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Subject: Re: [AE] Motion tracking
From: Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com>
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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:49:04 +1100
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On 25/02/2014, at 10:33 PM, Anthony Clifford <anthony@sensia-media.nl> =
wrote:
> Would the 3D camera tracker inside of AE be sufficient or should I try =
an other one?

You probably won't know until you get the footage.  In my experience if =
the footage works with one tracker it will work with them all.  If the =
footage has lots of motion blur, or is noisy, then you'll have problems =
in all tracking packages.  Try the AE one and see how you go.  Syntheyes =
is cheap.  I've always preferred PF Track because of the interface but =
it costs a lot more.

> And do I need tracker markers on the field?=20

It's difficult to say without seeing the field and if there are any =
other features to track.  I've posted many times before that you can =
often have more problems painting out tracking markers than you would =
have tracking the footage without them.  If you do decide to put markers =
in the field then keep in mind that you'll have to remove them later=85

It really comes down to the quality of the footage.  If you're shooting =
from a drone then motion blur might be a problem.  Perhaps a higher =
frame rate and a fast shutter speed will help.  Be great if you could do =
some tests first.

-Chris=