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I'm about to give up, buy a Mac, and download FCPX and the drive X plug in.
I need to create property lines on aerial videos for a client and I can't figure them out. There's an example in the link. I'm assuming it's a shape layer with camera tracking, but I haven't evolved that far in after effects yet. Can anyone help, PLEASE!
The technique depends on the shot. If there is a lot of movement and the shot was made withe a wide angle lens with a lot of distortion you'll need to remove the distortion first. In some cases you may be better off to motion stabilize the shot so the camera motion is eliminated, then use use the pen tool too draw the boundary. If you want to match the perspective you'll need to use a 3D layer.
Let's say that you have a fairly stable wide shot from about 100 feet in the air and there's not much m
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Not sure what you are asking. Nothing special involved. You can find tutorials for 3D tracking like you can find popcorn littered in a cinema - that means masses of them - just like you can find plenty of tutorials on how to use 3D layers. Just connect the dots.
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The technique depends on the shot. If there is a lot of movement and the shot was made withe a wide angle lens with a lot of distortion you'll need to remove the distortion first. In some cases you may be better off to motion stabilize the shot so the camera motion is eliminated, then use use the pen tool too draw the boundary. If you want to match the perspective you'll need to use a 3D layer.
Let's say that you have a fairly stable wide shot from about 100 feet in the air and there's not much movement. The property is basically flat but there is a hill on the left. Here are the steps for this hypothetical shot:
There you go. That's how to do it For the hypothetical shot I described.
If the shot is different you may be able to do it with a lot less work by simply motion stabilizing the shot and then drawing a shape layer, then re-introducing the motion with a simple expression and a null and parenting. This second hypothetical shot would take about 10 minutes to do, the Camera Trackikng example could easily take a couple of hours.
If this does not get you close to a solution then you will need to spend some time studying and practicing some basic AE tracking skills and learning how to work in AE's 3D space. If this project was for a class I might teach in AE to a beginner I'd probably spend at least a couple of hours introducing the tools and the workflow and give the students a couple of hours to do the shot.
If you still can't get a handle on the workflow please post the shot your are working on to so we can give you some better directions.
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Thank you. I'll give that a try