How to Track Moving Object with Camera in After Effects | Sniper Zoom Effect

[@SurfacedStudio]

What After Effects tutorial would you like to see next? TIME STAMPS: 01:18 Tutorial Start 02:41 Motion Tracking 05:00 How to Make the Camera Follow a Tracked Object 06:58 How to Zoom In & Out 09:39 Adding Overlays 11:06 Shutter Angle

[@burstfireno1617]

Well trying right now smth beyond my knowledge.. :) i've imagined a 3D object sticked on a fx moving bus and the bus makes a turn and the object sticked to the bus follows along. Could be a electronic messageboard. So how would you do this?

[@pulsar9537]

Thank you for the tutorial! But I've stumbled upon a problem that if you change the video to 3d the quality of the zoomed in picture becomes so low compared to what it was without the 3d option. Is there a way to keep the zoomed in tracking object feature without the 3d thing?

[@Godjann]

There is billions of tutorials about motion tracking with some text, animation etc., but this is only one video I found about motion tracking with camera zoom, which was WAYYY harder for me to figure out on my own. Thanks a lot, awesome work!

[@corymatela]

I'm so glad you still pump these tutorials out!

[@SurfacedStudio]

:D Me too! I'm slow, but still going

[@kartiksharma2818]

The More I thank you, the less it is. I really wanted this effect And you're few of some people who did it.

[@SurfacedStudio]

:D That's great to hear!

[@OscarSalasOfficial]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@SurfacedStudio]

You're very welcome!

[@lieadonis]

thank you so much. i immediately subscribed when you said you would make a tutorial on hitfilm as well. dont know why i didnt do it earlier, but love you!!

[@ramizshould]

I really enjoy your videos and i never succeed without your awesome tutorials bets of luck and give full support as well cheers mate.

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you for the comment :)

[@ramizshould]

@@SurfacedStudio bro i m happy to help though and i find your tutorials so helpful for me though cheers

[@ansonli0005]

This is an interesting effect. Love it!!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thanks Anson :) Been asked about this one a fair bit - especially for HitFilm Express

[@ansonli0005]

@@SurfacedStudio Is Hitfilm more powerful than After Effects?

[@SurfacedStudio]

It depends a bit on what you're after :) HitFilm is really a bit of a mix of Premiere Pro and After Effects as it does both video editing and video compositing - however, individually Premiere Pro has more features for video editing and After Effects has more features for video compositing. Also, Adobe products are wider adopted in the industry so it's easier to find plugins and assets for them :)

[@uzmasulthana8459]

I tried this tutorial....... It came out soo gooodddd........ I luved it!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you for the comment :D

[@shreyanshsingh1461]

We love your tutorial Tobi sir

[@SurfacedStudio]

:D

[@ThomasSmartt]

Freaking awesome man! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. This is something I've wanted to learn for a long time!!!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

You're very welcome, glad to hear you found the tutorial helpful :)

[@grilledcheezvirtualoniisan8670]

Wow, thanks so much! This was very useful for me

[@SurfacedStudio]

Glad to hear :)

[@satamoto6488]

Incredibly helpful !!! THXXXX

[@SurfacedStudio]

Glad to hear!

[@fallout1.]

Super helpful thank you!

[@SurfacedStudio]

You're welcome!

[@vibhratchaubey]

Thank You Gentleman for Teaching us good things

[@SurfacedStudio]

Ah nonsense! Just glad you enjoy my tutorials :D

[@lingvus]

Thanks man. That's what I looking for

[@SurfacedStudio]

Glad to hear :)

[@RGMGFitness]

Great video...will be giving this a try later. Thank you for the video...I'll have to slow it down just a bit but I think I've got it...thanks again!

[@SurfacedStudio]

You're welcome!

[@BasementMaster]

thanks, whis was really helpful😉

[@SurfacedStudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@imkeveenendaal]

good help, thanks!

[@SurfacedStudio]

:D

[@juleklO]

Great tutorial, thank you!

[@juleklO]

Also would you mind to make a tutorial for a case where you also want to change the "scale" or to keep the subject in the middle while the actual footage is getting closer?

[@SurfacedStudio]

Glad to hear you liked it :)

[@SurfacedStudio]

You may have to do one track first to modify the footage to not get closer so you can apply this effect on top - but wouldn't that be undoing something just to do it again?

