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February 13, 2017
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How to Make One Layer follow the Next

  • February 13, 2017
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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~

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    Correct answer eikonoklastes

    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

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    Legend
    February 14, 2017

    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

    shooternz
    Legend
    February 13, 2017

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

    Lots of Vid Tutorials on the subject.

    February 13, 2017

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

    shooternz
    Legend
    February 13, 2017

    Yes. 

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