Working with two-point tracking – Apple Shake 4 User Manual

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Chapter 25

Image Tracking, Stabilization, and SmoothCam

At this point, you have a track and a smoothed version of that track. The following
example shows the Y curves of the two tracks.

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Create a Stabilize node.

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In the Stabilize node, expand track1, then enter the following expression in the track1X
and track1Y parameters:

In track1X, enter: Tracker1.track1X - Tracker1.track2X

In track1Y, enter: Tracker1.track1Y - Tracker1.track2Y

Thus, you get only the difference between the two curves—the jitter.

Note: This illustration is scaled differently in Y than the above illustrations.

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In the Stabilize node parameters, set applyTransform to active.

The plate is only panned by the amount of the jitter, and maintains the overall
camera move.

Working With Two-Point Tracking

There are several additional options available when working with two-point tracking.
You can choose to pan, scale, and/or rotate the image. When setting the applyScale
and applyRotate parameters, you have three choices: “none,” “live,” and “baked.”

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