From: "Rick Gerard" Received: from bosmailout02.eigbox.net ([66.96.189.2] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5491692 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:38:50 +0200 Received: from bosmailscan07.eigbox.net ([10.20.15.7]) by bosmailout02.eigbox.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1WrUK2-0003Gf-1r for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:38:50 -0400 Received: from [10.115.3.34] (helo=bosimpout04.eigbox.net) by bosmailscan07.eigbox.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1WrUK2-0000iM-0K for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:38:50 -0400 Received: from bosauthsmtp08.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.20.18.8]) by bosimpout04.eigbox.net with NO UCE id 9Tep1o00a0ASroS01TepcJ; Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:38:49 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=eYG/js4H c=1 sm=1 a=JTdkPs/fbERVFt2BFeVs2w==:17 a=fc00TriMUCcA:10 a=PeCqm2pfL7wA:10 a=TRGZEfB8wq4A:10 a=CT0u5MniAAAA:8 a=H_6RCyrRPNTXPekp55wA:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 a=BF10AaGwQl41phDg7WSPyA==:117 X-EN-OrigOutIP: 10.20.18.8 X-EN-IMPSID: 9Tep1o00a0ASroS01TepcJ Received: from [50.8.136.203] (port=50523 helo=stephanies-mini.local.tld) by bosauthsmtp08.eigbox.net with esmtpa (Exim) id 1WrUK1-0002FK-Hs for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:38:49 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_28D77E8E-1BC7-4FC3-AB98-7C649D0C0AC0" Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.2\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Tracking Iphone/Ipad screen replacement - green or not? Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 08:38:40 -0700 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.2) X-EN-UserInfo: c662172581359b31880c5d4c8e0aae06:931c98230c6409dcc37fa7e93b490c27 X-EN-AuthUser: rg@hottek.net Sender: Rick Gerard X-EN-OrigIP: 50.8.136.203 X-EN-OrigHost: unknown --Apple-Mail=_28D77E8E-1BC7-4FC3-AB98-7C649D0C0AC0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 In most cases I load up a dark gray screen with a little noise so there = is a significant contrast between the face of the phone and the screen. = It=92s just an image created in Photoshop. I then use Mocha to track and = extract the reflections by blend modes from the original screen. A = little noise reduction and I=92m usually good to go. This works much = better for me than trying to get reflections off green. I also almost never add tracking dots. Mocha doesn=92t need them and = they are just things that need to be removed in post. The last time I = used tracking dots was for a green screen project were we had no details = on the set without trackers. --Apple-Mail=_28D77E8E-1BC7-4FC3-AB98-7C649D0C0AC0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 In most cases I load up a dark = gray screen with a little noise so there is a significant contrast = between the face of the phone and the screen. It=92s just an image = created in Photoshop. I then use Mocha to track and extract the = reflections by blend modes from the original screen. A little noise = reduction and I=92m usually good to go. This works much better for me = than trying to get reflections off green.

I also = almost never add tracking dots. Mocha doesn=92t need them and they are = just things that need to be removed in post. The last time I used = tracking dots was for a green screen project were we had no details on = the set without trackers.

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