[@juleklO]

@@SurfacedStudio Maybe I'll explain what I mean on a example. I have a clip from Fallout where I kill a guy and his hand does a weird flip, but while the hand is doing its thing I'm moving towards this guy's body. I'd like to keep the screen centered on the hand and keep it in the same scale thruout the hole clip

[@snipersmemehut]

thank you medic

[@SurfacedStudio]

Ya welcome 🩺

[@hammadsadiq5716]

Thanks. It solved my many problems. But how did you do 0:10 to 0:16 Please make a tutorial.

[@semaj1076]

Hey, great video, can i just ask how would you do this with the new after effects camera tools, now all i see is pan or orbit, any help would be appreciated

[@ShovelfootAl]

Fuck I'm having the exact same issue right now. Did you figure it out?

[@bradfab_fx]

Hello Tobi thanks again for the tutorials, i hope you're safe where you are... May God save us all.

[@SurfacedStudio]

I hope you're safe as well! Glad you liked the tutorial :)

[@abadyelhertany8604]

Nice vid thanks

[@SurfacedStudio]

You're welcome, glad you liked it!

[@williamhoffman6052]

I am having trouble with the part where we use the zoom tool. I understand that the z cam is the tool I need and c is how I cycle through the tools, but when I go to use the zoom tool I get no result. Any suggestions? It is possible I am not clicked on the correct layer or something of the like.

[@SurfacedStudio]

Have you added a camera to the scene? Also, it's called 'Track tool' if you're looking for the name 'Zoom'

[@normangrafaviationphotogra4548]

This is an excellent tutorial and directly addresses an issue I've been trying to solve for quite some time. However, Adobe has removed the unified camera tool in the latest version of After Effects! Any chance you might update this tutorial to use the new camera tools?

[@onlyfhfh2561]

did you ever find out what to do?

[@tkm_fi]

Only 2 years late, but you can use the Dolly to Cursor Tool to zoom in.

[@monkeyman3942]

i praise this man ToT

[@SurfacedStudio]

No praise needed, but this man is glad you liked the video!

[@coconutcraig]

At the step at 3:37 where it starts analyzing, mine starts analyzing but it goes extremely slow, it takes 5-10 seconds to analyze a single frame of it and I have a decently fast computer. Any fix?

[@SurfacedStudio]

My guess is that you either have your search area or the search point too large so each frame needs to process a large amount of pixels

[@coconutcraig]

@@SurfacedStudio Yes, it turns out I selected a huge area compared to the one in the video, thanks for the feedback and great response time! Best of luck

[@colekonop5034]

is there a way to do this if the car we want to track passes by the camera as the camera rotates

[@SurfacedStudio]

What do you mean with 'passes by the camera'? It goes out of frame?

[@colekonop5034]

@@SurfacedStudio I was able to figure it out just a lot of manual points needed to be placed lol. But I was filming a car coming towards me and then it passed by and I continued filming the back end of the car.

[@SurfacedStudio]

That's likely quite an extreme change in tracking so some manual fixing seems reasonable in that case :) Glad you figured it out!

[@UraFlight]

Very helpful ! Can you do that in Davinci Resolve ?

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you :) I am not sure unfortunately, I don't use DaVinci Resolve much

[@jm6734]

I'm trying to do this with some low resolution footage. The tracker easily gets lost. Is it a good idea to make a super contrasted working layer copy - to help the tracker? (NB: I'm in CS6 hahaa)

[@SurfacedStudio]

Yes, you can always add more contrast to you layer first to help out the tracker - and then remove the contrast effects afterwards :) That's a pretty common technique and very useful

[@jm6734]

@@SurfacedStudio thank you so much for good advice. Will the tracker respond to nested layers in the same way or must I render? (maybe slow-no also will help the tracker..) NB: It’s obviously high time for me to upgrade :-) I’m giving Adobe rent model is a big miss. Would you recommend HitFilm Pro as good replacement in 2021? (I’d love FX Pro but I’m on PC).

[@sumandeeppandey4412]

This tutorial is really awesome no doubt . But where is the project file ? I need to be practice. Please give me the link Sir

[@SurfacedStudio]

Glad you liked the tutorial. I do still have to upload the files I used for this tutorial to my website - hopefully will get around to it soon :)

[@eduardosalcedogonzalez9214]

Great tutorial!!!!! Where I could find the Crosshair file?

