Realistic CRT TV Screen Replacement in After Effects

[@AndyDoddFilm]

I did this with a panning shot. I literally created a mask in AE and tracked it using track mask. Worked flawessly.

[@BlauwFilms]

Ey That's amazing to hear! Nice :)

[@CravenLovelace]

Great tutorial. The footage from "Daddy Issues" first caught my eye - such a great song and video. I'll be able to use some of these tips soon, so thank you.

[@BlauwFilms]

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Yes, Daddy Issues has a great video and song!

[@bolt7305]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@BlauwFilms]

My pleasure! Thanks a lot for watching!

[@videoart1496]

Nice tips but for mocha workflow you jumped some CRITICAL points, like how to apply tracking data, also the necessity the precomp (footage or photo) to fit the original comp before applying effect etc... Also how your footage becomes a bit offset since your surface area in mocha was exactly at the edges of your tv ? .... for a new user it is impossible to watch it.

[@BlauwFilms]

Hey thanks for the comment! You're right. This video was supposed to be a follow-up to an earlier screen-replacement tutorial in which we covered most of these points. However, it fails to convey all the necessary information to smoothly follow along. Working on a new one that should get it right this time! :)

[@videoart1496]

@@BlauwFilms thank you we are waiting :D

[@worldwideoffline6423]

@@BlauwFilmswhere’s the earlier video ?

[@BlauwFilms]

@@worldwideoffline6423 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2SkdGeBeNifgas It's this one :'D This is really a long one about troubleshooting a sad greenscreen

[@PlugboyFilms]

this is by far the best tutorial ive came across !! only problem the diode links dont work anymore :(

[@BlauwFilms]

Thanks so much!!! Omg... not again. Fixed it. Hope it stays working now.

[@PlugboyFilms]

@@BlauwFilms wow definitely just got a new sub I’m gonna binge ur vids now thanks a lot 🙏🏾💪🏾

[@BlauwFilms]

@@PlugboyFilms hahaha thank you! Take the old ones with a grain of salt :) We're uploading new ones soon with updated info! Cheers, Leo

[@GambitZone]

Hey! Thanks for the tutorial. May i use the crt shooting for a personal project?

[@BlauwFilms]

Thanks for watching! Do you mean the textures? Absolutely!

[@GambitZone]

​@@BlauwFilms I mean the shots they did for the music video (the one behind the shoulder and the one that zooms to the tv). I don't know if there is any problem if i take those specific shots and put my own stuff there

[@BlauwFilms]

@@GambitZone yeah you’d probably run into issues if you were to publish the work. The music video is Pip Blom - Daddy Issues. If it’s just for practice, nobody can stop you hahah

[@GambitZone]

@@BlauwFilms i have to talk to them then lmao, ty

[@BlauwFilms]

@@GambitZone No worries! Good luck!

[@DanielMortensen]

Every time I open Mocha from AE it freezes my After effects... so annoying! Mocha works great, I just can't save anything because AE is frozen. No fix online that I've found... ever happen to you?

[@BlauwFilms]

Hey Daniel, just saw your comment. I’ve run into this problem about a year ago. But it had to do with the Caches in After Effects that had to be cleaned. Did you end up finding a solution?

[@DanielMortensen]

@@BlauwFilms No solution! Still does it... I just cleared cache too.

[@ari-vz8kj]

can i ask what where you found the footage of that man watching tv?

[@BlauwFilms]

Sure! The footage on the tv was shot separately with the team to be composited in later. The footage of the room and the man watching tv was made for the music video as well

[@ari-vz8kj]

@@BlauwFilms also does this work on macbooks because i tried it and my gpu ended up messing up the masking :/

[@BlauwFilms]

@@ari-vz8kj yeahh a macbook should be strong enough to do this but you might want to do it in sections. Making in between exports for different layers in Pro Res 4444 (or 422) can also help a lot. Things like heavy effects stacks, once you’re happy with it, give it an export and reimport that to work with further.

[@omkargheware1450]

Can someone tell me how did he extract the mask??

