FXPHD – AFX234 – Compositing In After Effects Truck Explosion Part 2

This course, the second of a two part offering taught by Kirill Pleshakov, is focused on compositing the close-up shot of the Truck Explosion, a live action miniature explosion filmed at a scale of 1:13 which is blended with a full scale shot. The original movie edit contains three shots of the truck explosion and this course covers the last one where the environment is completely covered with the fire and destroyed

To properly blend the full scale truck with the miniature set truck, we will have to warp and animate the static real truck. This time we will be using the amazing After Effects plugin "Lockdown", without which it wouldn't be possible to stabilize the perspective shifts and movement of the detailed warping surface.

This two-part course is a perfect offering for those looking to improve their skills in tracking and compositing in After Effects.