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Fusion Planar Tracker – Introduction and Advanced Tips

Fusion Planar Tracker – Introduction and Advanced Tips

The Fusion planar tracker is a simple and capable tracking tool in DaVinci Resolve. It allows you to track even surfaces and you can corner-pin effects on top of them.

After adding the Planar Tracker node, you first select the area of interest with a Polygon. This area needs to be in the same flat plane where you want to work on for your final effect. But, the two areas do not need to be identical. Good trackable contrast often lies outside of the area of your final composite.

The planar tracker has two Tracker types: “Point” and “Hybrid Point/Area”. Typically, “Hybrid Point/Area” is more accurate, but not always. This option can still work well if there are only a few high contrast points available to track.

The downside is that this method always considers the whole area and cannot discard false information. Strong highlights, objects that pass through, or reflections can literally throw the tracker off track. In case of such conflicting data, the “Point” tracker may run more stable.

If your tracked area is getting occluded, you have two options. You can attach an occlusion mask or you can change your tracked area for parts of the sequence.

Finally, you can intervene and fix areas that you were unable to track. If you use the Corner Pin, this can be as simple as animating the corner points for those few frames.

Tags: Compositing, Intermediate, Tracking

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  1. Jean Pierre Druffin

    May 3, 2020 at 2:57 pm

    Hi Bernd,
    The tutorial package is not downloadable !
    Have a good day

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    • Bernd

      May 3, 2020 at 4:40 pm

      Please try again now. I had an issue with the link to this page but now it should be fixed.

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      • Jean Pierre Druffin

        May 3, 2020 at 7:56 pm

        Thank you Bernd, it works fine
        J.P

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  2. John Hoare

    May 3, 2020 at 3:24 pm

    Great tutorial Bernd!
    Thanks

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  3. EzWeb

    May 4, 2020 at 2:04 am

    Thanks for the tutorial! Its pretty much over my head but I did see how to do some new “ways” or functions by watching, and listening to you work ! You are a PRO andI have a lot to learn. One basic question that am not grasping …. in the project file you provided, the readme.txt, it says, “Right-click -> Restore Project Archive”. When I am in File Manager and right click your project.drp file, which was in your download packet, I don’t see a choice to Restore. What am I doing wrong? Thanks again, Steu

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    • EzWeb

      May 4, 2020 at 2:20 am

      Ok, think i got it now. It’s right click from DR project manager screen to see the “restore project archive” choice.
      Thanks again on the excellent tutorial!

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