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  • Fixing a dolly shot

    Posted by Donald Mitchell on April 20, 2012 at 8:19 am

    I shot a wheelchair user in my studio yesterday, I had wanted him to spin in his chair on the spot, but in the end, I used a dolly and semi-circular track to move around him, and he remained still. I didn’t get everything centred though, so as the clip plays, he drifts from side to side a bit. I’m trying to figure out the best way of fixing his centre point to the centre of a comp, so he stays centred while the shot plays. Any ideas?

    Walter Soyka replied 14 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Walter Soyka

    April 20, 2012 at 6:12 pm

    [Donald Mitchell] “I’m trying to figure out the best way of fixing his centre point to the centre of a comp, so he stays centred while the shot plays.”

    You are interested in tracking and stabilization [link].

    If you have AE CS5.5, you could give the Warp Stabilizer [link] a spin.

    Walter Soyka
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