Before you begin to use 3D camera tracking in Adobe After Effects, you need to prepare you footage and your titles. What are things to consider before you use 3D camera tracking? How do you use 3D camera tracking? In this movie, author Eran Stern will help you understand how to prepare your footage and text for 3D camera tracking.
- [Voiceover] OK, so first I want to delete…the titles that I've prepared.…We are going to add them later as separated words.…I'm going to highlight both of those text layers…and press delete on my keyboard.…Next, I want to track the movement of the camera…in this shot.…So, just as a quick reminder,…here is this shot on its own.…We have a 10 seconds video of this runner…jogging across the bridge at dusk.…So, in order to track the camera,…I'm going to right-click on the footage,…and from the context menu…I'm going to choose Track Camera.…
And this is a background procedure,…so if you have something else to do now,…in terms of designing the text,…or you want to explore other parts of this project,…you can go ahead and do so.…But I'd rather wait for it to finish,…so I'm just going to fast-forward…the recording, so we don't need to sit here…and wait for this effect to finish analyzing…and then creating the result.…OK, so this process has been finished.…You can scrub the timeline and we can see…that there are a handful of trackers, colorful ones,…
Author
Eran Stern
Released
7/13/2016Along the way, Eran demos a handful of advanced techniques, from tracking, rotoscoping, and particles to distortion and camera effects. After watching this course, you'll be able to create impressive promos, trailers, and openers that will stand out from the rest.
- Dandelion type: exploding text into dozens of seeds
- Time remapping
- Tracking text
- Rotoscoping with Roto Brush
- Floating type: creating a liquid text simulation
- Designing with shape layers
- Creating water effects with caustics
- Perspective type: attaching type to moving guitar neck
- Planner tracking with mocha AE
- Pasting tracing data
- Matching focus
- Hot spot type: adding motion graphics to a runner's steps
- Camera tracking
- Adding titles
- Creating a pulse effect
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 6s
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Using the exercise files1m 57s
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1. Dandelion Type Effect: Explode Text into Dozens of Seeds
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Adding glow7m 53s
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2. Floating Type: Create a Liquid Text Simulation
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Creating a displace source8m 13s
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Ripple effect transition4m 10s
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3. Perspective Match: Attach Type to Guitar Neck
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Pasting the tracking data6m 24s
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Preparing a blur map6m 20s
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4. Hot Spot Type: Add Graphics to Runner Steps
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Adding titles across Z space10m 14s
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Conclusion
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What's next?58s
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