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8 Click Analyze to generate the translation data.
NOTE You can fine-tune the tracking data if necessary. See
Tracking Difficult Shots and Correcting Errors
(page 735).
9 Once the analysis is complete, click Return.
When you exit the Stabilizer, the X and Y Shift values for the reference position are automatically
copied into the X and Y translation channels for the selected axis in Action.
TIP After stabilizing, you can set a reference frame that has no transformations by enabling the Adjust Offset
button (in the Axis tab) at the selected frame.
Track a Clip
To perform one-point or two-point tracking in Action Axis:
1 From the Action Axis menu's Tracking tab, select the media to be stabilized from the Use Media field
(to stabilize the Back media, select 0).
2 In the Axis menu for the selected media, make sure that the motion path is disabled (Path button).
3 In the Tracking tab, enable Rotation, Scale or both, as needed. The choice depends on the movement
of the object to track and on the camera movement in the clip.
4 In the Tracking Mode box, select Track and click the Enter Tracker button.
The media is automatically loaded into the Stabilizer and the Stabilizer menu appears.
5 In the Stabilizer menu, enable Context to use the Action scene as the reference.
6 Position the tracker(s) over the pattern(s) that you want to track, and click Analyze to generate the
tracking data. For one-point tracking, you use only one tracker to generate position information. For
two-point tracking, you use a second tracker to generate rotation and/or scaling information. The
Stabilizer obtains this information by comparing the position of Tracker2 to that of Tracker1.
■ Tracker1 follows the horizontal and vertical translation of the reference point. You should position
Tracker1 over a point on the pattern that you want to track.
NOTE The position of the axis is synced with the position of Tracker1. Therefore, any existing animation
on the Axis is overwritten by the tracking data.
■ Tracker2 tracks the rotation and/or the change in size of the pattern. In the first frame, the rotation
is always 0 and the scaling factor is always 100%. In subsequent frames, a rotation and/or scaling
factor is added if the relative position of the two trackers changes. You should position Tracker2
over a point that represents the rotation or change in size of the pattern.
NOTE You can fine-tune the tracking data if necessary. See
Tracking Difficult Shots and Correcting Errors
(page 735).
7 Once you are satisfied with the tracking, click Return.
The Axis menu in Action reappears. The tracking data is applied to the Axis media.
Axis Menu Settings
When accessing Action as a Timeline FX, you have access to a quick menu with some of these Axis settings.
To see the full Axis menu, click the Editor button to enter Action.
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