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As always, Andrew Kramer also provides the tutorial’s download files, which you can download here.
Here you can also watch the tutorial in HD quality. The approximately 40-minute tutorial explains 3D camera tracking and compositing in After Effects and how stock footage from the "Action Essentials 2" package can be integrated into the scene. Kramer also reveals tricks for 3D track mattes, 2D planar tracking for matte paintings and gives optional tips for adding 3D jets to the city backdrop with Element 3D.
Anyone who wants to know more about Element 3D version 2 can find it in the current issue of DP.
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