[Stuart Samuels]

Thanks so much Conrad. Much appreciated.

[Stuart Samuels]

Hi again.

I’ve got the relevant info into After Effects from Boujou (I think) but when I pate the position of one of the Boujou track point null objects to my clean floor layer, the floor layer “disappears”. I’ve tried scaling it down and moving it around a bit until I can see it again but I just cant get it in to the right position.

I’ve been trying all day to work this out and I’m at the point of throwing my computer out of the window (I’m sure most people know how this feels!). I had zero luck with Mocha too. ARGH!!!

It surely can’t be that of an unusual task but I’ve looked and looked for a tutorial explaining the technique and just cant find one.

I’ve attached a screen grab from the start of the shot and one from the end so you can hopefully see what I’m trying to do, how I’ve got things set up and the problems I’m having.

Thanks so much for any help anyone can offer, you just might save my sanity!

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[Stuart Samuels]

Thanks. I’ll give that a try too.

Once I have my Boujou camera solve imported to After Effects, how do I work with it?
I’m struggling to find a tutorial that deals with a similar scene to my own.

Thanks again

[Stuart Samuels]

Ah ok. I really should have known that!

I actually have access to Boujou so I’ll have a play around with that and should hopefully get a decent result.

Thanks.

Stuart.

[Stuart Samuels]

Thanks Greg, that did it!

Iv’e got a steep climb ahead of me I feel!

[Stuart Samuels]

Thanks for your help.

Would I notice a big difference between the 5400rpm and the 7200rpm hard drive?

[Stuart Samuels]

Thanks. Those tutorials are just what I need. I think I’m guilty of trying to run before I can walk.

Thanks for your time and patience!

Stuart

[Stuart Samuels]

Thank you for all that, it’s really great advice.

The ony bit I’m not to sure about is this section;

When tracking is complete, apply the Surface to the define an area where you tracking data to be exported to AE. In your case, this will be where the bottom of your text will be.

Could you please try and explain how I “apply the surface” etc? I’m really not sure of my way round Mocha yet and am still trying to figure out the basics.

I tried redoing the spline excluding the car this time.
Then exported the data as transform data.
Imported the data into AE as transform data and applied it to a null
I then went to delete the anchor point key frames but there weren’t any to delete. Just KF for position, scale and rotation.
Finally I parented my text to the null.
The resut was as jittery and shaky as ever.

I’m assuming I missed a stage in Mocha that would have generated the anchor point data?

Sorry if I’m being a little slow on the uptake!

[Stuart Samuels]

I managed to get the Mocha tracking info into AE by using the Mocha Impport script from mamoworld.com but the results were the same as ever.
Here’s a clip that I just ran out and shot. I dropped it into Mocha, tracked it and then imported into AE to add the text. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmGs5ixKakQ

As you can see the tracking is very shaky and not convincing at all. I obviously haven’t spent a long time on this clip but even when I have put time and effort in to previous tracking attempts the results aren’t much better.
Here’s what I did….

• Rendered out the clip in AE as JPEG sequence
• Imported the JPEG sequence into Mocha ensuring the FPS matched
• Using the X-Spline tool drew around the area to track (the road surface and the blue car)
• Tracked the footage
• Clicked “Align to Surface” button
• Clicked “Export Tracking Data”
• I saved the data as a text file
• In AE I created a new comp with my original footage
• Using the mamoworld script I applied the tracking data to a new solid layer (using the “corner pin layer” option)
• I pre-composed the solid layer
• Opened the pre-composed solid layer, added the text, hid the solid, closed the pre-comp.

Can you see anything I’m missing or doing wrong?

Thanks again for your help, it’s genuinely appreciated.

Stuart.

[Stuart Samuels]

Thanks for your help. How would I destabilize the footage after the render? Just add a wiggle to the position or to a camera?

Do you have any ideas why I’m coming up against this problem? I’m only shooting on a Kodak Zi8 so the quality is far from the best, could this have something to do with it? I’m guessing so, but I’ve had the same problem with HD footage so there must be something else going on too.

Thanks again for your help.