5 Practical Ways to Use FCP’s Built in Object Tracker

[@Brad_West]

What are you going to use the object tracker for? Let me know! 😊👇🏼

[@duncanwilliams3825]

Probably for titles..thank you for all ur videos

[@Brad_West]

My pleasure Duncan! Appreciate you watching 😊🙏🏼

[@Al-ImprovEd2022]

I have to make a video about basketball and would love to do something slick with the object tracker so I'm looking for creative ideas ... Thanks for this video. Helpful.

[@Brad_West]

Glad it was helpful to you! You could track the players and add names/positions or anything like that 😄

[@Al-ImprovEd2022]

@@Brad_West thanks. That’s an idea. I’m trying to do something like U2’s Window in the Sky version that starts with soccer ball, birds, etc.., since the video is about the players b ball career and chronological. Going to be challenging.

[@IgorTFerreira]

I'm editing simple videos for more than 15 years, first on windows (most of them using a software called powerdirector), than moved to lumafusion for IPAD for 2 or 3 years and in the last months i was trying to use Davini Resolve (but it's a pain to learn, it's VERY difficult in my opinion), 3 days ago i got a macbook air m1, i'm really impressed how easy and complete final cut looks! i will end buying it... Your channel rocks! thanks for the videos! :)

[@Brad_West]

I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how user friendly FCP is and how quickly you will be able to edit. There are a bunch of tutorials that are bound to helpful you as you start out with FCP. Feel free to ask any questions you might have 😄👍🏼

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

How is it possible that this channel only has 17.5K subs? These are some of the best FCP tutorials I've seen on KZbin. Nice work, Brad. :-)

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much for saying that! I’m happy to hear that you enjoy the tutorials 😊🙌🏼

[@JM_theBoss]

Now 34.700 Nice progres!

[@Brad_West]

@JM_theBoss appreciate it 😄🙏🏼

[@Erik-Soccer-Boardsports-07]

Very helpful. Option 5 is exactly what I was looking for to highlight my daughter in a soccer game for promoting her to colleges. Appreciate. you taking the time.

[@Brad_West]

I'm really glad that you found this video so helpful Erik 😄 All the best for your daughter's college applications!

[@samantha_mast]

This is great! quick question though. The censor effect, that doesn't seem to come with my Final Cut Pro. Or am I missing something? Is this an add on that I have to get? if so how would I get that? I need to blur out faces and this method seems really easy with the censor. Thanks!

[@Brad_West]

That's odd. It is one of Final Cut Pro's built in effects. 🤔 I think a fresh install of FCP should fix that.

[@lawrencecompanylimited]

i came here for tracking, and I left learning so much more,, thank you brother

[@Brad_West]

Great to hear! I'm so glad you found the tips helpful. Appreciate you watching.

[@chrisgatesrn9837]

New to the subscription and never used as an editor any tracker. Really learned mountains from you on this video. I am a full time RN but when retired plan to be prolific in production.

[@Brad_West]

Glad to hear it Chris! Hopefully you'll learn something new the upcoming videos too.

[@spicethecat6207]

@Brad_West. Love your video on FCPx tracker but can it be used to track a video clip in a video ,similar to how you added and tracked text and if so how? Thank you

[@Brad_West]

Yes, you certainly can. So first you track the object in your first clip, using the add track option in the inspector window. Then you drop the second clip on top of the first clip. Click on the transfrom icon at the bottom of the viewer window, or right-click on the viewer window and select "Transform". Then you should see a drop-down box at the top of the viewer window next to "tracker". From there you can select the track and the resize and position your clip accordingly. Hope that helps 😄👍🏼

[@elturkocharro4106]

Man, this feature was there the whole time, and I just realized it exists!! I was almost purchasing a tool for doing this tracking thing. I'll take a close look and do my tests, so wish me a look!!

