Visually annotating video

Posted on Thu 25th, July 2019

• #1

Dammit

I have some video footage of a person who is performing a task, nothing out of the ordinary - they are in a workshop operating a hand tool.

I would like to visually highlight the path that the tool follows, so that the viewer will have their attention drawn to, and a permanent record made in real time, of the path that the end of the tool describes as it is operated.

Imagine that you are stirring something in a bowl, in that case I'd like a line to follow the end of the spoon, showing the track that the tip follows during the action of stirring.

Does that make sense?

Needless to say I have no idea how to accomplish this.
• #2

spunk_nautical

It sounds like you are looking for someone who is skilled in Adobe After Effects - especially with the Motion Tracking function.
• #3

dancing james in reply to @Dammit

hand tool

euph?

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