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Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects

You're reading from   Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects Learn the ins and outs of motion graphics, post-production, rotoscoping, and VFX

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804617281
Length 332 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Vishu Aggarwal Vishu Aggarwal
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Working with Motion Graphics
2. Chapter 1: Getting to Know the User Interface and Workflow FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Applying Effects and Presets to Create Animated Graphics 4. Chapter 3: Deep-Dive into Text Animations 5. Chapter 4: Animating Shape Layers 6. Chapter 5: Adding Motion to Photoshop and Illustrator Graphics 7. Chapter 6: Creating Motion Graphic Templates for Premiere Pro 8. Part 2: Post-Production and Visual Effects
9. Chapter 7: Color Correction and Color Grading 10. Chapter 8: Rotoscoping and Mask Tracking Techniques 11. Chapter 9: Chroma Keying 12. Chapter 10: Working with Particle Simulations 13. Part 3: 2D and 3D Tracking, and Rendering
14. Chapter 11: Working with 2D and 3D Tracking 15. Chapter 12: Exporting and Managing Projects 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using single-point tracking

Single-point tracking in After Effects is a fundamental technique used in motion graphics, video editing, and visual effects to make an element follow a specific point in a video clip. This technique involves tracking the movement of a single point in the video and applying that motion data to another element, creating a seamless integration between the real footage and the added visual elements. It is part of the 2D tracking system of After Effects.

Go to the Point Tracker composition and play the composition – notice how the Call Out text isn’t moving with the bicycle in the composition. So, we will be tracking a point in the Bicycle.mp4 layer given in the Point Tracker composition so that we can move the Call Out text with the bicycle.

Follow these steps to track the point in the Bicycle.mp4 layer:

  1. Locate the Point Tracking composition in the Project panel and double-click the composition to open it in the timeline if not already...
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