<p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>Adobe After Effects</strong></a> is the go to program for motion graphics. There are a lot of resources <a href="https://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&amp;pws=0&amp;q=adobe%20after%20effects%20basics%20tutorials" rel="nofollow">available online</a> in the form of tutorials and guides to help you get started. Something like you are describing is a simple enough task, but still requires a basic understanding of AE. </p>

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2012-07-18T02:08:20.740Z
2012-07-18T02:08:20.740Z
OrangeBox
<p>If you need a free application that can do this, it should be do-able in <a href="http://www.debugmode.com/wax/" rel="nofollow">Wax</a> without too much effort.</p>

<p>Tracking the arm movements will be a pretty manual process, but the modelling in Wax is good - you also have a lot of other useful effects to make the end result fit well.</p>

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2012-07-18T09:38:52.020Z
2012-07-18T09:38:52.020Z
Dr Mayhem
<p>I have a video of a guy doing push ups. On that video I want to be able to draw some lines showing what angles the arms should be at when the guy is down and up. The lines should follow the guy on screen as he doing the exercise to show the viewers the correct way of doing the exercise.</p>

<p>Can anyone suggest any software that I will be able to use to achieve this effect? I have looked at Final Cut Pro but it is unclear if I can draw primitives (lines, circles etc.) with this package on screen.</p>

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# Animation over video

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-07-17)

I have a video of a guy doing push ups. On that video I want to be able to draw some lines showing what angles the arms should be at when the guy is down and up. The lines should follow the guy on screen as he doing the exercise to show the viewers the correct way of doing the exercise.

Can anyone suggest any software that I will be able to use to achieve this effect? I have looked at Final Cut Pro but it is unclear if I can draw primitives (lines, circles etc.) with this package on screen.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2012-07-18. Score: 2

[**Adobe After Effects**](http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html) is the go to program for motion graphics. There are a lot of resources [available online](https://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=adobe%20after%20effects%20basics%20tutorials) in the form of tutorials and guides to help you get started. Something like you are describing is a simple enough task, but still requires a basic understanding of AE.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2012-07-18. Score: 1

If you need a free application that can do this, it should be do-able in [Wax](http://www.debugmode.com/wax/) without too much effort.

Tracking the arm movements will be a pretty manual process, but the modelling in Wax is good - you also have a lot of other useful effects to make the end result fit well.


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