• Adobe After Effects

  Face tracking?

  Posted by Ptanna on October 5, 2005 at 10:32 pm

  Hello All,

  I work for CNN, and we have been trying to figure out a way to track faces so we can put a blur over them. Currently the blurring is being done frame by frame and it takes forever. Is there a fully or partially automated plugin or routine to put blurs on faces and having the blur follow where ever the face goes? Thanks for any responses.

  -Pat

  Steve Roberts replied 20 years, 12 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Ptanna

  October 6, 2005 at 1:14 pm

  Can it even be done?
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  Steve Roberts

  October 6, 2005 at 1:28 pm

  You can track a contrasty point (or four), but not a face as such. The Pro version has a tracker.

  You know, since it’s a blur, and you don’t have to be precise, animating it manually could go rather quickly once you get the hang of it.

  Steve

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