[@Brad_West]

It’s great to finally have built in tracking in FCP. I’m sure you’ll enjoy using it 😄🤙🏼

[@BeauTylerMakesMusic]

Came here for the tricks and I’m very thankful for your expertise. However, I gained even more just from watching your tutorial/production style. So quick and to the point without skipping important small steps. It’s not like you reinvented the wheel… you just did EVERYTHING a little better than other content creators of all niches that I’ve seen. Super clear and concise. You’re never overly extemporaneous (that’s a huge issue of mine). You also aren’t secretly gatekeeping from new users by intentionally using complex jargon while failing to explain it. A LOT of editors do that and I appreciated that you’re clearly confident enough in your skills that you’re not afraid to share the entirety while seeming encouraging. For all I know you eat babies every Saturday, but you come across as warm, welcoming, and proud to help. I at least feel like it says a lot about you. Absolute expert all around. Commented (obviously), subbed, liked, and all notifications turned on. In summation, you’re my new guru whether you like it or not. Lol WOW. I just realized the novel I just wrote lol. I have NEVER commented such a level of praise or written anywhere near as much on a KZbin comment in my life. I just feel you absolutely deserve to hear that you are incredible at what you’re doing all the way from the craft you’re teaching to the craft of demonstrating it. When someone is really good at this sort of thing they can almost make you forget they’re actually experts in multiple crafts. Huge props! Okay. Rant over. I don’t like being this nice. Gonna go yell at a random dog so I can return balance to the universe. 😂 🫡 ✌️ ❤️

[@Brad_West]

Haha! 😂 That was a real joy to read! I appreciate the support and for you taking the time to leave a comment like this. This is easily one of my favorite comments I've ever received 🤣 Thanks for the laugh, and don't be too mean to that random dog! 👊🏼

[@BeauTylerMakesMusic]

@@Brad_West Made that pup regret it’s entire life! Lol

[@Brad_West]

😂🙈

[@mohakhu]

PERFECT, PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH 🙏

[@Brad_West]

Thanks for watching Mohammad. Appreciate all the support 😊🙏🏼

[@romsprod]

Just perfect as usual, thanks !

[@Brad_West]

Thank you! Glad you liked it 😄🙏🏼

[@JoJoEdits]

You should make like an hour video of going over the whole process of how you make a KZbin video. From start to finish. I’m new to FCP and your tutorials always help

[@Brad_West]

That’s an interesting idea Joseph. Thanks for the feedback. Out of curiosity, if I made an hour long video, would you watch a video that long? 🤔

[@ccruz247]

@@Brad_West maybe not a whole hour long video. But definitely a playlist of smaller videos

[@Brad_West]

Really appreciate your feedback Calvin! 😊🙏🏼

[@OfficialJasonChaneyShow]

Brad typically I wouldn’t watch that long. However, after coming across your channel being new to FCP X I most certainly would watch every second of it because your explanations and thorough start to finish has been extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@Brad_West]

Wow, thanks for the feedback! Sounds like I should work on a longer video for sure. 😄🙏🏼

[@JoshuaFaleatua]

Subscribed, simply because of how clear this tutorial was!

[@Brad_West]

Truly appreciate the support Joshua. Thanks 😄👊🏼

[@betterbenais]

Quick, thorough, comprehensive. Great!

[@Brad_West]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching 🙏🏼

[@NorbiWhitney]

I was having some trouble getting text tracking working properly. Apparently I was going about it all wrong. Thanks for the easy to follow tut!

[@Brad_West]

My pleasure! I’m glad to hear that you found the tips on this video helpful 😄🙏🏼

[@dewhammer]

It would be awesome to see if the FCPX object tracker can fully replace mTracker 3D or just have them compared.

[@Brad_West]

Great idea for a video! I think I’ll definitely do a comparison video 😊🙌🏼

[@joelycar2852]

Hi Brad, tnx, I learn a lot of your tutorials. One question, what do you call on your last outtro video where images are zooming in?

[@Brad_West]

I'm so glad to hear that! I did a tutorial on that fast zoom effect. You can watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYvVl3Schb2qjsU 😄

[@joelycar2852]

@@Brad_West wow great! Thank you Bro. 🙏

[@Brad_West]

You’re welcome!

