How to Make One Layer follow the Next

[Guest]

Hello!

I really do not know how to expelling this, but here goes:

I want to make one layer of video move with a septic  lower layer of video, sort of animate that video layer to follow the movements of the other layer (the same way you use the Track Matte feature to mask someone face).

Basally I want to have one layer cover the other in a septic place but move as if it was in the fist layer.

Does this make sense?

I am wondering how I do that.

I am using the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro, all the usual stuff.

THANKS for the help~

[shooternz]

You need to check out "TRACKING in After Effects".

Lots of Vid Tutorials on the subject.

[Guest]

Thanks, is there a way to two that without after effects?

[shooternz]

Yes. 

Maya, Fusion, Smoke...but these applications are even more advanced.

[Warren Heaton]

After Effects includes "mocha AE" (available under Animation > Track in mocha AE).

There was "mocha Plus" for use inside of Premiere Pro, but it's been discontinued.

mocha Pro 5's product page indicates that it works directly in Premiere Pro, but I've always used the mocha AE version or the stand alone mocha Pro application.  You can download a trial version to test it out here: mocha Pro « Imagineer Systems (Trial Version link appears at the upper left.)

I know you're trying to stay in PR, but depending on the complexity of what you want to track, you may be able to use AE's built-in tracker without going to mocha.

-Warren

[eikonoklastes · Accepted solution]

Are you talking about animating the position/rotation of one clip and have another clip match that movement, like a parent-child relationship? If yes, then you can copy and paste the keys from one clip to another (Copy > Paste Attributes).

Or are you referring to "sticking" a layer onto some content within a clip? For example, making a graphic follow someone's head around? This is the tracking that everyone here is talking about.

Premiere has some basic built-in tracking for Masks. Since the mask tracking applies to effects, and you can't copy the keyframes to Position, I'm not sure if you will find this useful, but check it out anyway:

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/masking-tracking.html