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Motion Tracking Windows
The Tracker palette has three modes, available from the Palette menu.
In Window mode, the tracking controls let you match the motion of a window to that of a
moving feature in the frame.
In Stabilizer mode, the same underlying technology is used to smooth or stabilize the
motion within the entireframe.
In FX mode a Point Tracker can be used to animate ResolveFX or OFX plug-ins with
positioning controls. For more information about the FX and Stabilizer modes, see
Chapter 133, “Sizing and Image Stabilization.
DaVinci Resolve has an incredibly simple, yet powerful, 3D cloud tracker that allows you to track
quickly and accurately any Power Window (Circular, Linear, Polygonal, Curve, or Gradient) to
follow any moving feature. This avoids the need to use dynamic keyframes to manually animate
a window’s position.
In particular, you can use the tracker to match a window’s position, size, rotation, and its pitch
and yaw in 3D space to either foreground or background elements that move within the frame.
A Power Window tracking a woman’s face
Simple Tracking Using the Tracker Menu
The simplest way to track a feature using a Power Window is to use the commands found in the
Color > Tracker menu. These commands include:
Track Forward (Command-T): Tracks a window to a feature from the current position of
the playhead forward, ending at the last frame of a clip.
Track Reverse (Option-T): Tracks a window to a feature from the current position of the
playhead backward, ending at the first frame of a clip.
Track Stop (Command-Option-T): Interrupts any track. This is useful for letting
you cancel a long track that goes wrong (the Stop button of a control panel stops
trackingas well).
Most window tracks are easy to accomplish using these three commands.
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