[@jm0b]

when I click on published parameters nothing pops ups for me? any suggestions

[@Brad_West]

Are you referring to the "subtle" title effect? That's a built-in effect, so I can only think of trashing the FCP preferences to see if that helps.

[@martinpauly]

That was a good tutorial - easy to follow, not unnecessarily long, and providing useful examples. Nice job! - Martin

[@Brad_West]

Thanks Martin! Appreciate the feedback and I'mglad you enjoyed it. 😄👊🏼

[@SDEXCELArt]

Another Fantastic tutorial… I have started new with FCP.. but with your tutorial I am getting better… If you can make a video on how to show different dresses of same person across a lamp post… I mean, in left section one dress and other section another dress..

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much. I’m happy to hear that the tutorials are helpful to you 😊🙌🏼 That’s actually a really cool idea. I’ll add it to my list 😄🙏🏼

[@TENSMLSAL]

Perfectly explained, thank you so much! :)

[@Brad_West]

You're very welcome! 😄🤙🏼

[@matvoyage]

Brad, it's amazing and very clear, thanks it will helps

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much!! 😄🙏🏼 If you have any other ideas for tutorials that will help you, let me know 👍🏼

[@KgRu1eS]

I’ve never heard of a like plug like that. For that I just becoming a certified like smasher.

[@Brad_West]

Haha thanks so much for the support! 😄🙏🏼

[@EytschPi42]

Thank you! That helped!

[@Brad_West]

Glad it helped!

[@RobMattoch]

Great video! Hey, I'm trying to put a logo on a butternut squash rolling across a table. The issue I'm having is I want the logo to disappear as if it is attached to one spot on the butternut squash and is rolling around the squash. What would you use in final cut?

[@Brad_West]

I think Pixel Film Studios has a surface tracker plugin that might do the job, although I haven’t tried it out. It’s not the easiest effect to pull off. There are probably ways to do it in after effects as well if you have it. If you get it right feel free to share a link so I can see it 😄👍🏼

[@MattOBrien]

this is the first video that actually made the tracker make sense to me thank yoooou

[@Brad_West]

I’m so happy to hear that Matt! 😊🙏🏼 Appreciate you watching!

[@holliguzy1884]

Thank you!!! The answer I've been searching for!!!

[@Brad_West]

I’m so happy to hear that! I’m glad it was helpful 😊🙌🏼

[@flagshipdigitalarts]

Thank you that was far more informative than many other videos on this subject. Got just the info i needed! :)

[@Brad_West]

Glad it was helpful! Appreciate you watching!

[@cogmovies]

Brilliant demonstration of the built in tracker Brad. A clear and precise tutorial - thank you! ⭐️👍

[@Brad_West]

Appreciate that John! Hope the info comes in handy 😊🙏🏼

[@FirstStrikeAthletics]

When I hit transform for my text I don't see an option to click on tracker, even after I used one and analyzed the footage. Am I missing something? I'm using FCPX 10.6

[@Brad_West]

What version of MacOS are you using? You need Monterey but a later version.

[@FirstStrikeAthletics]

@@Brad_West I am using Monterey but it's version 12.0.1 - maybe that's the issue.

[@Brad_West]

@@FirstStrikeAthletics Yeah you're going to have to upgrade Monterey for sure.

[@MooneyChu]

Brad and Donna Big Brother,I can't find the subtle in my version 1.61. Where can I get it, please?

[@Brad_West]

The subtle title effect should be in your Build In/Out category of titles. Is it not showing up there?

[@Soul_Visuals_Photography]

great video. is there a way to do tracking callouts? or do I need to use a plug in?

