Motion Tracking in After Effects (Easy)
Why Avp Stack Exchange recommends it
Video Production Stack Exchange users link it when someone needs a quick, beginner-friendly walkthrough of motion tracking or the 2D point tracker in After Effects.
Recommended by 3 people across 3 different months, 2020 to 2024.
What it is
A short beginner tutorial from motion designer Michael Tierney showing how to motion track one object or video layer onto moving footage in Adobe After Effects CC 2017. It walks through a simple tracking workflow in about two and a half minutes.
What people said
Recommends Ambo100 · 2020-02 · Avp Stack Exchange · on “Importing/automating keyframes in Adobe Premiere”
After Effects would probably be more appropriate for tracking a moving subject [this video] , the process is almost entirely automated.
Recommends Florian Claaßen · 2020-08 · Avp Stack Exchange · on “Best and easiest way to remove tracking markers from green screen video”
I see. The rectangles you created are masks, and will not work this way, unfortunately. You need to de-select every layer and create a shape with the pen-tool, and you'll see that a new shape-layer will be created automatically. For a detailed tutorial on how to use the 2d-point-tracker I recommend you check out: [this video]
Recommends Cam · 2024-04 · Avp Stack Exchange · on “Seeking Tool(s) to Restack Frames from an MP4 Video of a Total Solar Eclipse to Keep the Sun Always Centered”
Start by converting your images into a video. Based on your question, I'm assuming you either have done this or know how to do it. You can then take your file into After Effects, and use a stabilizer there. There's a few ways to approach this. The first, which may be worth a shot, is just to slap a warp stabilizer [LINK] on it. Depending on your footage, this may or may not work (more than likely it won't). So, if that doesn't work, time to try something else. If you're open to learning a more in-depth piece of software, Mocha AE is really good at tracking, but it has a bit of a learning curve. With mocha, you'd be able to place a circular mask around the sun and track it that way, and you'd