Week #12: Motion Tracking

• New Project
• Import video
• COMMAND & N, [New Comp]
• Drag video clip into Timeline
• COMMAND & K [set comp time to the clip time, ex. 27;15]
• Add text
• Add Null layer: SHIFT & OPTION & COMMAND & Y or Layer > New > Null Object
• Set the parent of the text layer, to layer Null
• Place CTI at the beginning of the video clip
• Double-click the video clip layer and then open the Tracker Panel
• Tracker Panel:
-- Click Track Motion button
-- Select Position
-- Edit Target: Null layer
-- Motion Target should now read: Motion Target: Null
-- Analyze
-- Apply

Video example:
The phrase "the leaf" is tracking a leaf of the plant.
The word "cloud" is tracking one of the clouds.