[Roei Tzoref]

here is another method for after the tracking in mocha:
1. now more prepared in Ae set your composition to have the video and another duplicated trimmed video on top

2. in mocha set the CTI to the first frame of reference – the first frame when you started to track (it’s going to have a keyframe too) and push the planar surface to the corners

3. export as invert

4. paste on the trimmed video. now you have a stabilized window, all the rest moves

5. precomp->move all attributes and call it stabilized

6. here you composite

7. when you are done step back to the master comp

8. in mocha export again this time with no invert

there may be an error because of the large corner pin distortion, we don’t mind a little cropping because our original video is underneath

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[Roei Tzoref]

closing the window would have probably be a good thing. 80% of what you are tracking, you cannot use because it’s the view outside that’s not good for you to track.

1. trim the footage to just the necessary part:

2. zoom timeline to see just the range I trimmed earlier

3. choosing a proper frame where the whole window is visible. choosing 2 other layers for the track matte. you don’t want to track the window itself, just the frame… use these settings – set perspective. for the main track increase pixel used…

track backward

4. setting my planar surface. inserting a grid to make me better see if my track goes well (use that or planar grid)

5. at one point I have to check one track off (upper window) because it’s not visible anymore

6. make sure I adjust the tracked area of the window because it’s shrinking as I track on accoung of the scenery outside moving. there will be more adjustment along the way of the tracked area to get as much searchable area as I can

7. track forward. don’t forget to check on the windows… I did ☺

there is also some manual labor involved here to get it to be more accurate.

8. set my planer surface to have more room like this

9. export my tracking data like this

10. paste to… the footage!

11. add CC Power pin effect and copy all my values from Corner pin to Power pin

12. check unstretch

13. now I have this

14. this is where I do my compositing.

15. when I am done precomp the whole thing call it stabilized and place it over the original video. paste the original corner pin over it

a lot of compositing still to be done but hey! now you do it!

the full workflow is here curtosy of one of our community’s gurus Rick Gerard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLQ4T3MIm3k

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[Roei Tzoref]

Variable width strokes and tapering already has some feature requests. join us and add another ☺ https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

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[Roei Tzoref]

that’s a good idea. if things get too complex for doing this in the same compe then precomposing/duplicating is the way to go, creating a matte and use it.

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[Roei Tzoref]

the link you sent requires access. please post a public link so we can downloading without requesting access. also please share some screenshots to what you are doing and trying to accomplish and what appears to be wrong. you can copy paste them in the text field or drag and drop.

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[Dave LaRonde] “My favorite Tale of Woe is that the newest version can’t import PNG files. A bug fix may have remedied it by now… but why on Earth was such a simple thing broken AT ALL?”

I am working with PNG constantly and no problems here on Windows. I am also in the forums constantly and haven’t seen a real discussion about a PNG import problem post in CC2017 or in any version for that matter. care to share what do you know about this bug? is it not working for you? because I have only seen 2 posts in Adobe Ae’s forum that reported a problem and both of the Ops have disappeared without telling if the issue was resolved or not. do you really think that if such a crucial file type was broken, we would not be hear about it from a vast magnitude of users?

it’s one thing to complain about the software (that has got serious issues to address and I spare no criticism here), but it’s another thing to misinform users across the boards. Team projects not working? who said it’s not working?

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[Roei Tzoref]

[wilhelm Hagberg] ” Although they were all turned off it seems like they affected to layers ability to accept shadows. I had to totally exterminate them (layer-layer styles-remove all) and now the project functions as expected.
“

layer style will break Ae’s 3d interactivity . even if you had no checkbox on the layer style itself, you actually have to remove the master checkbox for them not to affect anything (or remove them completely)

this is from the help files about layer styles:
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/blending-modes-layer-styles.html#layer_styles

You can apply a layer style to a 3D layer, but a layer with a layer style can’t intersect with other 3D layers or interact with other 3D layers for casting and receiving shadows. 3D layers on either side of a layer with a layer style can’t intersect one another or cast shadows on one another.

also from the help files about 3d layers:
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/3d-layers.html#3d_layer_interactions_render_order_and_collapsed_transformations

“Just like 2D layers, other types of layers also prevent 3D layers on either side from intersecting or casting shadows on one another:

An adjustment layer

A 3D layer with a layer style applied

A 3D precomposition layer to which an effect, closed mask (with mask mode other than None), or track matte has been applied

A 3D precomposition layer without collapsed transformations”

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[Roei Tzoref]

I have tried to make a similar setup:

the windows are placed abovethe CC adjustment layer so they are not affected by it. they are also parented to the building they are in so they move the same and their material options are Accept lights-off so they won’t accept the light you have in the scene.

now I applied 2 instances of set matte effect for both of these windows set to invert alpha for both buildings that obscure it. make sure the buildings collapse switch is active (if it’s illustrator there should be no problem)

here’s the project file for you to see how it’s built.
10862_buildingsetup.aep.zip

let me know how it goes 🙂

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[Roei Tzoref]

is the camera moving or on a tripod? if it’s not moving you could place the video with no reflection on top of the original video and mask the no reflection video on top. if the camera is moving there maybe tracking involved (how critical are you?)

to give you the most efficient advice we would need to see the video of the footage with the reflection.

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[Roei Tzoref]

[Frank Feijen] “Strange behaviour, wondering if I’m alone with this problem.
“

you’re not alone. this is a CC2017 bug: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/kb/known-issues-after-effects-cc-2017.html

the workaround is set it to full before you export, or use the much better feature Queue in AME:

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