Return-Path: Received: from host23.canaca.com ([66.49.161.151] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5057033 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 02 May 2013 04:25:51 +0200 Received: from static184-169-61-119.r.rev.accesscomm.ca ([184.169.61.119]:42960 helo=[10.0.1.9]) by host23.canaca.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UXjLk-0005bX-32 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 01 May 2013 22:34:24 -0400 From: Jack Tunnicliffe Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E8648932-4A64-4188-9812-96701ECEDCB5" Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.3 \(1503\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Mocha to create plate Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 20:34:24 -0600 References: To: "After Effects Mail List" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1503) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host23.canaca.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - javapost.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: host23.canaca.com: authenticated_id: jack+javapost.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: --Apple-Mail=_E8648932-4A64-4188-9812-96701ECEDCB5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sean: create an X-spline roughly around any object that is panning through the = scene and before it exists frame stop the track and use the X-spline + = tool to add to the track on another object that has entered. Restart = tracking... I usually back up a frame to be sure of a good continuing = track and keep doing this for the duration of your pan and you'll get a = perfect track in Mocha. Jack Tunnicliffe Java Post Production On May 1, 2013, at 8:11 PM, Sean Kennedy wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I only have the version of Mocha that comes bundled with AE CS6. >=20 > I have a long tripod panning shot. Basically, I'd like to create one = long image that is basically a huge panoramic of the entire scene that = is panned across. Isn't there a way for Mocha to do something like this? = I seem to remember a tutorial where the camera pans up or down a blue = sign with Asian characters on it, and you can tell mocha to kind of lock = the mask to screen space, even though it is tracking what's passing = through the mask. >=20 > Is there an easier way to do this that to just grab every few frames = and paste them all together on photoshop? >=20 > thanks, sean --Apple-Mail=_E8648932-4A64-4188-9812-96701ECEDCB5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Sean:

create = an X-spline roughly around any object that is panning through the scene = and before it exists frame stop the track and use the X-spline + tool to = add to the track on another object that has entered. Restart tracking... = I usually back up a frame to be sure of a good continuing track and keep = doing this for the duration of your pan and you'll get a perfect track = in Mocha.

Jack = Tunnicliffe

On May 1, 2013, at 8:11 PM, Sean Kennedy <mack_dadd2@hotmail.com> = wrote:

Hi all,

I only have the version of Mocha = that comes bundled with AE CS6.

I have a long = tripod panning shot. Basically, I'd like to create one long image that = is basically a huge panoramic of the entire scene that is panned across. = Isn't there a way for Mocha to do something like this? I seem to = remember a tutorial where the camera pans up or down a blue sign with = Asian characters on it, and you can tell mocha to kind of lock the mask = to screen space, even though it is tracking what's passing through the = mask.

Is there an easier way to do this that to = just grab every few frames and paste them all together on = photoshop?

thanks, = sean

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