researching motion tracking solutions

[Darren Roark]

I eally like Slice-X and Track-X from Coremelt.

It has Mocha tracking under the hood and a simple GUI, being that I am not a VFX whiz it’s nice to be able to handle a lot of things I’d normally have to farm out. It also saves the trouble of leaving FCP X to go to Motion.

For a live comedy special the director wanted to remove the exit signs on a moving camera, easy with the object remover in slice-x. Same thing with a camera operator filming offstage, easy to remove on the main camera crane shot.

Track-X is great for tracking muzzle flashes on machine guns, bullet hits on cars, you name it.

I think I’ve used it the most for screen replacements, phones, monitors, etc. It’s really handy for when the set decorators buy cheap monitors and they don’t account for the actor clacking away at a keyboard that start to wobble slightly.

[Patrice Freymond]

Hi,

Do you use Motion’s built-in tracker? – YES

Do you use a FCPX motion tracking plug-in, and if so, which ones? – SLICE-X

Do you use a separate application outside of FCPX and/or Motion? – MOCHA 4

What kind of footage do you track? – MOSTLY HD

What kind of effects are you making with that tracking data? – ANONYMISING / COLOUR CORRECTION / BEAUTIFYING /TITLING / SCREEN REPLACEMENTS / TRAILS,FIRE, ADDING ELEMENTS ETC.

Any other reasons why you use motion tracking in your workflows? – STABILISATION

Patrice Freymond

Editor  Certified Trainer FCPX
Post Consultant

Always learning…

[Jeremy Garchow]

Do you use Motion’s built-in tracker? No

Do you use a FCPX motion tracking plug-in, and if so, which ones? SliceX/TrackX

Do you use a separate application outside of FCPX and/or Motion? Mocha Pro/After Effects/Photoshop

What kind of footage do you track? HD and now 4K

What kind of effects are you making with that tracking data? Visual Effects to remove and replace objects (roto/paint/screen replacement/keying)

[Jeff Kirkland]

Do you use Motion’s built-in tracker? Occasionally for simple things

Do you use a FCPX motion tracking plug-in, and if so, which ones? SliceX & TrackX

Do you use a separate application outside of FCPX and/or Motion? Mocha

What kind of footage do you track? HD & 4K footage

What kind of effects are you making with that tracking data? Relighting, beauty work, object removal, screen replacement. stabilisation

(For some reason I can\’t edit my own posts so apologies in advance for the stupid mistakes and bad English that I can\’t go back and fix)

Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Melbourne, Australia | Twitter: @jeffkirkland