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In this series of lessons we'll learn how to composite a text title into background footage. This is a common task for show openers or to add extra information into your shot.

We'll begin this project by importing our background plate and creating the text we'll integrate. Then we'll track the background plate and attach our text to the track. We'll then learn how to texture our text and how to combine various tools to make our text look more three dimensional. We'll then learn how to take elements from our background and layer them into our text to create the illusion that the text is in the scene. We'll finish by doing some quick color correction and render out our finished shot!

                                                                                            

1. Introduction and project overview 3. Tracking our plate movement and adding it to a 2D Transform 5. Using the Drop Shadow node to create shadows 7. Rotating our Emboss light source and controlling intensity 9. Creating static shadows using our tracker and a Garbage Mask 11. Refining our shadow garbage masks 13. Making final tweaks to various tools to finish our composite

2. Importing and setting up our composition and slate 4. Adding texture to our slate using Noise and CC Basics 6. Using the Emboss PXL node to create a 3D text effect 8. Using a Luma Keyer to isolate our plate shadows for layering 10. Rotoscoping our moving shadow using multiple masks 12. Filling in our shadows with a modified Slate