Is this done in a script?

Hello I am new here...

I just saw this on vimeo: vimeo.com/74369997

It looks great!
Is this a script?
How is this done?
Please advise.

Cheers,
Nutje
Amsterdam

No scripting needed, this actually is quite simple.

Create cutouts from the aerial footage and export them as stills.
Then import the footage and the stills in Motion.
Place the stills in 3D space over the footage at the right places and use Motion's tracker to make the stills move together with the underlying footage.

Groeten uit België.

- Ronny

Thanks Ronny for your quick reply!

Is there also such a thing as a 'tracker' in FCP X?
I am not to familiar with Motion, sorry.

Nutje
Amsterdam

No there isn't. Tracking systems fit better inside compositing applications than in NLEs. There is an FCPX plugin called SliceX/Mocha that includes a tracker, but the plugin is relatively expensive and it's not fit to do this particular kind of work. You need a "3D" environment to do this kind of movements.

- Ronny

You have been a great help, thank you Ronny!

Nutje
Amsterdam

ronny courtens wrote: There is an FCPX plugin called SliceX/Mocha that includes a tracker, but the plugin is relatively expensive and it's not fit to do this particular kind of work.

I wouldn't call $99 for tracking, rotoscoping, and advanced masking expensive. But I agree, it would be much easier for this specific trick in Motion, in a 3D workspace.