Apple Color 1.5 User Manual
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A green Out point appears in the Timeline.
In many cases, this will be the last frame of the shot. However, if the feature you’re tracking
becomes obscured, you’ll want to set the Out point to the last frame where the feature
is visible.
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Click Process.
Color starts to analyze the shot, starting at the In point, and a green progress bar moves
from the In point to the Out point to show how much of the clip has been analyzed.
When processing is complete, that tracker appears with a green bar in the Status column
of the Tracker list, and that tracker is ready to be used in your project. That tracker’s motion
path appears in the image preview area whenever that tracker is selected.
If necessary, the tracker is ready to be refined with smoothing, manual repositioning of
individual control points in the motion path, or manual tracking. When you’re finished,
the tracker is ready to be used to animate a vignette or shape.
If the resulting motion path from an Automatic Tracker has a few glitches, you can drag
individual keyframes around to improve it.
To manually adjust a tracked motion path
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If necessary, set the Tracking Curve Smoothness to 0 so you can more accurately see and
position the tracked keyframes.
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Chapter 15
The Geometry Room