

With that done – it’s time to get keyframing. Next, I’ll track the longest “easy to track” section. This plan consists of what sections I think will work with automatic tracking, and what sections won’t. When I approach a shot like this – the first thing I do is look at the entire shot and come up with a plan. My Methodology – Planning And Working From The Outside In Second – you need to mask out the window while it is obscured so your color adjustment doesn’t affect something it shouldn’t.

Shots like this have two main problems to solve:įirst, you need to get a good track on the background object, before, during, and after it is obscured. Tracking a window that is obscured by a foreground object or person can be a frustrating challenge. No matter what – you will be in for some manual keyframing. As great as most modern tracking software is – there simply is no way to deal with it automatically. We’ve all run into that one shot – where you want to track a power window, but the object or person you are trying to track has someone just walk right in front of it. Tutorials / Better Window Tracking: Combining Tracking With Manual Keyframes Dealing With Problem Tracks
