is Vegas good enough or does one need After Effects?

Yi Fong Yu · October 24th, 2005, 06:45 AM

doesn't vegas have motion tracking?

Douglas Spotted Eagle · October 24th, 2005, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Yi Fong Yu

doesn't vegas have motion tracking?

No. Vegas has Track Motion, which is different than Motion Tracking. Track motion allows you to move the entire image within the preview space. Motion Tracking allows you to identify specific vector points within the image and follow those vector points.
For example, say you had an eye over which you composited eyeglasses. As the subject moves their head, the eye moves in position, and you'd like the glasses to follow suit. Rather than keyframing each move, motion tracking simply follows the eye, causing the glasses to move along with the pixels contained in the eye.
Not the best explanation, but hopefully it explains the difference.

Yi Fong Yu · October 25th, 2005, 07:17 AM

so Vegas doesn't have motion tracking then (in the eyeglass sense). it doesn't matter what happens in the preview, it's the final results that are more important.

Kim Kinser · October 25th, 2005, 01:27 PM

to me this is a great thread. it is too bad that vegas is split between HD and DV forums. You really need to look at both forums - very confusing.

October 24th, 2005, 06:45 AM	#16
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October 25th, 2005, 07:17 AM	#18
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	so Vegas doesn't have motion tracking then (in the eyeglass sense). it doesn't matter what happens in the preview, it's the final results that are more important. __________________ bow wow wow

October 25th, 2005, 01:27 PM	#19
Kim Kinser Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Voorhees, NJ Posts: 82	to me this is a great thread. it is too bad that vegas is split between HD and DV forums. You really need to look at both forums - very confusing.