Motion graphics experiment: 'Annotation'

— May 16, 2012

As a little experiment into mixing live action footage with motion graphics I created the short sample videos below. The process involved tracking the motion of the video in After Effects and linking the position of the graphics to the tracked keyframes - this basically helps to keep the titles steady as the camera moves around slightly.

Version 1 -

Version 2 - in this version I changed the perspective of the titles to make them seem more integrated with the scene.

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