After finishing up the animation for my section of the documentary and getting finished renders for the backgrounds, I decided to figure out the best way to composite them together.
The most obvious issue was the lack of shadows cast on the ground by the dinosaurs and some of the greenery that should be in front of the dinosaurs. Since the shrubbery was the easier fix, I did that first, which was just a simple duplication of the background and cutting out the pieces that needed to be in front.
To fix the shadows, I duplicated the animated clips and added a tint key to make it completely black. I then transformed the clip, squashing it to make it look like it was lying flat across the ground and added a small blur. I still wasn't totally happy, so I messed around with the the layer blend and changed it to soft light.
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