Return-Path: Received: from eu1sys200aog106.obsmtp.com ([207.126.144.121] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 5200074 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:38:55 +0200 Received: from mail-wg0-f48.google.com ([74.125.82.48]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob106.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKUieBNSF2b7E6Slkuq0vi8768lFLI27uo@postini.com; Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:51:33 UTC Received: by mail-wg0-f48.google.com with SMTP id c11so652276wgh.27 for ; Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:51:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=1tHY8OdM3Nv/avwK9q3hKwjYmIUwkXkEZzKsbI00gds=; b=X+muOG7vQyh8rjhW4FaRS3Ai4zrQhuiYjjegIT5mkK9/niAF7kYc/SqbkY10rvtObO IJF5Kl6W2f7qowQPRcJHhRaUx+fipKv5JWKid4yYLLe0UAp7U+6C7qNBdvxz6mo15kXu 5zX5AzVxgzeJL5Cw3lsDD4rigPpu+LejeTA29UiftgiPF3naJPNSCn5dtP4hq/QXH+Hg xFZ1GjV6+ToMFQTgQg4PpZQgSwVY4GEE23ORxxJjDqBgepZoGtEJVXneRwefccA9XhAq Ri/IWCKjkYXMsJTWNNA9Z8/59TPcQXFZMXoR3I6c6x14dPN2ViCYLw6XIOaWqprhyWIM DFng== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkApGsIF62yHmOOXBwhTN7bSNw6xTNqRP70RTouVQOMJMZrXgsBduE2hn2DHKFNXQaQz7jwyTvwzf722WtoCVLEj3GMMtlsMEnV4ABsw1p1TPkUQ7ng6vaCOGRhKfxQfSYb0nB3el6uh6AWneGTe+CeTiPfxkUhc6aAT+yZ+vWpKPFAhII= X-Received: by 10.194.123.8 with SMTP id lw8mr3039621wjb.40.1378320693380; Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:51:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.123.8 with SMTP id lw8mr3039615wjb.40.1378320693271; Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:51:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.201.196 with HTTP; Wed, 4 Sep 2013 11:51:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 14:51:33 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Element question now Mocha Ques From: Ross Shain To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e012282c84f2cec04e5934beb --089e012282c84f2cec04e5934beb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Without seeing the footage, it is difficult to advise... You might want to use the AdjustTrack module which was created to handle track drift. Also - are you sure you do not need a 3D camera track? You mentioned using Element. If you want 3D text to sit in a scene and there is significant motion & parallax, you may need a camera solve. If you need mocha help, you can always contact support at: http://www.imagineersystems.com/contact_form or post on the forum: http://forum.imagineersystems.com/ Best, Ross On 4 September 2013 14:10, Lou Wirth wrote: > Okay Thanks. Now a Mocha question. As I stated below, trying to motion > track a city aerial and apply to null, parent text to null. Its kind of ok > but not great. The text is not really locked into the landscape. Kind of > drifting. Do I sample a smaller area when tracking? or should I apple > stabilizer to the aerial first? > > Lou > Lou Wirth Productions > 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522 > Corte Madera, CA 94925 > www.louwirth.com > 415-924-9411p > > > > > > On Sep 4, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: > > > IIRC, the only layers that Element recognizes as Group Sources are text > or masks, not precomps. > > > > > > On Sep 4, 2013, at 12:23 PM, Lou Wirth wrote: > > > >> I have a solid color box 400x700 with a titles on it, precomposed the > two layers. Put in new comp and added a solid to apply Element. I want to > be able to extrude this box and position over a city aerial, motion track > the aerial and apply to the box. So this massive monolith title over its > color bg is sitting in the city among the buildings. Problem is I can't > figure out how to get the title and color on my extruded Element object I > set custom layer to my pre comp title and particle replicator as my layer. > But no go. Just get the blank model in Element. Any suggestions? > >> > >> thanks > >> > >> Lou > >> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522 > >> Corte Madera, CA 94925 > >> www.louwirth.com > >> 415-924-9411p > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> +---End of message---+ > >> To unsubscribe send any message to > > > > > > +---End of message---+ > > To unsubscribe send any message to > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > -- Ross Shain Chief Marketing Officer Imagineer Systems - developers of* mocha* planar tracking and visual effects tools. www.imagineersystems.com Phone: +1.646.298.6458 | Fax: 646.808.0831 | Email: rosss@imagineersystems.com Find us online: Facebook | Vimeo| Imagineer Forums | Imagineer Blog --089e012282c84f2cec04e5934beb Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Without seeing the footage, it is difficult to a= dvise...
You might want to use the AdjustTrack module which was created = to handle track drift. Also - are you sure you do not need a 3D camera trac= k? You mentioned using Element. If you want 3D text to sit in a scene and t= here is significant motion & parallax, you may need a camera solve.
If you need mocha help, you can always contact support at: http://www.imagineersyst= ems.com/contact_form or post on the forum: http://forum.imagineersystems.com/

Best,
Ross


On 4 September 2013 14:10, Lou Wirth = <loutv@mindspr= ing.com> wrote:
Okay Thanks. =A0 Now a Mocha question. =A0As= I stated below, trying to motion track a city aerial and apply to null, pa= rent text to null. =A0Its kind of ok but not great. =A0The text is not real= ly locked into the landscape. =A0Kind of drifting. =A0Do I sample a smaller= area when tracking? =A0or should I apple stabilizer to the aerial first?
Lou
Lou Wirth Productions
500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
Corte Madera, CA 94925
www.louwirth.com<= br> 415-924-9411p





On Sep 4, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:

> IIRC, the only layers that Element recognizes as Group Sources are tex= t or masks, not precomps.
>
>
> On Sep 4, 2013, at 12:23 PM, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a solid color box 400x700 with a titles on it, precomposed = the two layers. =A0Put in new comp and added a solid to apply Element. =A0I= want to be able to extrude this box and position over a city aerial, motio= n track the aerial and apply to the box. =A0So this massive monolith title = over its color bg is sitting in the city among the buildings. =A0Problem is= I can't figure out how to get the title and color on my extruded Eleme= nt object =A0I set custom layer to my pre comp title and particle replicato= r as my layer. =A0But no go. =A0Just get the blank model in Element. =A0Any= suggestions?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Lou
>> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
>> Corte Madera, CA 94925
>> www.louwirth= .com
>> 415-924-9411p
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