Return-Path: Received: from mail13.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.194] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4563596 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:19:25 +0100 Received: from [10.1.1.4] (d58-104-7-52.sbr802.nsw.optusnet.com.au [58.104.7.52]) by mail13.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id pBEKPKNC016417 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:25:22 +1100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [AE] Distorting Moving Footage From: Chris Zwar In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:25:20 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) =46rom video copilot: http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/demon_face_warp/ --The other Chris Z On 15/12/2011, at 3:43 AM, Byron Nash 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.=20 >=20 > Thanks! >=20 > Byron