[@Brad_West]

You can most certainly track callouts with FCP’s built in tracking feature. The entire title/template will track with whatever object you track. If you want the point on the callout to track independently of the text, you might need to use a plugin. I use mCallouts to do that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnrPlKKHa7WJntU Hope that helps 😊🤞🏼

[@Mega_Casual]

Hello, I have a video clip showing some damage to the front of my house. In it is a part where my home address is showing. How can I create a tracker that blurs the house numbers as a result of me panning around the house where the street address numbers are showing? I'm using FCP 10.6.5. I'd also use this method to blur out a license plate when filming a vehicle. Thanks for considering.

[@Brad_West]

Instead of dropping the effect directly onto the clip in the viewer window like in tip #3, you would first track the street address or licence plate, then add the effect and choose the track you did from the top of the viewer window. 👍🏼

[@Mega_Casual]

@@Brad_West Thank you. I didn't realize I could actually drag an effect to a portion of the video (address on house) and thereby create a tracker from that. That ended up working just fine and I was able to create the tracking object with the "Blur" effect. I discovered that the blur showed before the numbers and after so I dragged the tracker object out of the scene just before and just after the panning of the address. Now the blur is not visible except during the time the address is showing. Thanks so much for your reply!

[@Brad_West]

@@Mega_Casual Awesome! I'm glad you were able to get it working for that footage. 😄🙌🏼

[@corissab]

Thank you so much~ Using it to have a cartoon money ride some text smoothly!

[@Brad_West]

That sounds like fun! Glad you found the video helpful! 😄

[@TravelAddictsLife]

great clear tutorial Brad! thank you for sharing

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it 😊🙏🏼

[@nicolev_portfolio]

So cool and something I've been wanting for ages, but I guess it's only available if you upgrade your system to Big Sur or Monterey?

[@Brad_West]

Yeah it’s so nice to have tracking natively in FCP. You will need to upgrade to Monterey to take advantage of it 😄👍🏼

[@dglatz01]

This was excellent. Thank you for sharing. Your explanations are great - appreciate the step by step + details about why you choose specific options, etc. Your editing is very sophisticated and I’m learning a lot from your channel.

[@Brad_West]

Thank you so much David. I truly appreciate the feedback and I’m really glad you’re enjoying the videos 😄🙏🏼

[@itikutok6568]

Great stuff! So helpful, I'll use this for sure! FCP is just amazing

[@Brad_West]

Glad you enjoyed the video. FCP is awesome 😄🤙🏼

[@diegokohn]

Amazing video! How can I correct if there are some keyframes that are wrong in the middle?

[@Brad_West]

With the tracker selected in the inspector window you can scrub through the clip and move the tracker on the incorrect keyframes to manually update it. Hope that helps!

[@The_Plane_Spotters]

Awesome Video! Just swiched from IMovie over to Final Cut for my Planespotting Videos and this channel is soo much help thanks again :D

[@Brad_West]

So happy to hear that! Glad you found the channel 😄👊🏼

[@ChapitZulkefli]

short and straight to the point. thank you.

[@Brad_West]

Thanks 😄 Tried to cram as much value in there as I could. Glad you enjoyed it 🤙🏼

[@ChapitZulkefli]

@@Brad_West glad you made the tutorial in easy ways to understand. take care and stay safe. will come back for your new videos.

[@Brad_West]

Thank you! I truly appreciate the support 😊🙏🏼

[@drnareshchauhan]

Your videos are really helpful Brad👏👏

[@Brad_West]

Thanks for saying that! I’m glad you’re enjoying them 😄🤙🏼

[@heikokuehr]

Oh boy, that was sooooo helpful!!! I had no idea what FCPX was capable of. ...funny! Love your content!

[@Brad_West]

Glad you liked it Heiko! Appreciate you watching! 😄🤙🏼

[@SoNowWhat]

Excellent tutorial, and very creative use of tracking. Thank you.

[@Brad_West]

You’re welcome. Thanks for watching 😊👍🏼

[@jamesaubry752]

I didn’t even know FCP had this feature 🤦🏽‍♂️ great video Brad. Really well explained

[@Brad_West]

So handy! It's great to finally have some built in tracking tools.

[@Anton-wc7lb]

Thanks for the video! I'm trying to track something that goes off screen, but the tracker goes bananas, haha. Do you have any ideas or suggestions on any fixes?

