Locked-On Stabilization in Final Cut // NO PLUGINS & AUTOMATIC

[@RCodyWanner]

here’s a FANTASTIC explanation from Brad and Donna on why you need to invert the clip to make the locked on effect work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJrQe2yGeKtooas

[@scottvasconcellos]

Dude, this is perfect. I can't tell you how many times I looked for how to do this and came up empty. THANK YOU. Maybe explain how it all works another time. It's just pure magic right now, and I don't understand it!

[@falklumo]

Well, the basic idea is to track motion in the inverted clip, so the tracker contains motion coordinates of the background, not the foreground. The motion coordinates of background and foreground add up to zero (if one moves left, the other moves right, relative to each other).

[@mondobytes]

I don’t even use FCPX and I watched this, good job dude!

[@RCodyWanner]

haha thanks so much Armando!

[@MichaelSuperbacker]

Hi, hope you had a nice Thanksgiving Cody.

[@RCodyWanner]

MICHAEL! thanks so much!! i hope you did too!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@TimTimes]

It’s the guy

[@TimTimes]

@@RCodyWanner the air umbrella guy micheal

[@Mrgunsngear]

thanks

[@RCodyWanner]

You're welcome!

[@Bohn101]

Wow, this was made two years ago. Which means everyone and their mothers have moved on. I saw this video just now, but came back just to leave a comment. This is one of the sweetest things I've ever seen. And there's something about those sweet moves that you throw down in the clip that just make it amazing. We should make super awesome videos together. ;-) Lol. Awesome video.

[@FreelanceMVP]

This is exactly what I was looking for. THANK YOU SO MUCH Cody! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I dedicate this next 🔥short to you, my guy

[@RCodyWanner]

i love to hear it!!!

[@jajsri99]

This is amazing! I’ve spent so long looking for something like this so great job!

[@RCodyWanner]

ah so glad to hear it!!

[@jacobzatorsky]

The gains on the left hand are impressive! Nice video bro! I was longing for this feature for so long

[@Alckemy]

Got it to work extremely easy in about 2 minutes. thank you!

[@RCodyWanner]

whewww love to hear it!

I was actually searching for a video on this! I have recently started editing in FCPX after switching to MAC. Awesome! Thanks a lot

[@TylerRostedt]

What a WEIRD workaround hack but THANKYOU for making this because It was exactly what I needed and no-one else is talking about this that I could find! Good job Cody!

[@RCodyWanner]

glad it helped!!

[@KrizzSolano]

YOU ARE A GENIUS ! THANK UUUUU

[@RCodyWanner]

🙏🏼🙏🏼 you’re welcome!!

[@JayBmusic]

Thanks so much! Exactly what I needed!

[@RCodyWanner]

glad to hear it!

[@TheFinalCutBro]

Hah this is such a legit workaround! Love it dude!

[@RCodyWanner]

thank you man!!

[@TheTravelingClatt]

Thanks man gonna try this one soon!

[@RCodyWanner]

yea dude!! you’re welcome!!

[@horhe0423]

Been looking for this hack since the release of the feature. Thanks Cody!

[@RCodyWanner]

yes haha!! you’re welcome!!

[@lilmic4338]

Thank you, im hoping with this knowledge i can start making videos and being proud of the silly things i put together

[@fernando_h_001]

i don't understand the logic behind it however I followed each step and it worked like a charm! thanks for the help and wisdom.

[@RCodyWanner]

you’re welcome! i should have explained the logic!

[@PeterLindgren1]

This is awesome!

[@RCodyWanner]

thank you man!

[@LotharRadscheid]

very awesome, but now here in germany it ´s 0 C cold, so when i am going out now to try this, can i wear my shoes :-)

[@amazing_satya]

@@LotharRadscheid yeah, but u can go without clothes

[@rokitmix7345]

When are we going to see a video production with both of you? This guy named Peter creates good stuff too!

[@ThisIsTechToday]

Dang, this is nuts. I gotta try this so I can conceptually understand the flipping image thing, lol

[@RCodyWanner]

haha do it!

[@philippharri689]

holy... I still don't understand why you would need to flip it for tracking to work?! need to try it out myself...

