bugger it! vegas is giving me a headache but I don't think it's suited for this bit I'm trying to do.
I need to motion track a static plate against foreground video as the camera pans. I've masked out part of the video image to replace the ronto in the background and created a new digital plate to fill in the resulting gap. the camera moves a bit as the speeder pulls away in the alley and I'm having trouble matching the movement of the static plate to the foreground video.
how does one do it properly and hopefully with the minimum of fuss. I've tried using camera movement in vegas but it's not up to it. I need to be able to pick common points on both images, and get the program to use those as reference points so they both move together.
can this be done?
I've got
after effects adobe premier
a) what is this techinique called b) can anyone point me to a tutorial, alternatively, can I send you the two bits of footage and you could motion track for me?
it's 88 frames of stuff. When a woman says yes, she means no - when she says maybe, she means no.
a) what is this techinique called b) can anyone point me to a tutorial, alternatively, can I send you the two bits of footage and you could motion track for me?
it's 88 frames of stuff.
LOL! I just started messing with this stuff. Had a heck of a time finding info.
Can you set 2 tracking points? There may be a little camera rotation. And you have to pick points that aren't screwed up by artifacts. In AE Pro, you'd line the plate up with the first frame, mask, and pick your point(s) on the first frame of the moving footage. (As I understand it).
If that's how Vegas wants it, then you could take a snapshot of the first frame (VirtualDubMod), and line up the relevant portion of your plate, onto it, in an Image Editor, like Photoshop. Then save it without altering the original dimensons of the snapshot. Import that still, and it'll be automatically aligned to the first frame. Yadda yadda yadda, and motion control would take over from there.
After Effects Pro has "motion tracking" that's supposed to be brilliant.
Mind you I didn't get the motion tracking to work right, yet. It went insane when it encountered Telecined material. I have to Inverse-Telecine the source, and the source may have too many encoding artifacts, as well. In fact, I came here to have another look at ADM's guide, for the IVTC part... saw this... laughed... wrote down my laugh... uh, but anyway...
If you don't have AE Pro there's a plugin that works with "most compositors". SynthEyes I doubt if the 3-D part would get in the way. But it's priced for 3D... ($400). I hear (read) that it kicks hindquarters.
I believe there's other plugins, too. Maybe something cheaper that'll do the job.
If you can do Linux (I wish I could even *hope* to learn Linux in time for my current tasks), there's a freeware that's supposed to work nicely. (Looks like it may not be any more poorly documented that AE). 2 Versions: Heroinewarrior Cinelerra Cinelerra - Community Version
And, for the independently wealthy, EyeOn Fusion is another proggie (at a mere $5,000).
If you don't have Pro, and Vegas wont work, and so on, I hope someone skilled will step up. As a last resort, I could take a shot at it. But, I wont have Pro for long, its a temporary licence-transfer thing, for, maybe, a couple of months. And I'm up to my receeding-hairline in stuff to do with it. Of course it would be better if you found someone who wasn't at the " WTF???!!!! " stage, LOL!
One day I found... 10 years had got behind me. Next day was worse.
woohoo. we are go for launch. done it. know how it's done. cool. very neat. and not too hard. juist gonna refine it now and that's sooo brilliant When a woman says yes, she means no - when she says maybe, she means no.
Originally posted by: tellan woohoo. we are go for launch. done it. know how it's done. cool. very neat. and not too hard. juist gonna refine it now and that's sooo brilliant
Awesome! I look forward to seeing the next round of example clips, and ultimately the Lancer dvd.
Say, which program did you use, AE or Vegas? (If it was Vegas, that'll be another feature to help me justify the expense).
One day I found... 10 years had got behind me. Next day was worse.
