# After Effects Compositing, Tracking, & Keying

Canonical URL: <https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/after-effects-compositing>

## Overview

In this advanced After Effects course, you’ll elevate your motion graphics projects with expert-level compositing techniques. Learn to master keying, rotoscoping, and tracking to seamlessly blend graphic elements into your compositions.

 

Through hands-on, real-world projects, you’ll gain practical experience and a deep understanding of the After Effects compositing workflow. Explore advanced methods for keying to remove backgrounds, rotoscoping to isolate elements, and tracking to match movement with precision. You’ll also work with mattes and masks for complex compositing tasks.

 

By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills to produce polished, high-quality composites that enhance your motion graphics and visual effects from start to finish. Whether you’re refining your existing expertise or tackling new creative challenges, this advanced After Effects course will give you the compositing, keying, rotoscoping, and tracking skills to excel.

## What you'll learn

- Learn motion tracking techniques with Point Tracker and Mocha AE
- Combine 2D/3D graphics with video using After Effects
- Stabilize footage and remove green screen backgrounds
- Create slow-motion and fast-motion effects with time remapping
- Rotoscope footage and create track mattes for effects
- Remove unwanted video elements using Content-Aware Fill

## Prerequisites

Knowledge of After Effects equivalent to our [After Effects Bootcamp](/courses/after-effects) is required.

## Curriculum

#### Using Content-Aware Fill for Video

- Integrating Content-Aware Fill in Your Projects

#### Motion Tracking Using the After Effects Point Tracker

- Tracking Transform: Position, Rotation, and Scale
- Compositing 2D Graphics & Effects

#### Motion Tracking Using MochaAE

- Types of Tracking: Point vs. Planar
- Tracking Corner Pin: Screen Replacement

#### 3D Camera Tracking

- Using the 3D Camera Tracker Effects
- Compositing 2D & 3D Graphics with Video
- How to Export 3D Data for Other Programs

#### Stabiliation of Shaky Footage

- Using the Warp Stabilizer VFX

#### Chroma Keying: Green Screen Removal

- Green Screen Shooting Basics
- Using Masks for Cleanup (Garbage Mattes)
- Using the Keylight Effect for Chroma Keying

#### Time Remapping Video

- What is Time Remapping?
- Creating a Slow/Fast Motion Effects
- What is Frame Blending?

#### Rotoscoping Video Footage

- What is Rotoscoping?
- Manual Rotoscoping
- Using the Roto Brush Tool

#### Working with Track Mattes

- What are Track Mattes?
- Track Matte Properties (Luma and Alpha)
- Creating Track Mattes (Images and Video)
- Animating Track Mattes

## Schedule
- Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 10, 2026 — Live Online
- Aug 3, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026 — Live Online
- Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026 — Live Online
- Oct 5, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026 — Live Online
- Nov 30, 2026 – Dec 2, 2026 — Live Online

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $975