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Motion Tracking in Mocha AE
Hey there.
I am fairly new to motion tracking and have run into a bit of a problem while editing a project. I am creating a project that is similar to the Apple iPod Silhouette commercials, ear buds and all. I know that in the Apple commercial, they actually drew in the ear buds, but I am trying to motion track using the green screen footage that I have and hopefully use the ear buds that I made in Cinema 4D.
Anyway, because I am new to motion tracking, I would like to know the best way to track someone with an ear bud in their ear, with the cord dangling. The problem that I’ve been running into is when I try to track the ear of one of the people in the video, when their head turns, it loses the tracking. Any ideas on how to make my project work?Thank you!
Kimberly Gehrt
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1 Reply
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It’s likely that the tracking engine doesn’t have sufficient data (pixels/planar surface) to conduct the track successfully if the ear bud is a small piece.
You can try to add additional tracking splines, one for the side of the face and another for the ear as long as these are co-planar with the ear bud.
You will also want to ensure that you increase the Minimum % of Pixels Used to a sufficiently high value – 90% and above is what you want.
HTH
RoRK
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