After Effects Guru: Tracking Cameras and Stabilizing Footage
1h 45mIntermediate2021-01-19
Authors
Richard Harrington
Digital Video Expert, Educator, Speaker
Course details
Whether it's removing camera shake or tracking a camera's movement, After Effects has you covered. You can apply a variety of techniques to smooth out the camera movement in a shot, using the After Effects Warp Stabilizer VFX effect, and track the camera to add objects into a scene realistically. Rich Harrington shows you how in this installment of After Effects Guru.
Topics include:
Analyzing footage
Using the 3D camera tracker to stabilize footage
Choosing and moving a target
Adding 3D text to a scene
Tracking an object
Applying the Warp Stabilizer VFX
Choosing a stabilization method
Reducing rolling shutter distortion
Matching movement
Topics include:
Analyzing footage
Using the 3D camera tracker to stabilize footage
Choosing and moving a target
Adding 3D text to a scene
Tracking an object
Applying the Warp Stabilizer VFX
Choosing a stabilization method
Reducing rolling shutter distortion
Matching movement
Skills covered
Motion GraphicsAfter EffectsRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXVisualization and Real-TimeLimited SeriesAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Tracking and stabilizing footage in After Effects
- 02 - Using the exercise files
1. Using the 3D Camera Tracker
- 03 - Analyzing the footage
- 04 - Choosing a shot type for stabilization
- 05 - Choosing a solve method
- 06 - Using detailed analysis
- 07 - Selecting and deleting unwanted track points
2. Working with Targets
- 08 - Choosing and moving and resizing a target
- 09 - How targets can be used
3. 3D Camera Tracker in Action
- 10 - Mapping an object to a surface
- 11 - Adding 3D text to a scene
- 12 - Adding shadows to a scene with a shadow catcher
- 13 - Tracking an object with the 3D camera tracker
4. Working with the Warp Stabilizer VFX
- 14 - Applying the Warp Stabilizer VFX
- 15 - Choosing between No Motion and Smooth Motion method
- 16 - Understanding stabilization methods
5. Refining the Warp Stabilizer VFX
- 17 - Using the Position method
- 18 - Using the Position, Scale, and Rotation method
- 19 - Using the perspective method
- 20 - Using the Subspace Warp method
- 21 - Improving the Warp Stabilizer results by masking
- 22 - Removing camera shake blur
6. Using Advanced Options
- 23 - Using detailed analysis
- 24 - Using synthesized edges
- 25 - Rolling shutter reduction
- 26 - Balancing crop and smoothness
- 27 - Matching movement with the Warp Stabilizer VFX
- 28 - Compositing effects with the Warp Stabilizer VFX
Conclusion
- 29 - Next steps