Topic: How do you track a glowing effect in After Effects? Please Help!

I was sure I posted this before, but for some reason it hasn't appeared. :S

I am trying out new vfx and learning new features on AE. But need help I have a added a glowing effect to a minifig but I want to know how do I track the glowing effect while the minifig is moving?

So that it follows the minifig as he moves.

if someone could please help me I would really appreciate it.

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Divine.

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Re: How do you track a glowing effect in After Effects? Please Help!

This was posted here before, but I am unsure why it disappeared. I left a reply, but I guess I'll have to repeat it. Try use Mocha, I believe that is may come with After Effects. However, if it does not, you could try motion tracking in After Effects or doing it by hand. I suggest adding dots to the torso to make tracking easier next time you need to do something like this.

Re: How do you track a glowing effect in After Effects? Please Help!

Hey LMD,

Thanks for your quick response, I was sure of it as well and have no idea why it disappeared. :l

What I wanted to ask tho is how do I present the glow as an object in order to track it? I simply duplicate the scenes when doing it, so how can I track an entire scene?

I haven't used mocha before but Ill have a look into it.

Also about the dots to the torso whats the best way to present a dot/marker to the torso without leaving a perm mark? like a digital mark?

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Re: How do you track a glowing effect in After Effects? Please Help!

Ah, I misunderstood the question. Well what is the glow? If the glow is an effect applied to a layer, than just track the layer. I'm unsure how you did the glow so if you could tell me, I may be able to help.

Re: How do you track a glowing effect in After Effects? Please Help!

LMD, your right bud, it is a layer.

I simply masked out where I wanted to make the glow effect that was applied.

From here should I just add a tracker and go from there?

Also inregards to marking it whats my best choice as you can tell the brown torso isn't a great color for tracking.

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Re: How do you track a glowing effect in After Effects? Please Help!

Oh, well from a layer it's easy to track. Track the original footage, then apply the track to a null and parent the layer to the null. If you do not fully understand, there are many tutorials on YouTube for this.
As for points, try a bright colour on brown. Maybe add some small sticky tak dots for dull colours? I'm not too sure.

Re: How do you track a glowing effect in After Effects? Please Help!

One question I did want to ask and I appreciate what you've said as it is helpful, I just wanted to ask tho do I need to Separate the moving elements from my layer and apply an animated mask ? Or can I go straight into what you've said? I will look up on it as I am not 100% certain on the subject.

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Re: How do you track a glowing effect in After Effects? Please Help!

Well it should be separated. What you want to apply the tracking data to is the layer with just the glow, nothing else.

Re: How do you track a glowing effect in After Effects? Please Help!

got you, thanks a lot LMD.

I will see what I can come up with, obviously its more or less a learning curve but I wanted to get the upper hand here before attempting it.

Thanks bud!

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Re: How do you track a glowing effect in After Effects? Please Help!

No problem Divine,

If you have anymore issues, feel free to post another forum and I'll try answer it when I can.

Re: How do you track a glowing effect in After Effects? Please Help!

Don't know what's going on with topics and posts appearing/disappearing. But let's keep this all in one thread here.

Thanks!