Initial 3D Camera Tracking

After taking the footage into After Effects, I began to color grade the material. I slightly adjusted the contrast as well as the sharpness and saturation in order to give the footage a little more life. 

The links to the videos from this first section can be found here and here.

Final shot with tracking points.

3D camera tracker settings.

Next, I opened the 3D camera tracker and began to adjust some of the settings. I found that I could adjust the size of my tracking points, as well as the target size generated from the points. In addition, I was able to chose the type of camera move, how detailed the camera solve was, and what sort of auxiliary component was generated with the 3D camera created (null, object, or text). I decided for my first test I would try to use text.

I wrote the word hello and attached it in 3D space to the rear mudguard of one of the bikes I filmed. I have attached my results as youtube links at the bottom.

Overall I feel that this was a successful first track. I was able to see how the 3D camera tracker worked and understand how to shoot future clean plates to function with the information the tracker is looking for. I think I will opt for more handheld shooting for some future tests as I can gain more rotational and depth data this way.

Adding the "hello" text