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Vishu Aggarwal
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Vishu Aggarwal is a Passionate, Professional & Multi Vendor Certified Trainer. He's an enthusiastic learner, creative designer, and an individual always eager to explore more in the fields of Graphic & Web Designing, Digital Video-Sound Editing, Instructional Design, Digital Marketing, UX/UI, 3D Animation, Virtual Reality, and Game Design. Being a career focused professional, he supports businesses across industries with extensive media and digital marketing services. His all-around experience and expertise in delivering niche multimedia and graphic design training, video editing, and many such media-related areas enable him to contribute towards accelerated organizational branding and performance with unparalleled creative outcomes.
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Changing the background

Now, we will improve the composition using the CC Light Rays and 4-Color Gradient effects.

Improving the composite by using CC Light Rays

CC Light Rays is an After Effects plugin that creates stunning light ray effects, simulating the natural interplay of light in a scene. It will enhance visual impact by adding dynamic and realistic light beams and cinematic visuals to our composite.

Follow these steps to improve the composite by using the CC Light Rays effect:

  1. Duplicate the Background.mp4 layer in the Chroma Keying composition using the shortcut Ctrl + D or Cmd + D.
  2. Rename the duplicated Background.mp4 layer to Background_Light.mp4 by right-clicking on the layer and selecting Rename.
  3. Move Background_Light.mp4 to the layer above the Women_Working.mp4 layer.
Figure 9.8: The Background_Light.mp4 layer moved above the Women_Working.mp4 layer

Figure 9.8: The Background_Light.mp4 layer moved above the Women_Working.mp4 layer

  1. Select the Background_Light.mp4 layer.
  2. Go to the Effect...
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Vishu Aggarwal

Vishu Aggarwal is a Passionate, Professional & Multi Vendor Certified Trainer. He's an enthusiastic learner, creative designer, and an individual always eager to explore more in the fields of Graphic & Web Designing, Digital Video-Sound Editing, Instructional Design, Digital Marketing, UX/UI, 3D Animation, Virtual Reality, and Game Design. Being a career focused professional, he supports businesses across industries with extensive media and digital marketing services. His all-around experience and expertise in delivering niche multimedia and graphic design training, video editing, and many such media-related areas enable him to contribute towards accelerated organizational branding and performance with unparalleled creative outcomes.
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