Moving graphics

[Steve Kennedy]

The concept involved here is ‘motion tracking’. You can now do this a certain amount in Premiere Pro: https://nofilmschool.com/2014/07/masking-tracking-premiere-pro-larry-jordan

But you can do far more with it in After Effects: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/tracking-stabilizing-motion-cs5.html

There are plenty of tutorials online, but the essential principle is that you analyse a section of the footage (for example someone’s head) to get motion data, and then you can attach something to that data, so that it stays in line with them.

Hope that helps!

[Philip James]

Thanks for that, useful. If any one knows the best way to create the shape of the orange box in Photoshop I’d be grateful too!

[Joseph W. bourke]

Just creat a rounded box in Photoshop, either snapping to guides with the pen tool, or using a Custom Shape (or downloading a freebie on the net, and reshaping to taste). Fill it with white, then using Layer Styles (double-click the layer you want to add the style to), add a Gradient Overlay, and maybe a very slight Internal Shadow. that should do it.

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com

[Philip James]

Thanks once again.