Return-Path: <byronnash@gmail.com>
Received: from mail-gx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.161.169] verified)
  by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10)
  with ESMTP-TLS id 4563355 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:12:10 +0100
Received: by ggni2 with SMTP id i2so965897ggn.28
        for <AE-List@media-motion.tv>; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:18:11 -0800 (PST)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
        h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to
         :content-type;
        bh=iqEaiqSMb548qzAIprv/ckZuicEGUgEhqaLOrkym82w=;
        b=jZBn/H39HdayybbyTXD8Lp1kYDml7zhALaVZe+cemeT7B9dVEIl50A7qSDJA9hDsfm
         /JyfBVlQ84rCXWTlvvvWsjGN6XeLgEyHO5GY8X7G0meic/oIMjfFbUDhE6XUCfnajdmf
         7cEngnyNtP4hTiu5P7PSV76R9W+OuPYhKsfl4=
Received: by 10.182.5.198 with SMTP id u6mr6522457obu.14.1323883091286; Wed,
 14 Dec 2011 09:18:11 -0800 (PST)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.182.227.67 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:17:50 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <list-4563338@media-motion.tv>
References: <list-4563338@media-motion.tv>
From: Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:17:50 -0500
Message-ID: <CANGV+5qsLbHatRd5yKxuZRUBJkJ5NfqX0cbm-w+wcjQzetshXg@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Distorting Moving Footage
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04479f13615a9304b4108d62

--f46d04479f13615a9304b4108d62
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

There is some perspective shift from tilting so I have avoided trying to
stabilize as of yet.

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Nathan Shipley <nshipley@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you're able to stabilize the footage to the face, wouldn't it work to
> pre compose the stabilized shot, do your distortion on the precomp, and
> then apply the reverse of the stabilize to the distorted footage in another
> precomp to bring back the camera motion?
>
> - Nathan
>
>
> On Wednesday, December 14, 2011, Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Can anyone give any actual working methods for distorting a moving shot
> of a face? Have a shot of a face that I need to subtly add movement to such
> as a smirk. Most of the methods I have tried so far(puppet, liquify), can't
> handle that the pixels getting distorted are also moving around in the
> shot. I need a way to distort that can take into account my tracking data
> and distort in a relative position from there. I'm on a tight turnaround so
> I can't afford to R&D 10 different methods at this point. If anyone has
> completed a task like this before I'd love to hear what tools inside AE you
> used.
> > Thanks!
> > Byron
>

--f46d04479f13615a9304b4108d62
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

There is some perspective shift from tilting so I have avoided trying to st=
abilize as of yet.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 a=
t 12:07 PM, Nathan Shipley <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:nshipley=
@gmail.com">nshipley@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">If you&#39;re able to stabilize the footage =
to the face, wouldn&#39;t it work to pre compose the stabilized shot, do yo=
ur distortion on the precomp, and then apply the reverse of the stabilize t=
o the distorted footage in another precomp to bring back the camera motion?=
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>


<br> - Nathan</font></span><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br><br>=
On Wednesday, December 14, 2011, Byron Nash &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:byronnash=
@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">byronnash@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; Ca=
n anyone give any actual working methods for distorting a moving shot of a =
face? Have a shot of a face that I need to subtly add movement to such as a=
 smirk. Most of the methods I have tried so far(puppet, liquify), can&#39;t=
 handle that the pixels getting distorted are also moving around in the sho=
t. I need a way to distort that can take into account my tracking data and =
distort in a relative position from there. I&#39;m on a tight turnaround so=
 I can&#39;t afford to R&amp;D 10 different methods at this point. If anyon=
e has completed a task like this before I&#39;d love to hear what tools ins=
ide AE you used.=A0<br>


&gt; Thanks!<br>&gt; Byron
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>

--f46d04479f13615a9304b4108d62--