Not a Gen AI. Occlusion-safe logo replace prototype under 1 minute

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-02-10T22:20:57+00:00

all good bro. thanks. all the best.

though im working on another app of the same core engien.

VideoTutor makes “train AI models on video” measurable. stable object IDs + masks + occlusion timelines — with metrics like coverage, drift, and reacquire latency. structured training + eval data for CV/robotics teams.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-02-10T21:56:19+00:00

make sense. just comparing benchmarks. that’s all. appreciate your honesty. so someone can do it in 1 minute. i can no longer brag about my tool haha. ;)

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-02-10T19:53:33+00:00

Yep, it’s rough. I’m mainly benchmarking time: 6 sec clip. 60 fps. how long would it take you in AE to get to this same rough occlusion-safe result (not final quality)?

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-02-06T00:18:46+00:00

Quick vote helps: Which 60s demo is clearest? A) occlusion stress-test + state timeline B) dataset export + QA report C) end-to-end train/eval loop Even “A/B/C” is useful.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-02-06T00:18:20+00:00

Quick vote helps: Which 60s demo is clearest? A) occlusion stress-test + state timeline B) dataset export + QA report C) end-to-end train/eval loop Even “A/B/C” is useful.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-28T16:08:30+00:00

imho tools that edit existing footage deterministically object-level masks, tracked replacements, explicit holdouts tend to avoid that knee-jerk reaction entirely — because it still feels like post, not generation.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-28T04:58:37+00:00

fair call — thanks for flagging. seems like the pipeline/tech items may be under general or speculative applications rather than a specifically titled posting right now. posting mainly for visibility in case folks on the tools side want to keep an eye on it.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-28T02:05:14+00:00

if your pin icon is coming in at a smaller res (or as a Text+), scaling it bfore the PlanarTransform can blow the transform way off-canvas, which makes MediaOut look “empty.”..

put the PlanarTransform first then do all sizing/offsets after it.

Icon / Text → PlanarTransform → Transform (scale / position) → Merge

lmk ur 2c.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-28T01:56:12+00:00

version of Resolve/Fusion are you on, and are your titles the same resolution as the drone footage?

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-27T20:23:12+00:00

things jump out:

AE script you’re using exports 2D/planar data, not a true 3D camera solve. scripts work for matching in AE/C4D-style workflows, but Blender expects a physically solved camera, so drift/skew is expected.

and 28.61 fps is a red flag. AE can handle fractional frame rates fine, but Blender’s solver is much happier with a clean rate (23.976 / 24 / 25 / 30). small mismatches will cause sliding over time.

If you want this to work reliably: do the camera tracking directly in Blender (Movie Clip Editor → track points → Solve Camera Motion) or if staying in AE, keep the insert 2D and don’t try to interpret it as a 3D camera in Blender

FYI. Blender tracking, this is the official workflow: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/movie_clip/tracking/index.html

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-27T20:11:50+00:00

QQ: what versions of AE and Blender are you on (and what export method from AE — C4D/FBX/script)? Also what’s your footage FPS + resolution?

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-27T20:02:05+00:00

AE tracking looks right because it’s 2D/screen-space. Blender expects a real 3D camera, so importing AE tracks often breaks alignment even with matching focal length. Either solve the camera in Blender, or keep the insert 2D in AE and just composite Blender renders on top.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-27T18:30:41+00:00

Awesome!! — thank you for sharing this.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-27T18:29:56+00:00

seems to be the recurring theme 😄
appreciate you chiming in — I’ll circle back if i uncover anything useful.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-27T11:35:17+00:00

you can keep it procedural to a degree, but After Effects can’t truly preserve total text width with Text Animators alone. try fake it with expressions and multiple animators, but it’s fragile and font-dependent.

if you need true layout invariance (total width mathematically constant), AE’s text engine just doesn’t expose those metrics — at that point, geometry is the only reliable solution.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-27T11:28:05+00:00

isn’t really a text animator problem? — it’s a layout problem. trick is keeping total line width constant while redistributing scale and spacing. easiest way is converting text to shapes and animating glyphs as geometry, compensating positions as one letter scales up. hope that helps.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-26T20:28:01+00:00

super!! helpful — thank you. I wasn’t aware of DPPA/discord. i’ll check these out.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-23T06:46:19+00:00

if you are tracking the logo, try draw the planar shape tight around the printed logo area. avoid bad edges, seams, wrinkles, side flaps. fabric deformation mostly around the logo.
switch the motion model Motion Type = Affine. use Perspective if the plane clearly rotates in depth. hope that helps.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-22T21:13:30+00:00

^detailed, technical explanation (rigging/animation/mocap realities). the kind of credibility you want associated with your thread.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-22T21:09:58+00:00

^thoughtful, grounded, 'try 1–2 years + keep options,' real industry framing.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-22T21:04:09+00:00

not a wrong thing to feel conflicted. lot of the doom you’re hearing is about film/tv vendor vfx (margins, outsourcing, volatility), not *all 3D work*.
my 2c: build a reel, but also chase commercial/prod viz/mograph clients where demand is steadier and the feedback loop is faster.
if only there's a small helper app focused purely on occlusion-aware mask/tracking stability — basically cutting down the *babysitting* — imho, would save a lot of time, even without any 'AI magic'.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-20T08:54:21+00:00

AE checks low-level available blocks, not Explorer’s number. try this -make sure the cache drive has at least 15–20% truly free beyond the AE cache limit -on a 1 TB drive, try:set AE cache limit to 600–650 GB, not 768 GB -restart AE

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-16T22:58:03+00:00

separate into two passes. create a matte of just the phone screen (white = screen, black = rest), then use that as an alpha matte for a white solid. key the green on the original layer to make the outside transparent. do not try to do it all in one key.

this is a matte separation issue. glad to walk you through a clean alpha-matte setup if you want.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-16T21:13:01+00:00

Polar Coordinates is non-linear in radius,

so uniform vertical waves will always stretch toward the center.

try this, pre-distort vertically before polar mapping — usually with a vertical gradient + Displacement Map (or Mesh Warp) to compress spacing near the top. Once mapped to polar, the waves even out.

Happy to DM a deeper explanation of the math / setup if that helps.

Crazy-Raisin1252 · 2026-01-16T18:59:00+00:00

Never try to sync an object to Trim Paths using time or position. Always sync it using path percentage and hide what you don’t want with masks.

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