The Complete Introduction to Motion Trackers

Motion Tracking is pretty much the "required reading" in the world of Visual Effects. Whether you're adding something to a shot or taking something out, if the shot is moving... you'll almost always have to track your shot to get the best result. Watch this brief Motion Tracking Overview and let us help you through the core information you need to know to be confident with Motion Trackers. Enjoy!

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How To Give Life To An Object With Basic 2D Tracking
This is a tutorial explaining basics about tracking, dynamic links and expressions. You will learn to give life to an object with simple After Effects 2D...
Emilie Nicolas
9 Oct 2012
Photo & Video
Track Your Golf Swing Form Like A Master
Use Motion Tracking to create a motion swing path behind a golfer's club head. This effect would work perfectly to show your friends how bad they need to...
Kerry Murphy
24 Mar 2010
Photo & Video
Quick Tip - How To Automate Simple Track Marker Removal
In this tutorial I will be showing you a quick and easy way to remove tracking markers. Often tracking markers are needed to achieve accurate matchmoves,...
Kaine Van Riel
3 Dec 2012
Photo & Video
Advanced Motion Tracking with Mocha AE
Trey Morgan started an extended tutorial on motion tracking with Mocha for After Effects, Advanced Motion Tracking Part 1. In part 1 (59 minutes) he...
Rich Young
1 May 2011
Photo & Video
Creating a Tracked Head Wound
In this tutorial Mathias shows that corner pin tracking can do much more than just replacing some pictures on a wall. We are going to compose a wound on a...
Mathias Möhl
6 Aug 2009
Photo & Video
Double Stuffed Tracking Walkthrough
We've seen lots of tutorials on how to do basic planar tracking, but this tutorial demonstrates how to use 2D planar tracking and 3d tracking together. We'll...
Jacob Owens
29 Mar 2013
Photo & Video
Downloadable Tracking Markers To Place In Your Scene
This package contains 8 unique, high quality tracking markers, created specially to make 3D tracking easier and more accurate. All the files are in vector...
Adam Everett Miller
29 Sep 2010
Photo & Video
Free 3D Matchmoving Alternative For After Effects
Matchmoving has been discussed a lot these days and it has become accessible for more and more people. With the introduction of programs like Syntheyes,...
Hugo Tromp
23 Aug 2010
Photo & Video
How To Use 3D Tracking To Save Time Rotoscoping
This tutorial will cover some techniques in how to create silhouette cut outs from footage by rotoscoping the bodies and then creating a 3d environment in...
Musat Adrian Bogdan
3 Jan 2013
Photo & Video