• Adobe After Effects

  Motion tracker trouble

  Posted by Chris Holland on July 7, 2008 at 9:00 am

  I am having a problem using the motion tracker which I have never had before. When I enable it I just get a black screen which means I have nothing to use as a reference to track.
  The only different thing I am doing this time is I am using a still image which I used an extract matte on. Could this have anything to do with this? And is there a way I can still tack this layer to the footage?

  Thanks!

  Chris

  Peter O’connell replied 17 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Curious Turtle

  July 7, 2008 at 9:15 am

  Hi Chris,

  Are you trying to track the footage or your still image?

  Right-click on your video footage and choose Track Motion. Then change your “Target” to be your still image. In fact, I usually create a Null Object to store the tracking data, then use Parenting to match the move. I just find that gives me a bit more flexibility.

  Hope that helps,
  Ben

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  Chris Holland

  July 7, 2008 at 12:11 pm

  Hey Ben,
  Thanks for your help. I tried this and I managed to get the tracking data on to the layer. I can even see the tracking data at work on the layer by itself and it’s a perfect track. Yet when I look at the comp the layer does not move at all. Is this strange?

  Thanks

  Chris
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  Peter O’connell

  July 7, 2008 at 7:03 pm

  Hi Chris, you might be looking at the layer window as opposed to the comp window.
  Hope this helps
  Pete

  peteoconnell.com

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