The Corner Pin effect in Adobe After Effects

Project files

If you want to follow along, download the files I used:

Cat video

grooming.avi
grooming.avi

Background image

qualityenglish.jpg
qualityenglish.jpg

Matte image (from background)

You can make this trivially in Photoshop or download the predone one if you are lazy.
qualityenglish.bmp
qualityenglish.bmp

Next we import the files into After Effects.


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intro | part 1: Project files | part 2: Creating the composition | part 3: Effects | part 4: Masking the image