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Participant
January 23, 2025
Question

How to parent layers properly while using 3D tracker

  • January 23, 2025
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Hi, I am new into 3d tracking, i am making a scene using 3d tracker using some yt tutorials.

Let's suppose there is a scene, used 3d tracker on it, selected some point and then used "create solid and camera" option. But the my doubt is some youtubers are copying the position property of that solid and are pasting it to the asset which we want in the scene while some are using parenting feature in which they link asset to the solid layer with a pick whip while pressing shift, so which one is better to get a smooth result, because when i use copy method i see that asset moves a little bit as camera moves in scene but sometimes it works same as the parenting method.

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nishu_kush
Legend
January 23, 2025

I'd go with copying the position attributes. Parenting the layers would be helpful if there's any movement/animation in the solid layer.

Let us know if that works.


Thanks,
Nishu

Participant
January 23, 2025

If u are asking about the footage then yes, there yes there is a zoom in it but i didn't add any specific/manual movement on the solid layer and if i don't add any movement to the solid layer pasting and parenting would work same for me, Is that you are saying??

and btw there is option "set ground plane and origin", what's that or should i use it

nishu_kush
Legend
January 27, 2025

Here's a detailed tutorial on 3D tracking in After Effects that should all your questions.

Feel free to reach out.


Thanks,
Nishu