Creating 3D Trails - Integrating Particle Illusion into Footage with SynthEyes and Mocha [Boris FX]

Adding trails to video footage is easy with Particle Illusion, After Effects and camera tracking. In this tutorial, Ben Brownlee demonstrates how to integrate Particle Illusion to create an animated trajectory on a golf ball. He will use different tracking including 3d camera tracking with SynthEyes and Mocha tracking directly within the plugin. You'll learn two different workflows.

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Workflow 1: 3D Tracking & Integration

• Track a 3D camera path using SynthEyes (or other 3D camera tracking software)
• Export keyframes for the ball's start, middle, and end positions
• Create a light path following the ball's movement in After Effects
• Use Particle Illusion to generate particles along the light path
• Adjust particle properties and emitter position for a realistic trail

Workflow 2: 2D Stabilization & Manual Placement

• Use Mocha tracking to stabilize camera movement without affecting emitter position
• Manually place the emitter and animate its path over time
• Adjust particle properties for the desired look
• Learn how to fit the ball's trajectory without more keyframes using bezier handles

What you'll learn :

• Create realistic 3D particle trails
• Stabilize footage for cleaner particle integration
• Use Mocha tracking directly within Particle Illusion
• Explore various particle effects and presets

Keywords: Particle Illusion, 3D effects, Mocha tracking, After Effects, Boris FX, visual effects, compositing

/ / C H A P T E R L I S T / /
0:00 Intro
0:51 Camera tracking in SynthEyes
3:47 Exporting tracking data
4:34 Adding and linking the light
6:57 Making the particles trail in Particle Illusion
10:50 Adjusting the trajectory of the trail with bezier keyframe interpolation
12:25 Check out the final 3D tracking result
12:53 Working with 2D camera movement with Mocha
13:57 Tracking the world in Mocha
17:14 Adjusting the trail strength
18:07 Check out the final 2D tracking result