[@Brad_West]

I’m glad you enjoyed it Anton! Yeah that can be tricky but I’ve found a way that works for me. Let FCP do the track until it goes out of frame and then go frame by frame to manually adjust the tracking point off-screen where you think the object would be. You usually only have to manually do that for a few frames 😄👌🏼

[@Anton-wc7lb]

@@Brad_West Right! Thank you! Had a crash course trial and error on key frames, works great those last frames. 🙌

[@Brad_West]

Glad to hear it. Thanks for reporting back 😄🙏🏼

[@singularisvr]

Brad, really a very good tutorial, thanks!! A question, Do you know is possible to add tracking into a 360º Stereo Video?

[@Brad_West]

Thank you! 🙏🏼 I’ve never actually tried but now I’m curious. I’ll look into it.

[@FamilyFilmmaker]

Thanks for your tutorial ! Several of the options are very useful for my next project.

[@Brad_West]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@markokoerblervideoproduction]

Thanks for the video! My trackers are buggy. Everything I track sort of jumps few times in last frames. I disabled rotation but still. Any thoughts?

[@Brad_West]

Is there enough contrast in whatever you are trying to track for the tracker to be effective? Are you able to send a link of what you are trying to track and I can try make a better suggestion?

[@whoisdj4185]

Thank you Thank you Thank you I've been beating myself down trying to learn this tracking effect inside FCP and your tutorial has really helped me out so much so once again thank you keep doing great things sir... Subscribed!!!!!

[@Brad_West]

I’m so happy to hear that 😄🙌🏼 Thanks so much for the support 🙏🏼

[@MySantaliWorld]

thnk u so much...

[@Brad_West]

You’re welcome!

[@gr8fulted49]

This was SUPER helpful. Thanks so very much.

[@Brad_West]

You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful to you 😊🙌🏼

[@electrosquash6706]

Great Video! 🔥🔥🔥 Special question: I‘m going to track an object (video) from a B-Roll video that should correspond to an object (video) within the A-Roll. Both objects are moving (little zoom and rotation) in different ways by default. Is this possible by using the tracker feature? Multible instances?

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much! I'm not 100% sure I understand what you mean. You want to track the movement of the broll and apply that movement to an object in the A roll? You would likely need to isolate the object in the A roll first.

[@electrosquash6706]

@ Here an example; An iPad is moving a bit (A-Roll), Now I‘m going to show a video (B-Roll) on the screen of the iPad. My issue is that both clips are in motion and I want to bring them together in an appropriate way. So I thought about auto-tracking each to a specific „center-point“. I tried it with keyfranes but the result is not good enough….

[@lucasblaise]

This is perfect! I was just talking about this with a colleague. Good topic and tips!

[@Brad_West]

Thanks Lucas! Im so glad we finally having tracking natively in FCP 😂🙏🏼

[@andrefelixstudio2833]

Very well explained lotta great information thank you!

[@Brad_West]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching Andre!

[@VloggerBear]

Perfect tutorials and a great narrative style, easy to learn. Nice work and thanks ! Keep them coming !

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much. I’m glad you enjoyed it😊🤙🏼

[@feiyuanwang5913]

I have just liked and followed you! it is a new feature and thanks for sharing. just a quick question, what if you have to track a object get out of the screen or come into the screen? does the tracker can also make the logo/text disappear or appear?

[@Brad_West]

Thanks for watching and for the support! The tracker will be able to track something until it gets to the edge of the screen. After that you would need to go frame by frame adjusting the trackers position in order to manually “move or track” it off screen. I hope that helps! 🤞🏼

[@mdshishirsarfaraz]

That's really cool buddy 😎

[@Brad_West]

Thanks 👍

[@matemaric_]

very useful tutorial. thank you very much

[@Brad_West]

You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it 😄🙌🏼

[@qnadigital]

FANTASTIC TUTORIAL! I'm trying to whiten the teeth of a speaker, but not having too much luck. Would love to see a tutorial, specifically about that. Keep up the great work!

