect you go to the effects and preset panel you click on it you can see it over here.
I'm sure you know you go to window and you have the and preset panel just over here.
Within the ethics simply said let's look for the tri tone effect so all you have to do in the search.
You right.
Right.
This is the tritone effect.
To play it on the video with its mask you just click on the tri tone.
You can drop it inside the composition of your school but on the lead here that would be more precise.
Here you are now.
You already applied the effect and it's working on the mask.
You'll notice that the control panel has opened.
And over here do you have your Cliton mask if you come to the layer and click on the small arrow here
and take down you and not just you have masks and you have an act for Jordan mask.
This is your mask over here and it has certain property inside and you have the facts.
So now you have tried torne that has been applied to it again and you have all the properties of the
tri tone then you could do these except compositing options compositing options is like asking where
do you want to apply this effect on which mask.
In fact if you click on the plus sign you will notice it opened the mask 1 over here and this is the
only mass that you have.
So after effect picked the only mass that you have I notice now you can see the complete video.
One with a pod that is mask and the other one that does not mask.
So now you want it to work on the effect itself.
To change the colors you'll have three properties you can change the colors for the highlights which
are the bright colors within the video in the mask and the shadows which are the dark colors and the
mid-tone which are the dominant colors here in between the highlights and the Beatles as click on the
mittens here.
I know you have the mic tones and you can change the color as is as simple as it can click and drag
and decide what colors you want to give.
Or you know come over here make it like dark Seann something like this as you wish.
I'll put it over here.
It's good.
Then you click OK.
Hey guys.
You already applied and in fact to your video to come over and press spacebar you can play it and not
as you have done a great job guys.
So a playing effect in after effects is pretty easy provided that you know certain things and you are
very precise in what you're doing.
Your next step might be if you want to play more ears took the mask around this mountain for example
and also around the mountain and change the colors or so using the same effect.
Right.
I'll show you how to do this in the practice activity later on.
Thank you.
I will see you in the next lecture.