Auto & Manual Motion Tracking an Object with Premiere Pro 

Thanks. I was trying to figure out how to do this today in premiere. Perfect timing on this one.

I just spent about an hour trying to figure this out and this saved me so much more time thank you ❤

Very high talk to information ratio.....

You don't always have to click between the monitor and the effects panel in order to move frames. You can just hover your mouse over the video monitor and use the scroll wheel to move one frame at a time

Very good advice. Thank you so much!

This is the worst keyframing advice I have ever seen (sorry!). First, clicking on "V3" in the timeline does absolutely nothing for keyframing. It's completely unnecessary. If you followed his instructions without doing this, you would have the exact same results. Second, using arrow keys to keyframe is mindless. It's slow and tedious. All you need to do is: 1) Drag your watermark/whatever onto the sequence. It should already be selected, and already be at frame 1. Drag the time selector to wherever you want to start keyframing. Click on the "effects" tab, and click on the "position" clock, which triggers your keyframe. Now, go to the last frame of the clip you want your watermark to appear, use your mouse to click and drag your watermark to where you want it to be. Boom, keyframed. Go halfway inbetween, drag it to where you want it to be. Then, keep going halfway inbetween all of your keyframes while occasionally dragging the time selector through the clip to see where it's going. All you need to do from there is touch up points in the video where you need to add more keyframes. If you don't keyframe at the end or halfway, then your keyframe is going to stop at your last keyframe. This is why starting from 1st frame, moving a few frames, then adding another one is stupid. If he had jumped 5 seconds ahead instead of 5 frames, his watermark would have already been moving where it needed to go, avoiding the need for so many keyframes. You can also use your scroll wheel to quickly go forward/back in the clip, while dragging your watermark. 100x faster than using arrow keys. Also, "Motion icon" is not a clickable icon. All he did was select the effects tab by doing that. Just overly convoluted advice.

Outstanding tutorial. Thank you so much for highlighting all the nuances for a newcomer like myself.

SWEET! Thanks man, I've been wondering how to blur things (like license plates, for privacy) for a while. The second tip you showed will do just that! Thanks! Also going to be doing some write-on animation (arrows & such that need to follow subjects in the videos) for some instructional videos I'll be working on soon. I think what you showed here will do the trick for that too! :)

I've been watching tutorials non-stop for over a month now. You were the first one that was so charismatic I actually subbed right after the video. Good job!

Thank you so much! I've been wanting to do text tracking like this for a long time (a la SovietWomble)

Love this! Wish we could motion track more in premiere..

thanks homie had no idea you could do this in premiere until now

Wanted : Nathaniel Dodson Let's blur his face so you can help us get him faster.

I’ve watched so many videos to try and help me and this just solved three of my problems with in 8 mins.

Wow! Two great videos in one. Will be using both! Thanks

Thanks im gonna use it!! Very simple and easy!!

Great video, thank you! Really like the fact that you mention all keystrokes and clicks!

This is really valuable thanks for pointing out the proper steps. Keyframes are underrated :D

Great and simple, AWESOME!

Thanks for this video. Helped me out a great deal. Keep up the great work.

This helps me much, thanks for this video.

Thanks so much man, I'm constantly forgetting how to do this and your video is my go to

The manual tracking will get smoother if the motion keys are made spline.

great tuto. Thanks so much. Very clear and simple to use. One question for you: How do you create this magnifying glass effect following your cursor during your tuto? i know how to use magnify effect in premiere pro. But don't see how you can circle it and follow your cursor. maybe manually in post prod. Thanks in advance. Maybe a new tuto idea. ;-)

been looking for this tutorial! nice one!

Dude - you explained this better than the other videos I've watched. Worked like a charm! Thanks bud.

Great video! Very helpful for a client request👍🏾

Great video and really helpful! I couldn't get a grasp on how the setuper works but it's all clear now.

thank you it helped me get an A in school!!!!!

Excellent. You really helped me out. Thanks!

"Let's say that this guy is so highly wanted we need to blur his face out" ?????

Great video, simple yet effective info. God Bless

Thank you! This video was a huge help

I’ve watched so many videos to try and help me and this just solved three of my problems with in 8 mins. U get a sub dude. Ur actually epic

Do you need this much time to import that clip into after effects and do auto tracking?

