From the course: Tracking in After Effects
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Tracking a background object - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: Tracking in After Effects
Tracking a background object
- [Instructor] There is another graphic element I want to add to the asphalt road and this is the number glyph from the Mekomi fund. This will help the theme of the promo and establish the connection between the city and the fund. So I've already placed it more or less where I want it to be and now we need to track it to the ground. So I'm going to select the last layer here, street_2, and let's track the motion of one of those signs over here. So I'll click on track motion. I'll select the tracker point, wait for the double-headed arrow, and then move the entire group and place it on the edge of this arrow here. I'll zoom in, just to verify that the tracker is located in the correct place. Let's also expand the search area, check our options. I think that we are all good here, so I'll click okay. I'll zoom out and I'll analyze forward. Now in this case, I was in the middle of the shot, so I need to go back to the place that I started the tracking, and of course analyze backward as…
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