How To Track Footage That Is Out Of Focus

Stefan Surmabojov Dec 15, 2011

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Visual Effects Mocha Adobe After Effects Optical Flares

In this tutorial we are going to take a look at a simple, but interesting idea. The main point will be to show you how to work with footage that is out of focus making if difficult to track. After we track it we are going to attach the camera interface elements and fake some depth of field to create the illusion that they are floating in space and shift in and out of focus like the rest of the scene.

Tutorial

Visual Effects Mocha Adobe After Effects Optical Flares

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Stefan Surmabojov

My name is Stefan Surmabojov. I'm 30 year old motion graphics designer located in Bulgaria with 10 years of professional experience. Most of my time is spend working as a freelancer, but in my spare time I create tutorials for Tuts+ and templates for VideoHive. I love photography, 3D, and VFX.