Re: Shaky footage and moving foreground with a flash thown in

Hi Alan,

I'd probably need to see the footage to get an accurate idea of what you are trying to achieve (feel free to email me a version of it at martinb[at]imagineersystems[dot]com).

Any object that gets in the way of your tracking plane you can just mask out by creating a spline layer on top of the layer you are tracking with. Just make sure they are completely covered by the mask. You do not have to track the masking layer unless it is complex. Usually you can just animate it by hand.

As for the single flash frame, your best option is to switch to manual tracking for that one frame:
1) Pause the tracker 1 frame before the flash
2) Set a key on your spline points
3) Move to the next frame
4) Switch to manual tracking
5) Do a manaul adjustment if necessary
6) Move to the next frame
7) Set a new key for the spline
8) Switch back to Large motion tracking

Alternatively you can track both backwards and forwards to the flash point then do your manual track from there.

Martin Brennand | Product Specialist | Imagineer Systems