Roto Brush & Refine Edge contains a number of parameters that help you fine-tune the results of applying the Refine Edge tool. This movie goes through each of the parameters, demonstrating how to improve your results.

The new Refine Edge tool uses the underlying Roto Brush segmentation boundary to determine what region to refine from frame to frame. Chris Meyer shows you how to make corrective strokes and touch up the alpha using the Paint tool.

This movie demonstrates the new Refine Edge Tool workflow, which is applied after the Roto Brush tool. Chris Meyer explains the x-ray view that shows the alpha channel Refine Edge will create, as well as how to erase an edge refinement.

Learn how to use the new Refine Edge and Refine Matte tools — similar to those found in Adobe Photoshop CC— in Adobe After Effects CC.

It's the end of hard matte lines. Keep the details when separating complicated foreground elements like frizzy hair or motion-blurred edges from complex backgrounds. This means you can create natural-looking composites without keying specially shot footage.

With the addition of the Refine Edge tool in After Effects CC, the underlying Roto Brush effect has seen a few changes in parameter names and ranges. Chris Meyer explains.

When someone has had the foresight to film a subject in front of a solid-color background, compositing work gets a lot easier. This video shows you how to use the Keylight effect to key out (make transparent) a solid-color background and use a garbage matte to isolate the area to be keyed.

No need for expensive contact lenses, we’ll show you how to use the incredible planar tracker in mocha AE to track your eyes, export them as a Mocha shape layer and apply effects in After Effects to create that “white iris of the zombie” look. Another added feature in this episode is how to use Refine Matte to control the feather, spread and choke of the mocha shape layer. This effect gives you control of how much of the original iris shows around the edge stopping the new white iris from blending into the rest of the eye.

Create a real time Compositing experience in Premiere Pro using the Ultra Key and Track Matte Key effects. Overcome the limitations of the Track Matte effect using special advanced tricks. Watch the final movie here (Hebrew version only).

Part two on how to hide someone’s face in a video, this time we’re using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5. If you need to obscure an element in a video, like a face or unlicensed product, this episode will demonstrate how it’s done using a track matte key and Premiere Pro’s built-in effects.