Redshift ACES Part 2: CG into Live Action After Effects Workflow

Hi again, everyone! In this one I go over a “by the book” ACES workflow where all color textures and HDRI images are converted to ACES before rendering with Redshift. Then we’ll composite our render into live action footage using our color managed ACES workflow for After Effects. 00:00 Intro 00:50 Converting an HDRI into an ACEScg HDRI 05:58 Converting a Photo into ACEScg 12:20 Adding a ColorChecker to the scene 14:25 A Note About Color Section in C4D with ACES 16:12 Redshift Render Settings for ACES EXRs 17:50 Review of Image/Texture Prep for ACES 19:00 Don’t Do This 20:17 Changing Log Footage to ACES in After Effects 31:36 Bringing our ACES Back Plates into C4D 43:30 Matching Our Camera Angles and Cuts in C4D 45:44 Viewport Render Animatic 48:36 Setting Up a Shadow Matte & Shadow Pass 50:40 Alpha Settings 52:00 Bringing the EXRs into After Effects 54:35 Comping Shadow AOV in After Effects 58:05 Adjusting our CG Against the Back Plate 59:55 B