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Hi Jack,

thank you for sharing this story!

Its nice to hear that in a time where the AE tracker has been replaced 
by mocha to a large extend, there is still some use for Tracker2Mask.

Best,
Mathias

Am 24.06.2012 00:00, schrieb After Effects Mail List:
> From: Jack Tunnicliffe<jack@javapost.ca>
> Subject: My Daily Fix
> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:03:45 -0600
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> Here's a little fix I did yesterday on an episode of a series we post. =
> We were doing the final approval when the producer noted that no ink =
> went onto the paper when the woman signing the document. The DP was in =
> the room and said he remembered the problem but assured the producer =
> they had done a take with ink. We were to begin mastering in  a couple =
> of hours but their editor was off and they didn't know who would source =
> the footage.=20
>
> I had remembered seeing another shot in the show where the same woman =
> signed a document, but it was not from the side like this one but from =
> above or in front, so upside down. I told them I could fix this in an =
> hour rather than them going back and searching their archives and they =
> agreed to have me repair it.=20
>
> I grabbed a still of the signature at the moment her hand moved to =
> reveal it, but there was still a shadow. I took the still into Photoshop =
> and deleted the background so only the writing remained. I then used =
> transform distort to turn the signature and angle it down to precisely =
> match the footage of the woman writing with no ink. I motion tracked the =
> surface of the paper using some nearby text, because the paper moves up =
> and down as she presses with the pen. I color corrected the writing so =
> it matched the new environment. I duplicated the source footage with the =
> pen moving and put it on a layer above the signature and made a mask the =
> shape of the bottom of the pen so the pen would move in front of the new =
> signature layer. I motion tracked the pen with the AE tracker then used =
> Mathias tracker to mask script to move the mask with the pen. Only took =
> a couple of tweaks to perfect. Then I unveiled the signature with an =
> animated AE mask as she wrote, so it was even her own signature.
>
> This may not be so stunning to old AE users but maybe some of the new =
> users will find this of interest. I find AE such a great tool for fixing =
> almost anything on a daily basis.
>
> http://web.me.com/java008/Crime_Stories/Handwriting_before.html
>
> http://web.me.com/java008/Crime_Stories/Handwriting_fix.html
>
> Jack Tunnicliffe
> Java Post Production
> www.javapost.ca