I've stopped putting markers on almost everything I do like this (which most commonly seems to be iPhone screen tracking) and have good success with Mocha.  The markers end up just creating extra work when you need to paint them out to keep the original reflections.  If the surface is very reflective and/or has no border/frame around it, I'd do a test first, but you're generally safe with Mocha and no markers.

Should be able to just warp/bulge your replacement screens a little bit in AE to get them to match the CRT curvature -- especially with original reflections laid back on top which will help the replacements feel curved.

- Nathan

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com> wrote:

Getting ready to shoot a short with a decent amount of screen replacements. Almost all are old school CRTs with small to medium curvature on the glass. I was the reflection of the lighting etc. on the monitor to be part of the final composite.

 

Do you think with improvements to trackers that points are needed and if so, is a very thin cross (to minimize filling in the reflection map) good enough? Much of the lighting will be low key or night lighting. Will be shoot with C300.

 

Probably will be using AE and/or AE Mocha’s trackers. No hand held – all dolly/jib and occasionally lockoff.

 

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