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you :) I still have to upload the tutorial files, just haven't gotten around to it

[@eduardosalcedogonzalez9214]

@@SurfacedStudio Ok, thought I miss something. This one was very helpfull for me. Again, thank you for your work man.

[@SurfacedStudio]

No worries, I uploaded them now and you can find them on my website at www.surfacedstudio.com/tutorials/hitfilm/camera-track-a-moving-object?showDownloads=true :)

[@Emyay]

Is there a tutorial on how to do this for sony vegas 16? I cant find one anywhere.

[@SurfacedStudio]

Sorry at least not on my channel, I only have this one and one for HitFilm Express

[@softwareguide7246]

Great tutorial Surfaced Studio! But I want a tutorial on how to make lightning effects in animation using After Effects. For example sunshine, room lights effects on character's hairs and faces. Moreover, the environmental light effects on the character's same as Animation Studio Ufotable are doing in their recent animations. Can you please do that for me?

[@SurfacedStudio]

I don't think I'd use After Effects for hand-drawn animation - it's just not really the right tool for the job in my opinion. Check out the Grease Pencil feature in Blender - that's much more something that could do what you are after :)

[@softwareguide7246]

@@SurfacedStudio Thank you so much, dear. But can you make a tutorial on this Grease Pencil Feature? Moreover, is this feature available in all previous versions of Blender or only the latest version because my system does not support the latest versions of Blender. My machine is a bit old.

[@andersondavid83]

Wow

[@SurfacedStudio]

:D

[@LiftingLabs]

at 7:38 i cant find that tool

[@Rulupaul]

The new update has removed the button, I think. Hold down the ALT key and use the left mouse button for orbit mode, the middle mouse button (scroller) for track XY camera, and right mouse button for track Z camera

[@MajorPainYT]

Does Filmora have the software to do this also

[@SurfacedStudio]

Not that I'm aware of but you can do this with free tools as well such as HitFilm Express: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKXCeqd5aKqXh7c

[@globaloption91718]

Object size not remain fixed if zoom in video

[@SurfacedStudio]

The object size of what? The element you are zooming in on?

[@ankursharma3798]

is there a time limit for tracking any object in video?

[@SurfacedStudio]

Not that I'm aware of, give it a shot and see how you go :)

[@vignesh2047]

We need some advanced composition tutorial with 3d model integrated 🤕🤕 waiting for long time

[@SurfacedStudio]

I released a 2 part series just a few weeks ago that explains how to integrate 3d models with Blender + AE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3KVia2KecaXZqM

[@ULTIMATEWE]

no more unified camera toll idk what to do :(

[@sewnixltdofficial7687]

Will you make this in Hitfilm Express?

[@SurfacedStudio]

As stated at 0:40 - yes, I just have to record and edit it :)

[@Mrtom40]

Do you not use mocha if not why not does it have problems

[@SurfacedStudio]

You don't need to use Mocha for this as you just need a simple 2D point track :)

[@AshokKumar-sb1pn]

After many days, the video has been cast sir

[@SurfacedStudio]

It has indeed :D

[@alisonwestley6672]

I keep getting an error message when I attempt to download the mov. file

[@SurfacedStudio]

Might be your internet. I can download both files fine. Maybe try again?

[@aristideregnier4883]

Does tracking an object really need to a near 12 minute video...?

[@SurfacedStudio]

Depends on your skill level and the teaching method

[@bosco1887]

mine doesn't work.

[@saiyedf]

Dislike Really ??? Who The Hell Is That?

[@SurfacedStudio]

Some people just have hate in their hearts...

[@VocalPulse]

OH YEAH SHITPOST TIME

[@rosegroove6863]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@ayuu__3762]

To difficult 😞

[@SurfacedStudio]

Have you followed my advice at 0:45 ?

[@fireislandmavic5939]

hitfilm hitfilm hitfilm

[@SurfacedStudio]

Will hopefully be coming soon :D

[@fireislandmavic5939]

@@SurfacedStudio yes!

[@victoranabraba1719]

bro has no chills ,youre wayyy too fast , its so hard to even see where youre at

[@SurfacedStudio]

You can slow down playback in KZbin if it's too fast for you :) And if you're new to AE make sure to check out my beginner tutorial series first!