Tracking Features in the Footage

Now that you know the basics, we can explore the marker settings.

You can modify the tracking settings for markers in two different places: in the Properties Region and in the Tools Region. The settings in the Properties Region will affect the currently selected marker’s tracking settings, while the settings in the Tools Region are the parameters that will be applied by default when you create new trackers.

Tracking settings include various options and values such as what color channel the settings will be tracking, the pattern and search size, if the markers track Location only (this is the one you’ll be using here), and the rotation, scale, and perspective of the features.

One of the options is the Match Type, ...

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