Whenever hair is involved, compositing a video is tough. Masking it out to place over a new background is a tricky job, even if the footage was shot on a green screen. Simply keying the green isn’t enough. It will inevitably take away too much of the ends of hair, leaving the chunky head looking matted down. That’s why it’s so important to keep the feathery edges and blend them with the background. Learn how in this tutorial. I’ll show you some simple tricks in After Effects to composite a “hairy” subject onto a new scene. View full article »