Motion tracking would be so nice to have in Premiere to. So Adobe.. Please 😀

Hello...... I am wanna to know how you create that text and lines? Do yo do that on premiere pro? Thanks

where did you get the callout title from?

"Firmly keeping that target right in the middle of that biker's chest" Yeah. Sure. I wouldn't say firmly, but sure.

year 2018.. manual tracking in 20$ p/m editor..

how do you do the mouse over effect you're using here in the tutorial. that's what I'm looking for and can't find anywhere lol

Thanks so much....

Great tutorial, thanks man

Nice tutorial, thanks!

super dope. Gonna try this myself

when i click the right side the motion starts moving the screen not the image that i want to move. how do i sort this out?

im just starting and tNice tutorials video was perfect.Well explained and easy to follow for a beginner.I never understood soft soft till i watched tNice tutorials.

thanks! especially for the quick keys

i don’t have the little rectangle icon next to motion... is it a plugin?

Amazing tutorial. Thank you so much

What software are you using for the mouse zoom/magnify effect? Is that part of your screen capture software?

Classic. It helped me a lot. Thank you so much!!

Is this possible to do in premier pro cc 2015.Plz plz tell me

THANK YOU so much man!

How can I copy the movement and apply to other components of want to. Or if I wanted the circle somewhere else after animating the whole thing? Being able to copy the settings is probably the most important thing

Great video, so helpful! Thanks!

thank you for knowing the tutorial good job

Thanks. I learned from you. And now I'm going to go teach other people.

Hello friend, would have some tutorial on how to put this magnifying glass in the zoom. thanks and sorry for my poor english

The position keyframing is ideal. It's a hassle having to break up the clips in AE though.. AE is far more ideal when mastered.

I gave thumbs up after like 10 seconds, just for the video- and sound quality! Crisp!!

well i have done this but for some reason when i hold shift and try and move the graphic all it does is move the video forward?

How do u do the zoom mask you did with your mouse pointer? Is there a motion tracker already? Thanks, New sub!

Thanks! That was helpful

Hey @tutvid, how can I stop the mask from tracking at some point? For example, the camera moves around to another person and I need to stop the mask at this point. What is happening now - the mask is still there and blurs completely wrong parts of the video, since the previous face not in the video anymore.

Very useful bro I like it

really good 3 years later, cheers

Amazing, thank you sk much

thats really helping dude, thank you

production. Thanks again!

very cool. thanks

How do I track a subject and make the camera go with that subject. I have filmed a video in 16:9 aspect ratio and I am editing in 4:5 aspect ratio and the subject isn't always in the center how I want it to. That is what I'm asking for.

Awesome awesome awesome, cant wait to use this for my videos!

how do you have that zoom magnify thingy?

thanks helped a lot

Hi sir thank you verymuch!

What if you just copied the keyframes from the blur mask track to the call out title animation???

This tutorial was so smart and easy to follow. Thank you!!

thanks a lot brother!

I found out a way to use the auto-tracked mask path keyframes and apply then as position/rotation/scale keyframes so you can do auto tracking for motion graphics and literally any other layer you have on the timeline! I have a tutorial how to do it on my channel

Very good information bro 👍👌

Nice one!

Subscribed for calling out your keyboard buttons... because I'm learning and that helps... also please narrate what's going on your mind when you're working... helps understand your workflow and why it is the way it is.

Thanks for sharing this

hello, how I can turn on the FX button? cause when I click on it, it's not turn on. so I cant use callouts from graphic parameters

second method helps me a lot i finish my tracking within a minute it saves my time n job :P

Wanted but face blurrd 😂 funny. You are amazing though 👌🏼

Super! Thanks!

Can we sort of drag the mouse AS the video is playing for manual?

How to do this for 360 videos where the text follows where the person is looking at ?

THANK YOU!

I ca back to soft after about 10 years when I was using soft soft 10 and for its best program Ive seen in fact its also simpliest one

You talk very clean!

thank you so much it halped very much.

what camera and settings are you using for your video??

Gracias amigo, un abrazo desde Oaxaca, Mexico

i love ur videos

Because of this i think i finish my video thank you!!

I love you man thanks

Lots of love bro