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AE 7: Motion stabilize in dolly shot?
I have a one minute long dolly shot which was done with defective track, so it’s got small jitters throughout. I have to corner pin video onto a video screen in the shot, and the jittering makes it nearly impossible to get a smooth motion in the composite. I’ve tried using Stabilize Motion, but can’t get around the dolly movement. I don’t have a budget to buy software. Is there any way to do this in After Effects?
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Not sure if this will work, but maybe come at it from the other direction. Instead of trying to stabilize the footage, do a motion track on the corners of the sign in the original shot, then use an expression to tie the corners of your corner pin to your tracking points. If you’re not familiar with expressions, check out Dan Ebberts’ site or the Cow AE Podcast for the basics. Really all you’ll be doing in this case is Alt-clicking on the stopwatch to turn expressions on for each of your corner pin points, then using the pickwhip to link that element to your tracking points. If the corners of the sign travel into or out of the shot, check out the tutorial on 3D Set Extensions at videocopilot.net for a great demonstration of how to use null objects to get around that particular problem.
Good luck!
Steve
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