This wasn’t covered in class – BUT:
Mocha is a free tool that comes with After Effects, if your shot is challenging to track – you might want to check this tutorial:
Category Archives: Assignment #05 – 3D tracking
Assignment – 3d tracking and text
This is a 2 weeks assignment:
3D tracking for song or movie dialogue.
All of the words should appear on screen as part of the 3D scene.
Length: 25-30 seconds
Week 1 – due to Monday, March 30, 10 am , via Vimeo link.
Shot, edit and 3D track a video according to a song / movie dialogue.
Place all the text within the scenes after the scene was tracked.
Focus on:
Concept, composition, design,color pallet, fonts, interesting text placement.
Week 2 – due to Monday, April 6, 10 am , via Vimeo link:
Correct scene according to feedback in class
Animate text
3D Camera Tracking
Inspiration:
3D Camera Tracking Tutorials:
Fast 2 minutes overview – including shadow catcher and lights:
Here is a frame from the video to show how to create a shadow catcher and light:
In-depth tutorial:
Mask out element to look like they are behind:
Masking out people from the frame to help solve camera:
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-after-effects-cs6/3d-camera-tracker/