[@BlauwFilms]

My apologies for having cut that out in this video hahah! Inside of the Boris Mocha panel you have to first hit "save" on the top left corner (a button with an arrow pointing down). Then the mask you've made is locked. Inside the Mocha "effect" in your Effects panel there is a dropdown for "Matte". Click on "Create AE Masks". It will create the mask directly onto that layer. I'd recommend you check out this video from Boris FX so you can see exactly what options there are :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYbXpoB8rqiUf80 Hope this helps! - Leo

[@worldwideoffline6423]

How do you apply the mocha data to a null? Like how do you even export data from mocha ?

[@BlauwFilms]

Hey, sorry I skipped over a few things in this tutorial. Once you've saved your track inside of your Mocha window, you can close Mocha. Then with your footage selected you should see the "Mocha"-effect in your Effect Controls panel. There select Create Track Data first, select your track and hit OK. Then change the export options to what you want: Transform data is simple Position, Scale, Rotation data (use this for any 2D track). Corner Pin is for anything with 2.5D perspective. Then click on the dropdown menu for Layer Export To and select your Null. Click Apply Export. And that's it! :) You now have a Null object with your tracking data applied. If you select your Null and hit "U", it will reveal all the keyframes that have been added to it. From here on you can use your Null in any way you want. If you are struggling with Mocha I'd highly recommend you check out the Boris FX Learn channel on KZbin. They really are the masters of their own software :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/anS0dYWPhdh2ga8 Hope this helps! Cheers, Leo

[@worldwideoffline6423]

@@BlauwFilms Thank you! At 4:41, how do you add a point to a spline you've already made? I'm struggling to find an answer to this. And when you say 2.5D perspective, do you consider a old tv to have this because of the curving?

[@BlauwFilms]

@@worldwideoffline6423 Good one! If you go to tools up top of Mocha there is a Black Cursor (Selection Tool) and a White Cursor (Add Point Tool). If you have your Spline selected, click on the white cursor and click on where you want to add a point. That's it! :) When it comes to 2.5D perspective I'm mainly talking about movement in the shot. The bulging of the glass/refraction of the glass is something I'd do in compositing by adding distort effects to your clip. Or! If you really have the time (this will be for a future tutorial) you can motion track the clip in 3D and apply your clip to a 3D-model of a TV behind the glass. Then you'll have it all naturally in your clip.

[@sonanddark]

👏👏👏

[@BlauwFilms]

🙌🙌🙌

[@eliaslimapro]

And in Nuke?

[@BlauwFilms]

Hello Elias, it would be pretty much the same type of layers and technique as in this video. Most screen replacement videos on Nuke that you can find on KZbin cover the node-setup you'd need to follow :) Good luck!

[@eliaslimapro]

@@BlauwFilms Greetings from Brazil Thank you so very much my friend

[@BlauwFilms]

@@eliaslimapro Ah que legal! De nada Elias! *sou Brasileiro também hahah - Leo

[@eliaslimapro]

​@@BlauwFilms Olha só que legal Leo... Seu inglês é maravilhoso, sua técnica também... Incrível Leo, vc esta no Brasil ou fora? Nossa eu estou desenvolvendo um Documentário no Brasil e tenho que fazer Screen TV Screen Replacement, Mas eu uso o Nuke e não sei muito bem usar... não sei fazer no After Lol... É um Documentários que fala sobre atrizes xxx, Aí na volta ao passado quando os videocassete chegaram ao Brasil , eu tenho já os Takes do videocassete, a Comp será este take do vídeo cassete sendo ligando e em seguida uma TV antiga de tudo com a substituição de tela por um arquivo XXX que tenho...

[@BlauwFilms]

@@eliaslimapro Obrigado Elias!! :) Eu ja moro a muito tempo na Holanda, dez da infância. Bem legal esse projeto!! Hmm.. ok estou entendendo o problema. Se tiver alguma duvida me mande uma mensagem. Mais penso que vai funcionar se vc seguir os "tips" deste tutorial e seguir um tutorial que explique como fazer um setup similar em Nuke.

[@OW3NxX]

bad tutorial

[@BlauwFilms]

I'm working on a new one covering screen replacement :) Hope you like that one. Cheers!