[@Brad_West]

Thank you. Great suggestion Quinn! I believe @TheFinalCutBro did a tutorial on just that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/en20ZXd3p99rsLc

[@scottmccauley5945]

Great video! One question. How can you track something that starts off screen?

[@Brad_West]

That is a tough one. I would start in the middle of the shot, track backwards and forwards. As the object moves out of the frame, stop the track and adjust in manually frame by frame. That is pretty much the only way to do it 👍🏼

[@scottmccauley5945]

That’s what I was afraid of. Thanks. I’m proud of myself for thinking the same way. Have a good one. Thanks again.

[@Brad_West]

Yeah you’re 100% on the right track 😄🙌🏼

[@ResellerMadness]

Hi! I'm new to the object tracker and having difficulty with jitters. I use a lot of chest-mounted gopro footage. If my footage isn't buttery smooth (The kind that could easily be keyframed in under a minute), the tracker bumps and jumps to try and keep a lock on the object, resulting in a very jarring tracking effect. Is there an option somewhere to smooth out the tracking so that it follows a less precise but more visually pleasing path?

[@Brad_West]

You can edit the keyframes frame by frame, so maybe deleting every second keyframe of the track would work? Alternatively you could try track a smaller area if possible so that the tracker has a better chance of locking on.

[@treysals]

Will this tracking feature work when I zoom in on a water skier that cuts back-and-forth and other words when it’s zoomed in and the skier goes back-and-forth you can’t see them wondering if the tracker will work for this feature

[@Brad_West]

If you can’t see the skier, FCP will lose the track. You would probably have to manually keyframe those sections where the skier is out of the frame.

[@BecomeUseful]

This was really helpful. Thanks

[@Brad_West]

I’m so happy to hear that 🙌🏼

[@TheFinalCutBro]

Excellent video my dude!!

[@Brad_West]

Thanks bro! That means a lot 😄🙏🏼

[@alassanekone4510]

Well done man. I had to sub to your channel because your videos are so good 😃.

[@Brad_West]

Thank you! I appreciate that 😊👊🏼

[@ecs2sy501]

Hi there, do you have a video on how you did your outro. Video?

[@Brad_West]

I don’t have a tutorial video but on that but it’s actually an Envato Elements template for After Effects that I just customized a bit 😄👍🏼

[@ecs2sy501]

@@Brad_West Thank for the reply, I love your content. I’m trying to learn FCPX and get started on things myself. I’m happy to have subscribed.

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much for the support! There are loads of tutorials on the channel. If you are struggling with anything, feel free to let me know 😄👍🏼

[@AlexTene]

Even though I already knew how to do this, it was nice to watch this video. I like how you make your tutorials - to the point. I recently moved back to Final Cut after 5 years of editing in Premiere Pro and I must say I was so surprised that Final Cut has tracking built in.....awesome!

[@Brad_West]

Thank you so much for your feedback! 😊🙏🏼 I’m so glad we finally have tracking in FCP! We’ve BEEN waiting 😂 A few years ago I really tried to get into Premiere and I couldn’t do it. Just not for me. Welcome back to FCP!

[@Аккаунтдлякомментариев-к7х]

Hey, guy! Your video helping me to undertand, HOW it works. THANKS a lot!

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much! I'm really happy to hear that you found the video helpful 😄

[@JaroslavBengl]

Great tips! Thanks so much for sharing! 👍🏻

[@Brad_West]

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 😊🙏🏼

[@jessemcminn81]

Spotted that you have some of the nik dpred plugins. They’re great. I wish he’d make more

[@Brad_West]

Yeah they are fantastic! Got them from Envato Elements 😊👌🏼

[@pandabphotography706]

Hi @Brad! can please make a video of how can we remove any unnecessary objects on the clip? I couldn't find any good one. thanks!

[@Brad_West]

What kind of objects are you trying to remove?

