How to composite a CG Stage and add a green screen element

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Introduction

In this tutorial you will learn how to composite a green screen person on a CG Stage.

What you will need:

Quick Steps

1. Import three Stage renders.
2. Import footage element keyed
3. Add shadows using a 3D light
4. Position elements
5. Colour Correction
6. Camera move

More

Techniques with the CG Stage:

• The angle of the floor of the stage and the green screen person need to be the same angle to look like the person is standing there

Improvements you could make:

• Use tracking and put a complex camera move with a changing perspective in
• Add another person
• Add more detail or extend 3D stage

Downloads

Project files (zip- 1MB): maya 2009 file, After Effects file and three renders of stage (.png), doesn’t include raw green screen file, that can be found on the green screen tutorial.

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