Skip to main content

How to Motion Track Text in Adobe After Effects


  1. Drag video clip into timeline.
  2. Go to main menu and select Window > Tracker Controls.
  3. Observe a Tracker Controls panel appearing.
  4. Go to main menu and select  Layer > Null Object.
  5. Select clip in timeline and click Track Motion button in Tracker Controls panel.
  6. Observe a tracker box appearing in the preview window.
  7. Position the Tracker box on an easily recognisable good-contrast object.
  8. Click Edit Target button in the Tracker Controls panel.
  9. Select the Null layer and press OK
  10. Click the "play-like" button called Analyze Forward in the Tracker Controls panel.
  11. Observe the preview monitor playing and analysing. It will take some time.
  12. After analysing, click Apply in the Tracker Controls panel. 
  13. Select X and Y and click OK.
  14. Observe a lot of keyframes generated in the preview monitor.
  15. In the timeline, expand the null layer and select all the keyframes.
  16. Press keyboard F9 to turn the keyframes into easy ease keyframes.
  17. Add a text layer, type in your text and modify text whatever way you want.
  18. (optional step) In the timeline,  select text object and click T icon. Drop the opacity down to 50%.
  19. (optional step) Position the text wherever you want.
  20. In the timeline, select text object and connect the pick whip (spiral icon) to the Null object).
  21. Play back to watch the the Motion Tracking in action.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sony Vegas Pro 8 Tutorial - Multicamera Editing

Sony Vegas Pro 8 makes it easier to edit videos from different cameras right from the timeline. You can capture and edit video for a single scene from 2 or more cameras or for a single scene shot a few times with one camera. Here is a tutorial of a Multicamera Edit of a drama I shot. The drama was acted out four times to the public and being a non-profit organization, the client have budget only for one videographer. For each of the 4 acts, the camcorder (Sony HDR-FX7 High Definition Camcorder) was placed at 4 different positions and shot in various angles. Multicamera edit is accomplished in only 8 steps with the Sony Vegas Pro 8. Step #1: Capture Multicamera Video Clips Use the normal Sony Vegas Video Capture function to capture recordings from each camera. Give each capture filename a unique name. Enable scene detection before capturing so that each segment is captured as a separate clip. Step #2 : Layout Video Clips on Timeline Drag and drop video clips over each other on the...
27 comments
Read more

Macbook Air M1 Case

I bought a transparent case for my MacBook Air M1 . It came with a free screen protector, a keyboard cover, and some rubber plugs to cover the ports. Check it out! https://youtu.be/d-wALSd3nn8 I didn't expect the rubber plugs. It was a nice surprise. The case fits snuggly, with access to all the ports. The keyboard cover is almost invisible to the eye. I have no intention to use the screen protector. Why? I need to see the true color of the display for my YouTube videos. ~ Adrian Lee  @Adrian Video Image  The video was recorded on iPhone 12 Pro Max with Filmic Pro app in 4K 60fps and edited with Capcut.
Post a Comment
Read more

FCPX - The storage device "Macintosh HD" is almost full

The message "The storage device Macintosh HD is almost full" appeared when I was editing a video with Final Cut Pro X on my new Apple Macbook Air M1.   Final Cut Pro Taking up Too Much Space  My Macbook Air M1 had only 256GB of storage onboard. My raw footage was only about 9GB. The biggest file was the FCPX project files itself at about 140GB! How did 9GB become 140GB? There is not enough disk space for my Final Cut Pro. Why Is Final Cut Pro Taking up So Much Storage Final Cut Pro renders files in high-quality media so that we can playback our edits smoothly direct from the timeline.  It creates multiple HUGE high-quality files of our footage in the background.   It is a good thing, so as to maintain high-quality final edited video, BUT not a good thing for a laptop with only 256GB. How to Clear Disk Space on Final Cut Pro The question is how to delete the rendered files in FCPX? 1. Select the library in FCPX...  2. Go to Files > Delete Generated L...
Post a Comment
Read more