[@pandabphotography706]

@@Brad_West anything that is not used in the video like people, trees, anything

[@Renucho]

Thanks for doing this bro. 🤜🏽🤛🏽

[@Brad_West]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching 😄👊🏼

[@TharunTeluguTech]

You got a Subscriber ❤

[@Brad_West]

Thank you. I appreciate the support 😄🙏🏼

[@TECHDRONEMEDIA]

This is absolutely brillant, thank you :-)

[@Brad_West]

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching 😄🙏🏼

[@evtyler]

Another brilliant tutorial! Thanks for all the different real world use cases.

[@Brad_West]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it 😄🙌🏼

[@MichaelK5468]

Very comprehensive. Thanks mate.

[@Brad_West]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching 🙏🏼

[@korakistudios]

very very helpful... thank you for this!

[@Brad_West]

You are so welcome 😊🙏🏼

[@marklholloway]

Awesome video 🖤Learned a few new things about the FCPX tracker I didn’t pick up on when the update came out. Liked and Subscribed! 👍

[@Brad_West]

That’s awesome! I’m so glad to hear that 😊🙏🏼 Thanks for watching and for the support Mark 👊🏼

[@ticnology]

I just shot a video I used a fake gun but the orange tip is showing. Someone is holding it and there's some movement. How can I fix this..? Thank you in advance

[@Brad_West]

You could try to track and HSL curves adjustment to the tip of the gun and desaturate and darken the orange colors to make it look more black. Tough to know if that would work without seeing the footage, but I hope that helps.

[@JamesMackayColorado]

Brad- Thanks for another great and informative video. But you have a lot of room reverberation in your audio, so how about a tutorial to reduce room reverberation? Thanks!!

[@Brad_West]

Thanks for the suggestion. That was my old home office and I couldn't really do much about the reverb there (rental).

[@unklbacon]

Thank you very much 🙏🏻 Great tutorial.

[@Brad_West]

Thanks 😊🙏🏼 I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@doncambre]

Maybe you can address this. Attempting to use FCPX Tracking for the first time (instead of 3rd party tracking plug-ins) and I have found that the FCPX Tracker does not work on cropped video. The tracker perfectly follows the object identified, but, when applied to something else like an arrow pic (or text) to follow the object, the arrow doesn't follow properly on the cropped video. If I remove the cropping from the video, then I see that the arrow follows exactly. It just doesn't track properly when the video is cropped in. My 3rd party tracking plug-ins don't have this problem, so I guess I have to stick with that unless there is some setting I am missing to make the FCPX tracker work.

[@Brad_West]

I haven’t experienced that issue personally but my suggestion would be to do your tracking on the uncropped clip. Then select the clip and the arrow or whatever you’re tracking and hit Option G to create a confound clip. Then crop the compound clip. Bit of a workaround but I think that might solve your problem 😄👍🏼

[@doncambre]

@@Brad_West I tried your suggestion of the compound clip with tracking of objects with no cropping, and then applying the cropping to the compound clip in the timeline. That does work but is a massive pain in the ass, especially for my workflow. It takes many times longer to do this. I think I will just have to stick with the 3rd party tracker. I was trying to move away from 3rd party plug-ins when I can because a new FCPX update might break them and the way the built-in tracker works is a bit better in many instances for applying to objects to track on top of the timeline. The problem is, I have cropping on EVERY SINGLE video clip in my timeline to remove the date, time, location, etc. info that is stamped at the bottom of the original content. Here is a video showing what I am talking about: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmjYoppme86ll7M

[@Brad_West]

Thanks for sending that screen recording through, that helps a lot to see what you’re struggling with. I don’t think there is an easy way around that cropping problem. There is however, another solution but it doesn’t involve a FREE third-party plug-in. It’s called mCamRig from MotionVFX end it works as an adjustment layer so you can track the way you normally do without the cropping and then use mCamRig to create that cropping/zoom effect. It doesn’t solve the issue of wanting to move away from third-party plug-ins all together but at least you can use Final Cut Pro’s built in tracking and just add the mCamRig adjustment layer over the top.

