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Digital-Tutors : Depth-Based Compositing in After Effects
In this series of lessons we'll learn how to combine depth maps to
create correct layering between two renders. This allows us to split out
scenes into multiple render layers while keeping the correct pixels on
top.
We'll begin by taking a look at what is depth-based compositing
or layering and why we would want to use it. Then we'll learn about some
of the downsides of using this technique. We'll then dive in to After
Effects and create a matte for our foreground layer using it's depth map
and the background depth map. We'll then learn how to work with depth
maps including combining maps from different scene scales, using
depth-based layering to fix interpenetration issues and making depth
maps human readable and error-free.
1. Introduction and Project Overview
3. Basic depth compositing in After Effects
5. Fixing interpenetration issues with depth compositing
