• Adobe After Effects

  tracking / 3Dish

  Posted by Dan Schanler on January 29, 2009 at 4:10 am

  Hi guys,

  I’m finishing post on a short now, and would love some advice. I don’t know if After Effects is the best program for this, but anyhow:

  We shot a scene with a guy in a giant cockroach suit – and it looks like a guy in a cockroach suit.
  https://www.omniads.com/dan/cockroach.tiff

  So I’d like to figure out if gfx work could improve his “costume” perhaps making a realistic giant bug. I was thinking about planting an actual shell onto the back of the costume and tracking his movements.

  My questions are:
  1. can AE do something like this?
  2. does this sound like a reasonable correction/fix?
  3. and how long would this kind of thing take?

  Any other advice would be great. Thanks.

  Dan

  Dan Schanler
  NYC

  Dan Schanler replied 17 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Chris Wright

  January 29, 2009 at 7:42 am

  AE can track 2-D, but you’d need a 3-D model and 3-D tracker unless he’s robotically perfect in a side view the whole time. This means solving 3-D tracking in Bonjour and rendering a 3-D shell in 3dmax.
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  Steve Roberts

  January 29, 2009 at 7:04 pm

  For 3D tracking (matchmoving) consider buying Syntheyes. In this situation, use it with a real 3D app, not AE.

  I don’t think it’ll be a slam-dunk. You’ll probably have a fair bit of hand-matching to do, judging by the footage.
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  Dan Schanler

  February 6, 2009 at 12:50 am

  Thanks for the info guys. I’ll do a little more research, but I’m thinking I may need a straight 3D program, like MAYA.

  Best,

  D

  Dan Schanler
  NYC

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