Paint clone on a Moving Camera tutorials??
by lisa cann
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Jun 9, 2008 at 3:10:52 am
Hi all,
I watched just about all of Videocopilot.net tutorials (which are Great!) but of course I can't find the one topic that i need so bad.
I'm looking to learn how to clone on a MOVING CAMERA. I've done tons of tutorials that show how to paint clone videos that have a locked down camera, but have found any that show you the right way to Clone on a panning or dollying camera.
Anyone out there with info??
P.s I'm using AE cs3
Thanks so much,
Lisa
"and yes,one of a few Girl compositors"
Re: Paint clone on a Moving Camera tutorials?? by Ron Coy on Jun 9, 2008 at 2:35:19 pm
Sorry if I'm ignorant here, but what exactly are you trying to do?
I understand painting on moving footage, and if that's all you're trying to do, I don't see what's difficult about that... If there's something else you're trying to do, I'm not following.
Re: Paint clone on a Moving Camera tutorials?? by lisa cann on Jun 10, 2008 at 5:56:56 am
HI Again,
Ok, Bassically...
I have a 10 sec video clip that the camera dollys in, and pans.
The scene is a House in center Frame, with trees on both sides of the house. (Shot in summer). I need to make the scene go from SUMMER to WINTER.But most important, Remove Leaves off the trees and add snow. Ok, the snow it easy to create and Cloning away the leaves are easy as well. I'm sure you now whats happens when I press Play..Right? In order to make the clone follow along.., my work flow was this...
1.I tracked the shot first.
2.I added a Null to the data...learned that from Videocopilot :)~
3.added expression (pickwhip) CLONE position to NULL position
4 ADD expression..Clone's transform position to NULL Position
5 Moved clone around to reposition using ANCHOR to relocate if needed.
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ISSUES:
Holding down the STROKE while cloning allows me to have 1 clone to Attach to the Null.
If I make 100 clicks, (removing Leaves) I get Lost in my thought process.
SO,..My queestion was..
Is there a better was to do this?
Do I have to track a new null for EACH LEAF...or STROKE?
There must me many ways, I was wondering if there is a better way to
do this?
Re: Paint clone on a Moving Camera tutorials?? by Joe Moya on Jun 11, 2008 at 12:17:53 pm
If I read your post correctly, it would appear that your problem is removing leaves from the trees.
Have you tried simply using multiple masks to remove the leaves. It would seem that using a simple mask would solve a lot of the problems you are having.
Re: Paint clone on a Moving Camera tutorials?? by Ron Coy on Jun 13, 2008 at 2:09:33 pm
ok, I get you...
it's not easy, and I'm not sure of any quick way to get rid of the leaves if you don't have a clean plate without the leaves, and if you did, you woudn't have to get rid of them in the first place.
Maybe you should put the question in the regular After Effects forums, as there are more people who have more techniques and know of better tools than I do for this kind of thing.
