Tracking text to an object

[Stuart Elith]

You actually answered your question… it’s a matter of tracking.
If you are looking to do the 3D style stuff including side-to-side rotation you may need to do a 3D track, which is more than the built-in tracker can handle (though perhaps Mocha in CS4 can, i’m not sure). Making something just stick to a person’s movement on a 2D level is very achievable within AE.

For the 3D stuff, i think my workflow would be :

(1) Do a 3D track (can sometimes be done within a 3D program like Maya, or with another piece of software like Boujou).
(2) In a 3D program, create your text, which will follow the tracked camera movements perfectly. Render it out in whatever style you want.
(3) In AE, you will just need to integrate it into the scene with color correction, masking/rotoscoping.

But as you can see this does require more than just AE. Stuff like 0:30-0:40, 0:51 are just 2D so are much easier.

[Harry Sona]

Thanks for the response stuart.i am actually super new to After effects so i dont even know about the tracking feature i have just been manually moving the text frame by frame. Is there any tutorials ont he tracking feature you could tell me about.

[Harry Sona]

Thanks
i know i must seem like a dumb a$$ but it sall pretty new tome.

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[Stephen Curry]

Here is a tutorial here, not sure if it will help with all that you want but its a good start.

https://www.digitaljuice.com/dj_training/detail.asp?sid=315&sortby=&page=7&rpid=0&rvid=0&swid=0

not sure how long that link will be good….if its broken then just search DJ training for Tracking

[Harry Sona]

thanks for all the guidance for a newbie. appreciate it