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Table Of Contents
- Motion 3 Supplemental Documentation
- Contents
- 3D Compositing
- Motion Tracking
- About Motion Tracking
- How a Tracker Works
- Motion Tracking Behaviors
- Shape Track Points Behavior
- Track Parameter Behavior
- Motion Tracking Workflows
- Adjusting the Onscreen Trackers
- Strategies for Better Tracking
- Finding a Good Reference Pattern
- Manually Coaxing Your Track
- Manually Modifying Tracks
- Converting Tracks to Keyframes
- When Good Tracks Go Bad
- Smoothing Tracking Keyframe Curves
- Preserving Image Quality
- Asking Motion for a Hint
- Giving Motion a Hint
- Tracking Images with Perspective, Scale, or Rotational Shifts
- Tracking Obscured or Off-Frame Points
- Tracking Retimed Footage
- Troubleshooting Stabilizing Effects
- Removing Black Borders Introduced by Stabilizing
- Some General Guidelines
- Tracking and Groups
- Saving Tracks
- Motion Tracking Behavior Parameters
Chapter 1 3D Compositing 21
3D View Tools
The 3D View tools can be used to control both reference and scene cameras.
The scene camera indicator appears to the left of the 3D View tools only when a scene
camera is the active camera. There are three 3D View tools:
 Pan: Drag in this box to move the camera along the X and Y axes relative to the
current view.
 Orbit: Drag in this box to orbit the camera around the currently selected scene
object. If nothing is selected, the camera orbits around its focal plane. For more
information on the camera focal plane, see “Camera Controls” on page 26. Orbit can
affect X, Y, and Z Position values, as well as X and Y Rotation values.
Note: If you use the orbit control to change one of the orthogonal reference
cameras, an asterisk appears next to the view’s name in the Camera menu, indicating
that the view is no longer a true orthogonal view.
 Dolly: Drag in this box to dolly the camera, moving it along the Z axis relative to the
current view.
Important: Double-clicking a 3D View tool resets all parameters that can be affected by
the tool.
Dolly tool
Scene camera indicator
Pan tool
Orbit tool
3D View Tool Shortcuts
It is possible to use the Pan, Orbit, and Dolly tools with keyboard commands and a
three-button mouse:
 Pan: Drag in the Canvas while holding down the Option key and the right mouse
button.
 Orbit: Drag in the Canvas while holding down the Command key and the right
mouse button.
 Dolly: Drag in the Canvas while holding down the Command key, the Option key,
and the right mouse button.