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+1 to Walter’s idea: you’ll need to use Maya to create some relatively basic geometry and then use camera projection. This method works much better for dolly-in/out or track-right/left shots rather than for 360-degree spins, however. (Things get much tricker for 360-degree stuff — you may need to shoot stills for a new location and project an environment from that….)
Don’t despair! Camera projection is a lot of fun! (And, the first time especially, a lot of work!)
For starters:
https://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/autodesk-maya/camera-projection-mapping-in-maya/
https://www.qvolabs.com/maya_camera_projection_basic.htmlBen Unguren
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The short-term solution therefore is to transcode into a new codec (like ProRes or DNxHD) before trimming.
Ben Unguren
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Thanks Vince. My mind is in AE-land, so I was assuming you had to copy/paste the interpretation. Funny that a multiple selection never occurred to me!
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It’s in the switches for each layer:
You want the jagged line to be smooth, like this:
(This second is the default, by the way, but there’s a chance you accidentally toggled it….)
You can also try applying a slight blur to the jagged object. I’d use the Fast Blur filter, maybe set to 0.5 or something. In fact, a slight blur + a little grain can help “smooth” out a lot of things!
Ben Unguren
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Increase the search area — the large box around the tracker point. That defines the area that AE will search in the next frame, so if there’s a lot of shaking going on, you’ll need to have a large enough box to account for that shake. Note that the larger the box, the more image there is to process, and thus the longer it takes….
Ben Unguren
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Two screenshots — full-res in AE, full-res compressed — would be helpful. Can you post those for us?
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Hi Maarten,
In your program window, click the options button in the upper-right-hand corner, and check to see if your “playback resolution” is set to “Full”:
(Those are custom hotkeys, by the way; you’ll have to set your own…)
Ben Unguren
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A few shots in the dark:
– Have you somehow turned off the anti-aliasing switch? (Try rendering with “Best Settings” (or is it “Best Quality”?) and if the problem goes away, this might be it.– Are you viewing it at full-size? Maybe it’s 1080 and you’re viewing at 33% or something…
– Are you using the “Transform” effect instead of the standard transform features? (The Transform effect does introduce some jagged lines when rotating, I’ve noticed)
Ben Unguren
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I’m not quite following what the image you’re working with looks like, but you might want to try the “calculations” filter. Look at your R, G, and B channels, and find the ones that offer the most contrast for the edges you’re interested in, then use Calculations to enhance those contrasty edges. That plus a garbage matte can create some relatively nice mattes…..
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I’ll second RoRK on that. I just used asimilar technique to remove collars off the necks of several animals. It’s a lot of work but it’s quite effective.
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