Introduction to Tracking in After Effects
Pluralsight
Course Summary
In this After Effects tutorial we'll learn how to use the tracker built in to After Effects to analyze real life footage and find the movement of objects. Software required: After Effects CS4 for project files.
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Course Description
In this After Effects tutorial we'll learn how to use the tracker built in to After Effects to analyze real life footage and find the movement of objects. This is an important technique for matching an image or animation's position, rotation, scale and perspective skewing to footage. We'll begin the tutorial by doing a simple one point track using some easy footage and how to apply that movement information to other layers. We'll then learn how to do a two point track on real footage and create a black-bar effect over someone's eyes. Lastly, we'll track the four corners of a television screen to replace the image on the screen. We'll then learn some tips for getting a track from difficult footage using color correct techniques. Software required: After Effects CS4 for project files.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction and Project Overview- 1m 14s
—Introduction and Project Overview 1m 14sIntroduction to Tracking in After Effects- 44m 55s
—Getting Started with the Tracker: One Point Tracking 5m 52s
—Connecting Tracker Data to Layers 4m 34s
—Creating a Two Point Track 5m 6s
—Four Point Tracking 5m 4s
—Using a Channel Blur to Clean a Four Point Track 5m 31s
—Compositing the Reflection Onto the Four Point Track 3m 38s
—How to Edit Tracking Data Points 4m 28s
—Creating a Clean Track Using Color Correction Techniques 6m 50s
—Stabilizing Footage Using the Tracker 3m 46s