[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Look at using the Autotrace feature. You’ll find it under the Layer menu.

HTH
RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

You’ll need a 3D Camera Tracker – use either AE’s built-in 3D Camera Tracker or the Camera Solver in mochaAE V3.1 or mochaPro. Of course it is required that the floor has track-able regions.

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RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

What you want to do is to match the movement of a hand-held footage to a static shot. To do this, you track the background of the hand-held footage and then apply the tracking data to the static shot.

mocha will do this nicely. You will of course need to ensure that there are track-able areas on your green screen for mocha to track.

You will also need to be mindful that the backing plate is a static shot and will not have parallax for the objects within the footage. Thus, shooting the talent requires a knowledge of this fact and will impinge on the type of camera movements you can use to create an effective composite.

I suggest that you hire a VizFX Supervisor to ensure that production footage gets into post in good shape.

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RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

What you want to do is to track the green area and apply the tracking data onto the insert image.

mochaAE should do be able this nicely.

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RoRK

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Apply the Mosaic after CC Jaws. Set a high value, approx 90, for Horizontal and Vertical Blocks.

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RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

This type of work is typically found in Infographics videos.

Other than those tools already mentioned, AE’s Shape Layers and Text Tool are also integral to creating such works. The following video is a work-in-progress that I created entirely using Shape Layers and the Text Tool – https://www.broadcastGEMs.com/MediaScreamer01/bGEMs_MoGraphIntensity_Promo_MG01_18Nov_2013_VBR4_01.mp4

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RoRK

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See of my recipe in the following thread helps –
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/1043646

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RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Tyler, you’ve still got the Minimum % Pixels Used set too low. I did suggest, previously, that you increase this to at least 90%.

You’ve also created a large tracking spline around smaller ones. The smaller tracking splines effectively create ‘holdout tracking areas’ – the latter are areas that are cut off from the larger tracking spline. They do not add to the tracking area. Rather, they do the opposite of what I think you are intending to achieve with the smaller tracking splines.

Additionally, the smaller tracking splines do encompass an area of high contrast. Selecting an area with similar texture, color or shape does not provide the tracking engine with a sufficiently good target to track.

You will want your tracking splines to encompass an area that includes a high contrast, planar object. To do this, create a tracking spline that covers, exactly, one of the white squares. Then increase the size of the tracking spline such that the new area also encompasses a little of the surround area. You now have a high-contrast area, defined by the tracking spline, for the tracking engine to engage with.

I almost forgot! Only mochaPro has the 3D Camera Solve module. mochaAE does provide a camera solve feature. Have you tried AE’s 3D Camera Tracker?

HTH
RoRK

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Ensure that you have the latest update for your version of mocha. Check here -> https://www.imagineersystems.com/download-legacy-view for older versions of mocha and here-> https://www.imagineersystems.com/download-view for the latest versions.

If updating isn’t required or does not solve your issue, then go here -> https://www.imagineersystems.com/contact_form . Ensure that you state your version of mocha.

HTH
RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Hi Paul – you’re everywhere! 😉

Selecting one or more KFs for a prop and then hitting CTRL+ALT+K and setting Spatial KF to your taste works to set old KFs and defaults new KFs to your setting.

Unfortunately, you have to do it once for each prop, which adds to the PITA experience.

HTH
RoRK

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