[Roland R. kahlenberg]

I’m beginning to believe that the interlacing artefact is inherent in the source video – the VOB files. I know of no way to remove these without introducing other issues. Stay away from such shots when you’re selecting your footage.

HTH
RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

If you were to use either mochaAE or mochaPro, you would track translation and export the tracking data with either mochaShape or translation data. With the latter, you will apply a mask on the tracking data (applied to a SOlid).

It’s actually much easier to export an instance of mochaShape.

HTH
RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

This is strange – I can only attribute it to (a) a CODEC that is defaulting to rendering an interlaced output or (b) your footage interpretation is incorrectly set (c) scaling and/or positional moves in the layer is causing the interlacing/combing artefact.

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Perhaps it’s your Output Settings that are incorrectly set. You should be rendering WITHOUT fields. If things are unclear, then take a snapshot of your Output Module dialog. Also ensure that your comp is set to 25fps and not 50fps.

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RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Your output is displaying the following issues –
1) interlacing artefacts
2) incorrect pixel aspect ratio

For broadcast, these issues will be non-existent. However, for playback on a computer monitor, via a video playback app that doesn’t de-interlace nor understand non-sqaure PAR, the two issues will stick out clearly.

To solve (1) –
interpret the footage as either upper or lower field. TO check if the field ordering is one or the other, set it to lower and then step through (use the Page Down key) the media asset in the Footage Panel. If the field ordering interpretation is correct, the exhibited motion will be accurate. If incorrect, the motion will exhibit a forward-backward motion when viewing the clip, on a field-by-field basis.

To solve (2) –
Create a square equivalent composition for your source clips and render out from there. This comp should be 1050×576, if I’ve read/remembered your previous posts correctly.

You may also want to scale the clip slightly, in the comp, to get rid of any black borders which are prevalent on most MPEG2 compressed media.

HTH
RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

I use mocha almost exclusively for 2D tracking. For 3D tracking, it’s a combination of mochaPro and AE CS6. Checkout the Help Menu for links to AE’s 3D Camera Tracker.

There are lots of very good mocha tutorials on the Imagineer Website and even here at the COW. For AE’s CS6 3D Camera Tracker, there are lots of good ones out there although I’ve yet to see one that encompasses object tracking, which is essentially what I was doing here.

FWIW, AE’s 3D Camera Tracker isn’t designed for object tracking. However, in this example, the camera and the tracking object are moving at a relatively similar pace. Additionally, the tracking doesn’t require a very strict requirement for precision due to the nature of the effect (floating text). Both the similar movement and less stringent requirement for precision made AE’s 3D Camera Tracker a viable option.

HTH
RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Exit AE and remove (delete) the older copy of the plugin (which I am assuming is the mocha shape plugin).

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RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Mettle’s Shapeshifter is also a possible candidate. More info here – https://www.mettle.com/shapeshifter-ae/

HTH
RoRK

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Hi Marc, I’ve not faced such an issue and I’m surprised that it’s happening. My only thoughts are that if the point(s) is behind the camera, you can split the beam layer and manually keyframe the required property. See if this works.

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

[John O'Riley] “If I was to mask them out, would I leave it transparent underneath or make a solid and try and match the colour of the walls/floor?”

1) Mask out the actors
2) Precompose the layer – select Move All Attributes
3) Apply WS and 3D Cam Tracker separately to test for best results

HTH
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