3D Tracking Shots

This week, we created a 3D tracking shot in after effects. The way that we did this is was by creating a 3rd dimensional title in a recorded piece of footage. This is just another feature in after effects to use in the future.

This is one of three forms of tracking in after effects, (1 point, 2 point and 3D tracking) This is also the simplest form of tracking in a piece of footage.  Firstly, we had to use a new format for this task to fit the footage and also lower the quality of the footage so it can load at a better pace.

The way that this was accomplished was by, having after effects analyse the footage in a 3 dimensional space to create tracking points across the screen. The point represent where after effects thinks that it can hold that point throughout the piece of footage. You then connect three points to create a triangle that you then use to position whatever you want in the shot. The reason we used are names are just because the are easy to identify in the shot and you can see effects in the VFX effect, including a lighting effect in the middle of the word.

I am happy with the final result of this task and that it works perfectly fine in after effects. The only thing that I can think of that will improve my work is learning more about the other 2 ways of tracking and if I was to do this again, I would add extra effects in the shot to make the 3D writing appear more natural, such as shadows on the ground.