- This video is sponsored by Pixel Film Studios.
In this video what we're talking about is how you add
graphics or video to any elements within your environment.
Whether that's a wall, or you're doing like
a screen replacement.
This is a plugin that you can use to basically make
this process super easy.
Let's get into it.
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So what we're talking about in this video is a four corner
point tracking plugin.
Now what this allows you to do is be able to put objects
in your footage and be able to track it
to the environment.
So essentially what this plugin does is it tracks
four corners.
And so if the camera shifts, if the camera moves,
it's tracking that perspective so your footage
is gonna look like it's in the environment.
Now this is really cool because it's not very easy
to do this kind of tracking in Final Cut.
If you wanted to add something into the frame you basically
have to go point by point
and adjust the perspective yourself.
So essentially this plugin is doing all of that work for you
and then whatever you're adding into your footage
is perfectly tracked within the environment.
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Alright, so let's jump into Final Cut
and let me show you how you actually make this work.
And how easy it is to use this plugin to track objects
within your frame.
So to make this work well and look seamless
there's a few things you really need to have
in your footage.
First is you need to have a clear and visible surface
throughout the shot.
And second is you have to have four clear trackable points
in the corners.
Now there's two tracking types,
and you're gonna use the four corner point
if you have reflections or moving objects
within the desired area that you are tracking.
So let me just show you this easy trackable shot
that I have of a woman working out with
a green screened iPad in the background.
So the first thing you wanna do is drag your
auto perspective tracker on top of the footage.
It's gonna add a layer above the shot
that you're working on.
And you wanna make the plugin layer the exact same length
as the shot that you're trying to track.
Now put your play head at the very beginning of the shot
and you're gonna highlight the adjustment layer.
Go over to your info tab,
and we're going to click track editor.
So once you're in here you're gonna see a few
different tools.
At the bottom here below your footage are the controls
to be able to zoom in and move the image around
so you can see what you're going to track.
One the screen you're gonna have your box
and your four points that you're tracking,
each of the corners.
And then on the right hand side,
you're gonna have a few controls.
So the default tracking type is planar.
And this one's gonna be used most of the time
unless you have something moving within the box
that you're tracking.
And then underneath that you have track quality.
So if you pull it all the way up to 100%
you're gonna do the most detailed tracking.
However it's gonna take more time to process.
So depending on how clear the four corners are
of your shot, you will adjust this setting
and find what works best.
Because this shot is super clear I'm just gonna leave
it at 50%.
Now what I'm gonna do is take my selection area
and drag the four corners to the exact four corners
that I want of the trackable object in the frame.
And you can see here on the right side
there's a magnification so you can get it
perfectly in the corner.
Now the last step you need to do is just hit
the play button, and watch it track.
So it's gonna take a few minutes to render this out
depending on how long your shot is.
Now once it's done you can go back frame by frame
and make sure that each of the trackable points
are exactly where you want them to be.
If there's any issues within the shot you can go
to that frame and then position it where it needs to go
so that it's a perfect track.
Now we're going to export this data,
and when we go back to our timeline
you're gonna make sure that you're cursor is at the first
frame of the shot.
Now again you wanna select the plugin adjustment layer,
and you're gonna see a few controls in your inspector.
At the top is your track editor which is what we just did.
If you just wanna start fresh you can clear all data here.
But underneath that is your drop zone controls.
So first you need to turn this on
and it's gonna put just a basic gray drop zone
over the space.
You can playback your footage and see how it looks
with just the gray, making sure that the four corners
are mapped out perfectly.
Now what you wanna do is make sure your cursor's
at the first frame and you're gonna select your drop zone.
Now you're gonna select the clip that you want put
in that drop zone.
And you have a few controls once you select this.
You can move it on the X and Y axis.
And you can also scale it so you can make it
bigger or smaller.
Now underneath that you have two modes.
You have your blend mode and you have your opacity.
So depending on what kind of effect you want it to have
with the footage in the background you can use these
effects to make it look more natural.
So because this is just a clean screenshot I'm not trying
to have any of the background show through.
So I'm just gonna leave the blend mode in normal
and I'm gonna leave the opacity at 100%.
And then at the very bottom of your inspector
is your motion blur.
So if you have some motion blur in your frame
you can match that by using the slider
and pulling it to the right.
And just like that you now have your four corners tracked,
you have embedded your object,
and you either have footage
or your graphic placed in your environment.
So now let's go through a graphic element.
It's gonna be the exact same process,
except for you might add some texture
by using your blend modes.
So this is a shot from the Azores,
and I just wanna put a graphic on this wall.
So what I'm gonna do is the same exact process.
So I'm gonna find four points around the area
that I want to track.
And then now with the drop zone I'm gonna
add in my graphic.
So from here I'm gonna do a blend mode.
So I'm gonna use the overlay and see how that blends
on the wall.
And from here I'm gonna drop down the opacity
and not make it so prominent.
And because I did these two adjustments,
it looks like the graphic was in the scene
when I shot it.
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So this tool is super powerful if you're looking to
track objects within your frame.
It's great if you wanna add graphics
or if you wanna add footage.
For me personally I do a lot of shoots where I have
screens that I need to replace.
My production company is a fitness video production company
and a lot of the commercials that we do are people
working out at home with a screen.
So I'm always doing these kind of screen replacements
and this makes it super easy for me to track that
and just add that footage in.
Now there's lots of other applications for this.
You could put graphics in, text,
anything in your environment to basically enhance
the experience for your viewers.
Guys, if you wanna see more information about the
perspective tracker I put a link down below
in the description.
And there's also a discount code down there for you.
So I highly suggest going and checking it out.
If you're a Final Cut user,
it's an awesome plugin to add something a little bit
different into your footage.
Also, I did another video on auto tracker which is
a single point tracker.
This allows you to track and add anything within your frame
but it's used when you don't need to have that
perspective shift.
So guys I'll put that video right here so you can
check that out.
And that's it.
I'll see you on the next one.