VFX Tutorial - Change Day To Night In One Minute | ActionVFX Quick Tips

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This Quick Tips tutorial will show you how to color grade your scene and change night to day quickly, as well as compositing a new sky in the background.
0:22 - 1:22 - Changing day to night in one minute
This Quick Tips Tutorial covers:
- Turning a day shot into a night shot
- Utilizing Lumetri Color & Hue/Saturation effect
- Using masks to replace the sky
- Compositing a new sky to fit your scene
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[@FrikanihFX]

Me: meh another day to night tutorial, this is like the first thing I learnt to do on After Effects... Also me 4 minutes 34 seconds later: BRUH THESE GUYS ALWAYS END UP TEACHING ME NEW STUFF

[@ActionVFXofficial]

We wouldn't want it any other way!

[@rixxhmk724]

Night time to day time pls

[@Anand_Bhatt]

How did you add the tail light and headlights? That’s what I was looking for.

[@qwertzyazertzzy337]

My guess would be you track the taillights, add a red solid with mask and adjust glow parameters (deep glow better if you use it). You can easily subtract the car from the first shot with rotobrush, add an adjustment layer parented to tracked null and play with levels/curves to make it brighter. That's what I'd do

[@BlackStarInitiative]

Hmmm. This gives me an idea for a Spec Ops raid video. Great tutorial!

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Thanks for watching!

[@ayybruh]

hi, could you do tutorials on how to track those red backlight and headlights? thank you!

[@ActionVFXofficial]

It's on the list! -Danasa

[@NosaArtMotiontv]

Thanks Bro. This is really nice, ...watching from Nigeria.

[@redow961]

not understandable for beginners using shortcuts inverting it i dont know how i should do that

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Are you referring to inverting the mask? What he did there was duplicate the layer and change the mask from add to subtract! Does that help?

[@princeroy4797]

attach that video used otherwise its tottaly wasted

[@IndependentVFX]

Great tutorial! That Lumetri day night grade is a great method

[@groundunderstudios]

Great and very informative tutorial, hadn't heard of using an expression for the sky for parallax! I do wish you had gone over how to add the head and tail-lights on the car. Would love another tutorial just on that! Keep up the great work.

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Thanks for watching, Nicolas! Stay tuned for the car lights!

[@abdulmalikmuhammed5741]

@@ActionVFXofficial i am still waiting

[@Kalkatteykalaunda111]

@@ActionVFXofficial am still waiting as well

[@Wolfiegangs]

I'm also waiting

[@GokieShorts]

@@Wolfiegangs same

[@urzilli]

I'm trying to do the same thing but in Nuke, seems easier on After Effects

[@princeroy4797]

please send me the video used

[@tylercallahan7514]

I'm trying to use After Effects, and I can't find the edge blur. I looked closely at your tutorial to try and see if I was missing anything, but nope, all you did was type 'edge' into the effects bar and it came up. Is it in a newer update or am I just missing something? The Luma Key was in obsolete for me, so I have a feeling it was removed, but I have no clue.

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Sorry for the delayed response! Edge blur is an effect from Red Giant's Keying Suite. You can achieve similar results with the roughen edges effect. Change the edge type to roughen and play around with the border size to get the look you want. Make sure to have the edge sharpness and fractal influence turned down to 0.

[@ChasedRabbit]

So when are we starting the official Clayton Walker fan club?

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Right now!!

[@Spider-Too-Too]

it looks even better than mad max fury road

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Thanks!

[@Manikanta-x1p]

excellent video bro......but i have one doubt.....how the jeep lights came

[@gebizzleselahrecords7163]

What program are you using ? Final cut pro?

[@chaosbreaker8737]

Adobe After Effects

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Aaryan is correct, we are using AE!

[@gebizzleselahrecords7163]

Ok thanks

[@supriyobiswas6313]

is the vehicle headlights is manually done by tracking?

[@vpcproduction7070]

slow down.

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Thanks for the comment! As you can tell by the title, we were aiming to show that this can be accomplished in a short time frame. That being said, please let me know if there are any steps that are giving you trouble and we will help out the best we can! - Jonathan

[@MighelAkando]

Do you sell your video editing services?? This was great

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Hey! Unfortunately we don't. We focus on selling VFX assets to compositors. Glad you enjoyed the tutorial!

