On this lesson you are going to learn to do some primary movement monitoring so as to add textual content to a shot. To observe together with this lesson, be certain to open up the movement monitoring.aep file which you’ll obtain right here.
You are additionally going to want the video file under, which you’ll obtain from Envato Parts:
Double-click the footage within the Undertaking panel to open up this footage within the footage viewer. The footage viewer could be a useful gizmo to have the ability to set the out and in factors in your footage earlier than you employ them or earlier than you add them to a composition.
This shot is 26 seconds lengthy, and we do not really want to movement monitor the whole factor. So let’s go to about 5 seconds within the footage and click on on the Set IN level to present time button.
Then go to round 12 seconds and click on on the Set OUT level to present time button.
Then I will take my footage within the Undertaking panel and drag it down onto the Create New Composition button. This may create a brand new composition with the identical identify because the footage.
You may then rename it within the Undertaking panel by choosing it and hitting Enter on the keyboard. Let’s rename it “Movement Monitor”.
Go into the Composition Settings (Management-Okay) and alter the Begin Timecode to 0 in order that it would not begin on the 5-second mark.
The way to Movement Monitor the Footage
Now let’s discuss movement monitor this footage. Particularly, I wish to connect some textual content to the camper van.
To try this, I will choose my footage, after which I will go to the Tracker panel (Window > Tracker). Click on on the Monitor Movement button.
This may open the Layer Viewer panel.
If it seems to be pixelated, simply return to the unique composition preview panel on the left, and alter the decision to 100% or full. This may change the decision on the Layer Viewer panel as properly.
Once I hit that Monitor Movement button, I get a monitor level.
There are a number of totally different choices right here within the Tracker panel that we will use. We are able to monitor place, rotation, scale, or any mixture of the three.
And there are just a few various kinds of monitor. You are able to do a stabilize, remodel, parallel nook pin, and extra.
However for now, we’re simply going to do one thing quite simple. We will use one tracker, and we’re going to monitor the place.
Transfer the monitor level by clicking and dragging on the interior field, and transfer it to someplace that has a very nice characteristic to trace. Now, a very good characteristic is one thing very distinctive within the layer that doesn’t change over time.
Principally, consider After Results wanting on the footage, and it wants to have the ability to see no matter this little element is all through the whole lot of the portion of the clip that you just wish to monitor.
Go to the start of the composition, the place we are going to begin to alter some issues.
This interior field is known as the characteristic area. No matter is on this field is what After Results goes to be on the lookout for, and we wish this to be a particular characteristic. For this instance, we’re going to choose this window, which is excessive distinction and distinctive in order that After Results can recognise it.
This center level is the connect level, so that is the place the monitor is definitely going to be mapped to.
This outer field is the search area. So After Results goes to be on the lookout for the ingredient or characteristic inside this outer field. Relying on how briskly your characteristic strikes inside your footage, it’s possible you’ll want to regulate this search field.
So when you’ve obtained one thing that is transferring actually quick, it is advisable make this greater.
When you have one thing that is transferring fairly slowly, you may make this smaller.
For this instance, we will maintain it good and small because the window is not transferring too rapidly.
Go over to the Tracker panel and hit the Analyze Ahead button.
Now zoom out so you may see extra of your composition and monitor what is going on on with this monitor. As After Results analyzes the footage, I simply wish to ensure that it seems to be kind of locked to the article that I am making an attempt to trace.
If it loses the article, simply improve the window in order that After Results can discover it once more, and proceed to research from there.
Congratulations
Congratulations! That is how you need to use After Results for primary movement monitoring. Keep tuned for the subsequent tutorial, the place we are going to learn to add textual content. Now that you’ve got discovered the fundamentals, try a few of the different tutorials we have now on Adobe After Results under.
I hope you have discovered this tutorial helpful, and I will see you subsequent time on Envato Tuts+!
