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New Year….New needs….
First I certainly hope that everyone had a safe New Year and that things will be brighter this year than last.
I have been doing sports videos for a while now and whenever the footage from a client is not clear enough to follow the player I spend a few hours creating a mask that follows the action using a white color, cookie cutter, then keyframed to follow. Needless to say this is a very tedious process and a waste of time. I recently came across a free software called Claxa 1.0 that allows you to mask and have the software to define and track the object. I just downloaded it and have only begun to work with it. I would like to know if anyone has used it or possibly knows if there is other software available that does this. If you watch a horse race or any NASCAR they have live highlight tracking and that would work great for me. This software looks promising so if no one is familiar with it I will pass along the info as I get deeper into it. Again Happy New Year to everyone.
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I can not comment on the use of Claxa, since I have never used it. But if I read your story, I would say you really need a Motion Tracker function. Boris FX is a plugin for Vegas that contains such a Motion tracker. Did you ever try Boris FX or Boris Red? Maybe you even own Boris already?
Theo
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No on both accounts…. I will look into it. Thanks for the suggestion.
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To add….
For my tracking purposes i use Imagineer systems set of tools.
They are incredibly accurate, easy to use and very efficient.
I’ve never heard of Claxa before.Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Creative Arts Director and Film Maker.
Portfolio at:
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Thanks Steve, I wished I had asked this question before it would have saved me lots of time. I found Claxa by chance and started looking at it. I have not found any reviews other than what the developer states. It’s free, so that is a plus but that certainly does not mean better. Can you tell me the system of tools you are using? In a few months I will be buying new equipment and looking at software, so I am in the planning stages now. It does look however that I will be buying the Final Cut Pro 2 suite and will need to purchase a new Mac as well and set it up as a dual boot. Thanks again for all the suggestions.
Joe
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