• Adobe After Effects

  Motion Tracking

  Posted by Olly Lawer on April 1, 2010 at 7:14 pm

  Hi,

  I’m about to shoot a video which will involve actors holding boards up and inside the board, I will place a video – shot against a white background – of characters talking through their website. It’s an arty video which will test my AE abilities.

  The video that I place ‘inside the board’ basically needs to look like the board. This means that when the actor holding the board moves slightly, the video inside needs to move slightly too. I guess the best way to do this is to draw with a big black permanent marker, 4 dots on each corner of the board and then somehow attach the 2nd video to each of these dots so AE has a clear handle to work with.

  Not sure how I go about achieving all this in the best way, so any thoughts would be appreciated.

  Many thanks

  Olly Lawer

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  Olly Lawer

  April 4, 2010 at 4:42 pm

  Hi,

  Thanks for this. Have had a look at the Mocha. Looks good, however, if I make clear black markers, then we should be OK with AE simply tracking those as there won’t be much movement in the image – hopefully!

  In terms of the practicalities, I guess I mask the video that I want to go in the box and then place 4 motion tracking pins to the black pen marks on the board on the first video? I guess these can be behind the video rather then having to be at the edges (if that makes sense).

  Thanks

  Olly Lawer

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