Return-Path: Received: from omr11.networksolutionsemail.com ([205.178.146.61] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4656383 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:03:22 +0100 Received: from cm-omr4 (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by omr11.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q2FHAW2a021280 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:10:32 -0400 Authentication-Results: cm-omr4 smtp.user=torno@sydefxink.com; auth=pass (CRAM-MD5) X-Authenticated-UID: torno@sydefxink.com Received: from [75.51.170.154] ([75.51.170.154:34805] helo=[10.0.1.3]) by cm-omr4 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.41 r(31179/31189)) with ESMTPA id 68/CF-14799-782226F4; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:10:32 -0400 Subject: Re: [AE] Stabilize object not camera in AE References: From: David Torno Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-657EF33F-E4C8-48EB-B533-A5EA341458D9 X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A334) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <3357C122-2DC7-4143-81DB-4D7BCAAAC7E8@sydefxink.com> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:10:29 -0700 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-657EF33F-E4C8-48EB-B533-A5EA341458D9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I would use Mocha AE to track the phone and then you can apply the data via t= he MochaImport script on AEScripts.com. You have an option to stabilize simp= ly that way. You could also take your position track data and apply it to th= e Anchor Point to stabilize as well. David Torno Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor http://www.ghosttownmedia.com O: 213.739.2290 C: 818.391.6060 --------------------- http://www.sydefxink.com http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com http://mactex.blogspot.com "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" -Charles Field On Mar 15, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Robert Behnke wrote: > Is it possible to stabilize an object in AE? I have a shot of someone hold= ing a phone against green screen. The camera is locked down but the hand is m= oving all over and I would like it to be completely still. I have watched a b= unch of videos at lynda.com (subscriber), creativecow, youtube, etc but I st= ill must be doing something wrong as I cannot get the hand to remain still! T= he warp stabilizer comes close, however, I have to select smooth motion... i= f I select no motion, my footage disappears! I have manually plotted points u= sing motion tracker and am having no luck there either... maybe I was being t= o sloppy. If you know how, please help! Thanks. > =20 > Robert Behnke >=20 --Apple-Mail-657EF33F-E4C8-48EB-B533-A5EA341458D9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
I would use Mocha AE to tr= ack the phone and then you can apply the data via the MochaImport script on <= a href=3D"http://AEScripts.com">AEScripts.com. You have an option to sta= bilize simply that way. You could also take your position track data and app= ly it to the Anchor Point to stabilize as well.

David Torno
Visua= l Effects Artist & Supervisor
O: 213.739.2290
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"The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh"
-C= harles Field

On Mar 15, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Robert Behnke &= lt;robert_behnke@yahoo.com>= ; wrote:

Is it possible to stabilize an object in AE? I have a shot of someone=20 holding a phone against green screen. The camera is locked down but the=20 hand is moving all over and I would like it to be completely still. I=20 have watched a bunch of videos at lynda.com= (subscriber), creativecow, youtube, etc but I still must be doing=20 something wrong as I cannot get the hand to remain still! The warp stabilize= r comes close, however, I have to select smooth motion... if I select no mot= ion, my footage disappears! I have manually plotted points using motion trac= ker and am having no luck there either... maybe I was being to sloppy. If yo= u know=20 how, please help!  Thanks.
 
Robert= Behnke

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