[@zippimogembo4418]

Sir We wants second part full tutorial for how to add headlight and backlight in THE car

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Thank you for the suggestion!

[@suza.productions]

You guys always save me.

[@ActionVFXofficial]

You can always rely on us!

[@jbluntico6821]

Ngl bro , I'm impressed. New sub💯

[@akhilbm2925]

Which footage is most suitable for night mode grading? Log or normal? Please replay..

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Sorry for the slow reponse. In most situations, LOG footage is better because you have more information to work with when color grading. In this shot, I used rec.709 footage, as it is also suitable, but does not offer as great of a range as LOG footage. The purpose of converting the rec.709 footage to be linear in this video was a stylistic choice used as the base look for the day to night conversion.

[@lebenin3604]

Great tutorial! Thank you, guys! #aftereffects #vfx #compositing #tipsandtricks

[@eslamahmed6500]

Aftereffect or premier is the best?!!

[@TheParappa]

Very cool effect. Thanks!

[@aniketdutta8667]

Could you please send me the footage

[@SandroGarcia96]

Why do you apply a hue and saturation when you can use the lumetri effect?

[@ActionVFXofficial]

It's personal preference! You can use either effectively. :)

[@MruthyunjayMehetre]

Help needed! how did you do the mask thing? I am unable get the only selected part to mask like yours? that part was a bit confusing.

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Hello! When speaking of masks, do you mean the Luma key?

[@StyxVisuals]

wheres the full tutorial?

[@hanafisoul]

raw footage?

[@andrecruz2978]

That's really helpful! How did you guys mask the car inside? Rotobrush, patience and masks ? Thank you so much for your time!

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Glad it was helpful! Are you referring to the windows and having the headlights visible? That was done in Mocha using their planar tracking and roto tools.

[@venkataramana8378]

can i get these footage plz

[@eugenc.3518]

GREAT RESULT!! 😎

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Thank you!

[@customgaming4947]

Can we do it with a blue sky please reply 🙏

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Yes, it's actually really easy! Don't do the day for night grade and just follow the steps in this tutorial for the actual sky replacement. You may have to make small adjustments to match your environment to the sky.

[@jody-annmaitland4751]

Hi.What is the name of this software?

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Adobe After Effects!

[@ChrisWard64658]

Great tip thanks.

[@shivamjha3828]

Where can I find this footage ??

[@ActionVFXofficial]

You can find it on FilmPAC.com! filmpac.com/

[@RajeshPal-bx3qn]

can i get the footage

[@benjaminzipser6021]

Number 15...

[@pankajkaintura]

How to add and track headlights?

[@ActionVFXofficial]

This is a good suggestion for a video, thank you for asking! In the meantime, here's a good video to watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpKmhJ9-m7mXr9k.

[@dubaivisions]

Nice

[@sunny-yp5pl]

but wha about break and headlight?

[@ActionVFXofficial]

The main focus of the tutorial was the day to night effects!

[@HirstMovies]

@@ActionVFXofficial mate that dont change the fact that if its there you know people are going to want that no point showing off something and then not telling people. show EVERYTHIN regardless. its called curtesy

[@chekchhil874]

how to make light car

[@ActionVFXofficial]

This may be something we consider making a tutorial on!

[@eddiecampelo]

Thank you!

[@tanujupdate4667]

Good bro

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Thanks!

[@georges8408]

that was great tutorial ! thanks.

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Glad you enjoyed it! Be sure to subscribe if you'd like!

[@Repossessionn]

Very useful tutorial!

[@robinguentherr]

That's sick!

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Thanks for watching!

[@sgscat]

Спасибо за урок!

[@ActionVFXofficial]

You're welcome!

[@johankolesky9398]

Can you please make a morning yoga routine video? Me and my partner love to wake up and do yoga in the morning as a great start to the day! My goal is definitely to build muscle like you. Congratulations on all your hard work and years of dedication. Looking forward to seeing more from you.

[@archduchy]

what is bro talking about

[@nygreno]

Bro asking the right questions

[@blvdes]

bro is lost

[@charade9091]

lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo