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Alleycat
07-12-2005, 01:31 AM
Hello, I have a robot modelled in Maya and I wish to composite my robot in AE.

Lets say this robot is walking on a liveshot of a city. And some portions of its legs are covered by the liveshot buildings. May I know how do you achieve this feat to enable its leg to be 'covered' by the building ? I am a newbie when it comes to compositing. Thanks
Studev
07-12-2005, 04:05 AM
2 ways :

1. Roto Bezier Mask the robot
2. Roto Bezier Mask the elements that cover the leg. Copy the layer and put on top.

Simple as that
Alleycat
07-12-2005, 07:47 AM
hi Studev, thank u very much !
hiphopcr
07-12-2005, 05:40 PM
He doesn't need to roto the robot, since it's out of Maya it comes with an alpha channel. But definitely the buildings need to be roto'd, or if it's a still image you can use a PSD file.
Studev
07-13-2005, 03:06 AM
What i mean by roto the robot is when the leg cross over the building, roof or whatsoever so that it's not overlapping or cross each other.
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