How to Add 3D Objects to Your Videos with Blender & After Effects | PART 1

Learn how to add 3D objects REALISTICALLY into your video footage using Blender and Adobe After Effects!

TIME STAMPS
00:00 Introduction
01:25 Tutorial Start
02:01 Things to Keep in Mind
03:06 Assigning a Video Clip to the Background
04:57 Aligning the 3D Scene with the Footage
07:38 Shadows & Modeling the Scene Geometry
13:12 Lighting & Shadow Catchers
14:28 Environment Maps
21:06 Adding Physics & Collisions
24:27 Configuring the Output Settings

Download tutorial files here

New to Blender? Start here:

New to After Effects? Start here:

Looking for an app to create environment maps? Google Street View works and is FREE :D

Shadow Catcher (hack) in EEVEE

Many thanks to Jimmy from Axe 2 Grind!

All comments and feedback welcome :)

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[fedor]

OMG Blender to AE is just what we need ! please more of it !! ❤

[davidmbermeo]

What I appreciate about this channel is that you always show the final effect first then jump into the tutorials. Keep up the great work!

[TKtimestretch]

How funny.. I'm working on a project that requires this knowledge on the day you released this video.. how cool!

[louisc]

thank you for this, Tobias.Looks like promising start of tutorial series. I hope we will get to camera tracking and more complex scenes. Thank you again for your work.

[DoggoCreative]

This tutorial kind of changed my life ! It was the first time I came across Blender and picked it up.
Here I am now make a living with Blender.

[AnimationGoneWrong]

Tobias, another outstanding tutorial! I'm just getting into Blender myself, but this has some great content which only helps to inspire me to continue with my Blender experiments.

[SurfacedStudio]

Time Stamps
01:25 Tutorial Start
02:01 Things to Keep in Mind
03:06 Assigning a Video Clip to the Background
04:57 Aligning the 3D Scene with the Footage
07:38 Shadows & Modeling the Scene Geometry
13:12 Lighting & Shadow Catchers
14:28 Environment Maps
21:06 Adding Physics & Collisions
24:27 Configuring the Output Settings

[thierrybeghin]

Great !! Amazing ! Incredible ! Thank you so much to share your experience !!!
And the 2 parts in less than 1 hour : Great job Guys !

[hip]

You are re the only person on youtube that I have followed on all my accounts and definitely been with you the longest . I think its been 6 or more years niw. CHEERS TOBIAS another great tutorial

[yima]

Can't wait for the next part. This is awesome

[LG]

You're doing an amazing job here. I really appreciate your work. Keep going!

[NickBeatoMusic]

Love you bro! Been looking for this! Why is the no other 2.8 blender and after effects tutorials? You saved

[Ben-zhou]

I‘ve been waiting for this. Thank you.
Nice tutorial

[RayStudio]

Cant wait for part 2. I really enjoy this tutorial.

[antontaukach]

Absolutely amazing tutorial, so easy to understand and follow along. I am subscribing!

[ansonli]

I love these tutorial about composite 3D to live footage. Thank you very much.😊😊

[psgamingpro.b]

thanks man i was looking a video like this since morninh thands

[skottmellins]

Wonderful tutorial… exactly what i was looking for. Thank you and congrats

[ArizonaGhostriders]

Finally found some time to take this 3D stuff more seriously. I knew you were the first one to go to. Thanks!

[aipsong]

Excellent information!!! Well developed and pertinent to what I hope to do in future videos. Many thanks!!!!