Specific motion tracking question

[Andrew Somers]

The After Effects tracker probably won’t do what you need – it sounds like you will need a true 3D track, and then import the 3D camera into After Effects.

Though you *may* be able fake what you want – using expressions with the “toComp” function may help:

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-79fda.html

https://provideocoalition.com/index.php/cmg_keyframes/story/dmoe4_space_conversions/

https://provideocoalition.com/index.php/motiongraphicsvizfx/story/expression_shorts_-_attach_2d_layer_to_a_3d_layer/

And also, a MOCHA track might get you close enough that you may be able to offset some planar tracks to get the look you are going for.

[Chris Buttacoli]

EXCEPT…. a pan has no perspective shift. A dolly or track shot that moves through space is what causes perspective parallax. And to track a shot like that, you would need a 3dTracker, like the one from the Foundry for AE. For a pan track, the AE tracker should work just fine.

Maybe you are using the “pan” lingo incorrectly??

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Without looking at the shot, it’s impossible to offer definitive solutions. A 3D tracker should work but mocha should also work.

To get what I call, ‘induced parallax’ (ie creating parallax in post), you can switch a 2D layer into a 3D layer and then offset/move it in z-space. The abbreviated process starts with a track with mochaAE/mochaPro, applying the tracked data to your layer in AE (2D layer), switching the layer into a 3D layer, offsetting the layer in 3D space to create an instance of ‘induced parallax’.

HTH
RoRK

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[Brad Hebert]

Thanks! I was thinking there might be an “easy” (if a bit rough) way of doing it. Being pretty new to motion graphics, this is the only option for me right now. Good to know the more advanced options as well.