Return-Path: Received: from nk11p99mm-asmtpout008.mac.com ([17.158.233.229] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4666409 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:51:58 +0200 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from [10.0.1.3] ([24.24.176.70]) by nk11p03mm-asmtp998.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-22.01 64bit (built Apr 21 2011)) with ESMTPSA id <0M1H00CWB1AQCZ20@nk11p03mm-asmtp998.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:52:09 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.6.7498,1.0.260,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-03-25_08:2012-03-23,2012-03-25,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1203250392 Subject: re: Using AE to match historic & contemporary stills From: Gary Reisman In-reply-to: Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:52:01 -0700 Message-id: <291B3723-43E4-4EE9-BE48-0B054FA686F3@mac.com> References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) > I am trying to match the two so that I may dissolve between them to show > the change that has happened. Matching up footage in AE can def be a challenge if the angles are different, Just gotta use the distort tools as best you can. (I often try first with corner pinning) However, since you're just trying to match up stills.. One trick I've used in the past would be to bring the photos into Photoshop on different layers,. then use the Auto-Align tool in there which will match them up perfectly, and then bring them back into AE for the animation. -gary