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  • How to track and freeze picture position inserted in moving video

    Posted by Steven Savage on April 24, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    I am trying to insert a picture into a moving video and to have the picture hold the position where it was originally placed to eventually fall off the screen as the camera pans left. Currently, the inserted picture will pan with the camera movement. the exact effect i am trying to accomplish is the one shown here vimeo.com/1858780 at 27 seconds through 32 seconds…ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!

    Steven Savage replied 14 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • John Cuevas

    April 25, 2012 at 1:20 am

    That particular video would include a combination of rotoscoping to freeze the snowboarder than some planar tracking to keep him attached while the camera moves and changes perspective. If you have CS5 you have access to mocha, a great program for this type of work.
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    Here are a few tutorials(do a google search for mocha tutorials, you will find 100’s): https://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/vfx/walking-through-3d-text-ae-premium/

    https://ae.tutsplus.com/articles/news/advanced-motion-tracking-with-mocha-ae...

    https://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/vfx/double-stuffed-tracking-walkthrough/

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
    Thinkck.com

    “I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
    —THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

  • John Cuevas

    April 26, 2012 at 2:51 am

    Lucky day…this tutorial was posted today, exactly what you are trying to accomplish.

    https://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/vfx/show-a-motion-path-with-the-stromotion-effect/

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
    Thinkck.com

    “I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
    —THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

  • Steven Savage

    April 26, 2012 at 4:54 pm

    I just wanted to say THANKYOU so much for your response! I am relatively new to editing and it is sites like this that give me the encouragement and motiviation to continue trying after, like your quote of Edison says, finding over 700 ways not to do something. Thank you very much again, this made my day!

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