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After Effects Compositing: 6 Tracking and Stabilization

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Adobe After Effects Courses VFX Courses Visual Effects Courses Motion Tracking Courses Compositing Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn to create precise, accurate, locked-in tracks with the five motion trackers in After Effects.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Using the exercise files
  • Why so many tracking options?
1. Why Point Track?
  • It's the 21st century: Why point track?
  • Effectively track motion
  • Easily select a good track
  • Continue motion offscreen
2. Complex Motion Tracking
  • Introducing complex motion tracking
  • Recognize trackable points
  • Plan for a track to be interrupted
  • Easily reset a track that goes astray
  • Adapt to a changing target
  • Offset a tracker
  • Keep position precise and rotation simple
  • Apply the track to a matte
3. Adding Tracking Tools
  • Introducing tracking tools
  • Track a mask directly with Tracker2Mask
  • Combine track points with TrackerViz
  • Solve problems with nulls and parenting
4. Tracking and Stabilizing Objects and Planes
  • Introducing tracking and stabilizing
  • Lock an element for roto
  • Reverse stabilize to put roto in motion
  • Point stabilize to put multiple layers in motion
  • Track a plane with mocha AE
5. Working with Automated Tracking for VFX
  • Introducing automated tracking for VFX
  • Adjust Warp Stabilizer VFX for effects work
  • Reverse stabilize with Warp Stabilizer VFX
  • Solve and adjust with Camera Tracker
  • Apply a 3D track
  • Evaluate Camera Tracker for your shot
  • Import and integrate a third-party 3D track

Taught by

Mark Christiansen

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