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Sharing some visuals from my latest project, i intended to post this before halloween but due to academic engagements i have to finish it now.
For this clip i focused on using 3d lights in AE to create realistic lighting and integration between the subject (me) and the background which was made with a mixture of Image Editing in Photoshop and Ai tools.
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