Chapter 11
Object Tracking
In addition to tracking cameras, matchmovers are often asked to track the motion of an object seen in the footage. You’ve already seen how to match an object’s motion by hand. In this chapter, you’ll see how matchmoving software can help make that process easier.
Chapter Contents
- The Object Tracking Process
- Object Tracking Tutorial
- Common Problems with Object Tracking
- Geometry Tracking
- Geometry-Tracking Tutorial
- Common Problems with Geometry Tracking
- Advanced Object Tracking
The Object-Tracking Process
If you followed along with the tutorial in Chapter 9, “Matchamation,” you probably have some sense of how time-consuming (and tedious!) matching an object’s motion by hand can be. Thankfully, tools are available to ...
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