[@doncambre]

@@Brad_West Thanks for the suggestion. I have mCamRig already, so I may play with that. I'll just keep using my 3rd party tracker for now.

[@Brad_West]

😄👊🏼

[@ColbyStewart1965]

Excellent tutorial.

[@Brad_West]

Appreciate that Colby 😄🙏🏼

[@andrewtelles6586]

Love all the FCPX tutorials!

[@Brad_West]

Thanks Andrew! More to come 😊🤙🏼

[@rocus80m]

Great and easy understandable, thank you Brad. Furthermore I would like to know whether you use a teleprompter for talking and if yes, how do you do that, that your eyes arent moving from left to right xD

[@Brad_West]

I do actually. I like to plan my videos out to (hopefully) give as much value as possible in the shortest amount of time. I use this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIGTZ4d_grKNmck

[@rocus80m]

Nice one, I just purchased elgato prompter but can’t read it so people won’t see my eyes moving that’s a big challenge thou :/

[@Brad_West]

@@rocus80m I wonder if it's because of the size of the screen? 🤔 It's possible that because it's a small screen and relatively far away (I shoot at about 50mm) that my eye movement is less noticeable?

[@rocus80m]

@@Brad_West Oh yeah that is maybe the case, as I shoot in front of my 24mm :/ as I dont have much space in office. Thanks buddy.

[@Brad_West]

@rocus80m yeah that might be it!

[@crabbydad8931]

curious how to track motion I added to a still in FCP (pans, zooms), then marry another still on top to match the movements?

[@Brad_West]

The best way to do it, would be to create a compound clip of the still and then add your pan/zooms to the compound clip. Then anything you want to "track" to the still" you just put inside the compound clip.

[@IAmZue]

I'm a certified like button smasher! Loved your video, it was super helpful with so much information in a really short amount of time.

[@Brad_West]

Thank you for your support! It means a lot to hear that you found the video helpful and informative. I appreciate your kind words.

[@Heart2HeartMusic]

Thank you for this tutorial! just got an M1 mac where I can install latest FCPX with tracking plug in :) New sub here!

[@Brad_West]

Awesome! The new M1 macs are amazing. Thanks for the sub and the support 😄🙏🏼

[@travel_paradise]

Great, thanks for educating us. keep going...

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much 😊🙏🏼

[@videolaricin8634]

Great Video bro, thank you!

[@Brad_West]

Glad you liked it!

[@anthonyfmf]

are you able to track a draw mask? I know its possible in apple motion.

[@Brad_West]

Unfortunately I don’t think it’s possible in FCP. I would love to have that ability in FCP, so if anyone knows a workaround, let us know 😊👇🏼

[@davidson2812]

God bless you :) Thank you

[@Brad_West]

Glad you enjoyed it 😄🤙🏼

[@NecroCentric]

Hell yeah! Thanks man, very helpful😎

[@Brad_West]

You're welcome!

[@chipcurry]

Thanks for doing it. Great job

[@Brad_West]

You’re welcome! Appreciate you watching! 😄🙌🏼

[@PolluxChung]

I haven't really tried the tracker. I definitely will in the next project

[@Brad_West]

It’s really fun to work with. Let me know what you think of it 😄👍🏼

[@terryhur]

That was a fantastic tutorial. It was so well explained, it was not just easy to follow but also great to learn how this works too! Thank you!

[@Brad_West]

Thanks so much Terry! I appreciate that! Really glad to hear you enjoyed it 😄🙌🏼

[@gert-janvanbuseck]

Ha, so I belong to the 19% which are subscribed viewers, Brad? Nice😀! Yet I love to encourage the other 81% to - in light of this video - also keep 'track of you' by subscribing! Thanks for putting this one together. 🙏

[@Brad_West]

Haha 😆 Yes, you’re in that 19% and I appreciate your support 🙏🏼 Glad you enjoyed it Gert-Jan!

[@ihymns]

Excellent!

[@Brad_West]

Thank you 😊🙏🏼