text locked to object

[Peter Mcauley]

Hi,

The effect that you are trying to achieve is best done with a motion tracker. It’s possible to match move the text manually and in Graffiti this is your only option as Graffiti does not include a Motion Tracker. However, having said that, you can download RED 4 from our web site 9borisfx.com/downloads) and use the motion tracker in RED to achieve the effect in short order. Because you are already familiar with the user interface in Graffiti you will already know how to use RED as Graffiti is simply a subset of the RED product. If you want to do that, you can follow these instructions to motion tracker the text to follow the movement of thee live action:

To Track:

• import into the timeline the clip that you want to track
• click in the background of the timeline to deselect all tracks
• select Filters>Motion>Motion Tracker – this action adds a motion tracker filter to the timeline
• twirl down the motion tracker filter so that you see the Source sub-track
• drag the clip that you want to track onto the Source sub-track
• click on the main track of the motion tracker filter to bring the motion tracker controls into the controls window
• click on the TV monitor icon on the motion tracker filter – this action opens a new viewer window that displays the video to be tracked and with a red rectangle within a rectangle, which is the tracker search and target region.
• position the tracker over a group of pixels that you want to follow in the scene
• in the control window there is a small green button with a crosshair – this is the tracker analyze start button. click on this button to start tracking the pixel array that you selected with the tracker search / target rectangles.
• once tracking is complete you can close out the new tracker viewer
• all of the tracking information is now contained within the filter – simply drag the filter onto any track and click on the motion tracker filter to see the controls in the control window. Then go to the Apply tab and select the target for the tracking data (x/y position, pivot, camera etc.)

To offset the tracking data, you must follow these steps:

• go back to the viewer of the motion tracker filter. To do that, click on the TV monitor icon on the main tracker of the motion tracker filter
• observe that there are small red squares that follow the motion of the pixels that you tracked. With the arrow tool selected, drag over these red squares in the viewer window to select them.
• hold down the shift key and drag the selected red boxes to reposition them, thereby offsetting the motion tracker path.

I hope this helps,

Peter.

[Jaewoo Jang]

Does the Boris graffiti doing well in pinnacle studio 14?
Pinnacle studio 11 served boris graffti, but not in 14.

[Justus Self]

I haven’t had any problems with graffiti in 14 the way to transfer it from 12 to 14 is a little tricky, but once it is on it is fine.