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    mask tracking layer beneath – tried AE calf- but no responses.

    Posted by Raine Parrish on October 26, 2006 at 8:15 pm

    Hi,
    I’ve got a masked layer that I need to track the layer beneath it.
    The footage is identical- and there’s a slight drifting pan to the footage.
    PC running AE 6.5 pro

    The masked, top layer, is a different reddish color- it’s for a POV shot – looking thru the guy’s red sunglasses – which are broken. So I’ve got the top layer “red lens” mask for 2/3 of the frame- then beyond the masked footage- there is the normal, uncolored, footage. But because of the slight panning motion to the footage -I need the mask to move in synch with the bottom layer.

    I believe this is called a “track matte”?

    Any suggestions – or if you know of a tutorial, I’d appreciate it.

    Thanks much!
    rp

    Raine Parrish replied 19 years, 10 months ago 11,485 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Raine Parrish

    October 27, 2006 at 12:10 am

    Thanks for help- looking up parenting and motion tracking tutorials.
    Thanks again
    rp

  • Raine Parrish

    October 28, 2006 at 3:51 am

    Thanks- I think I’ve got it working. I did both motion tracking and stablization- then I did the parenting- and it looks pretty cool- I’ve got some drifting movement going on with the sunglasses and then the duplicate footage is stabilzed and doesn’t drift- so the effect is that you’re actually looking through the guys glasses. Gotta admit- I got really lucky on this- just started trying various combos etc- and I hit it.
    Thanks to you guys helping out.
    Very grateful
    rp

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