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  MochaAE – odd motion blur issue after tracking finished

  Posted by Adam Taylor on June 18, 2013 at 10:59 am

  I have to replace a logo on a pen that is being used in the shot. I have tracked it in MochaAE (and its not perfect but is acceptable).

  Once the data is copied into AE, I am seeing a really weird behaviour – one frame before a large movement, the AEs built in Motion Blur starts to blur the new replacement graphic.
  Looking at the keyframes, i can see no movement sufficient to cause this early blur. I have even tried copying the keys from the frame before and pasting to the affected one, and it makes no difference.

  This early blur makes it blindingly obvious that the graphic is not attached to the video!

  AE Motion Blur is set to the defaults.
  The shot that was tracked is exactly he same file as the one in AE. Both projects are set to 25fps HD. The original material was conformed to 25fps in Cinema Tools before the original edit in FCP, then xml’d to AE.

  Any ideas whats going on?
  adam

  Adam Taylor
  Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
  Character Options Ltd
  Oldham, UK

  http://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
  My YouTube Animations Page

  Roland R. kahlenberg replied 12 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  June 18, 2013 at 11:17 am

  Set the comp’s Shutter Angle to 90 and Shutter Phase to -180. These settings are ideal start off points when inserting objects with motion tracked data.

  HTH
  RoRK

  Intensive mocha & AE Training in Singapore and Other Dangerous Locations

  Imagineer Systems (mocha) Certified Instructor
  & Adobe After Effects CS6 ACE
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  Adam Taylor

  June 18, 2013 at 11:38 am

  thanks Roland.

  Those numbers improved the blur on the dodgy frame, but actually made the rest of the track look really bad! However, you put me onto the right path, and a bit of fiddling with the comp setting has got a much improved overall shot.

  thanks again
  adam

  Adam Taylor
  Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
  Character Options Ltd
  Oldham, UK

  http://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
  My YouTube Animations Page
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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  June 18, 2013 at 1:24 pm

  Thanks for reporting back Adam – it’s always appreciated. I am however curious what settings you ended up with, to solve your issue, and if there were other rectifications that were required.

  Cheers
  RoRK

  Intensive mocha & AE Training in Singapore and Other Dangerous Locations

  Imagineer Systems (mocha) Certified Instructor
  & Adobe After Effects CS6 ACE

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