tracking

AE Tracking and Roto Tips Part 1: Tracking Occluded Objects with mocha

What can you do if the object you want to track invisible for a few frames since it is occluded by some other object? In this tutorial you learn how to deal with this particular problem when you are tracking with the mocha planar tracker and Adobe After Effects.

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Beauty Retouch in AE Part 4: Effective Face Tracking with the Mask Tracker

Jun 01, 2016
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In this part we focus in using the mask tracker built into After Effects for face tracking. The face tracker has an automatic feature to detect the outline of the face, but often the result is not 100% accurate. Hence, we show an easy workflow to fix the track using the "name your own price" extension KeyTweak.

We also show how to remove wrinkles on the moving face using stabilized precomps which we create with MaskTracker+.

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Beauty Retouch in AE Part 3: Digital Make-up

May 10, 2016
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In the third part we add some digital makeup to the face. Of course, usually it is better to make sure the model is made up as desired before filming, but here we show how to fix it in post. The technique can be used no matter whether you want to add new make-up or find-tune existing one.

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Beauty Retouch in AE Part 2: Wrinkle and Blemish Removal

While the first part focused on smoothing the entire skin, in this second part we focus on specific, problematic spots like blemishes or wrinkles. We use the clone stamp tool to remove them and use mocha tracking to move the clone stamp strokes with the face.

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