[@seriouzfilmz9397]

Did you find out

[@RCodyWanner]

you flip it to make the video file (top layer) move in the opposite direction of the object within the video (bottom layer) - if you didn't flip it, it would move in the same direction, so instead of canceling out the motion, it would add to it

[@RevTimFelker]

Honestly I don’t understand this at all but I just did it on my last video and works perfect. Looks so good! Thanks🎉

[@RCodyWanner]

so glad to hear it!!

[@francesco_carletti]

Man! You literally change my day! Great hack!

[@RCodyWanner]

yass! glad to hear it!

[@TheCinemaSultan]

BRO YOU SAVED MY LIFE LOL NEEDED THIS FOR A CLIENT AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY

[@RCodyWanner]

so glad to hear it!!

[@JavierMercedes]

Very cool!

[@RCodyWanner]

means a lot coming from a premier pro guy!!

[@ComedicInc]

YESSS MAN! when they released this feature I KNEW there had to be a way to use it to centre footage! Thank you so so much for doing this!!!!

[@RCodyWanner]

you’re welcome!! so glad it helped!!

[@bgore29]

This is great. Every other tracker tutorial I went through failed to show how to achieve this result - Thanks!!

[@RCodyWanner]

Glad it helped! It's not actually a feature per say, more of a hack on a feature haha

[@bgore29]

@@RCodyWanner IMO it should be, and a solution like this could be much more intuitive BUUUUTTT until then we'll work with the Cody Hack!

[@howtokdj]

DUDE! You have NO idea how many years I've spent doing this face tracking thing manually! This is literally the MOST USEFUL tutorial I've ever seen. THANK YOU!!!!

[@RCodyWanner]

yesssssss! i’m a manual tracker too! or used to be!

[@howtokdj]

@@RCodyWanner Big props man, and I also just discovered the tracking feature recently, this was truly so helpful :)

[@NandoGriffiths]

Thank you

[@karlspointofview7916]

yea! ive been looking a way around this. thanks for this!

[@RCodyWanner]

glad it helped!!

[@kjpost8960]

WOW! I'm so glad you figured this out!! Amazing video!

[@RCodyWanner]

thank you!

[@CurtisAhoPhotography]

Once I track someone, there should be an option to keep them in the center of the frame. This would help when making vertical content when you have to zoom in and move your x axis.

[@RCodyWanner]

that would be a great option i hope the add it! this is a workaround until then for sure

[@hellohogo]

apparently only tiktok has mastered this lol

[@falklumo]

I was stunned too that Apple did not include an easy way. They do it in their new webcams (center stage or something). And it is the core feature of Insta360 software.

[@SLevinCinema]

Just jumping and being that guy- "overcranking" actually refers to your frame rate only and only when your camera is recording at a rate above your project's frame rate with the intention of adjusting it later. Such as a 24fps film using slow motion shot at 120fps but then slowed and incorporated to 24fps. However, this was a fantastic explanation and I liked it a lot. I'm just a terminology dork :)

[@RCodyWanner]

very true! in college we overcranked on our 16mm Bolex and then it would come back from the digitizer in slow mo -- loved that. i would like to humbly posit that the term has evolved as the tech has, and though it originally meant literally turning the crank on a film camera faster than the film was going to be projected, we can now use the term "overcranking" to refer to anything that is faster than it should be for the situation... as long as we are specific about exactly what we are over cranking 😄, in this case, the shutter

[@LukePembrokeVideo]

Very helpful man! I was wondering if this thing would be possible with the new FCP update. Not sure what I am missing... but how comes you need to flip the video?

[@RCodyWanner]

thank you!! you flip it in order to cancel out the objects motion! so if the object is moving up within your image, you want the actual entire image to be moving down at the very same time!

[@matthewTobrien]

Not sure what's better...the tutorial itself or those street moves! 🕺🏻🔥😂

[@RCodyWanner]

hahahahah

[@saulloweryproductions]

Really appreciate the tutorial. I’ve been trying to figure out this feature for a few months now.

[@RCodyWanner]

So glad to hear it! 🙏🏼

[@MoveMeMark]

This was awesome. Thanks so much! Now to figure out how I can use this in my real estate videos! Ha ha.

[@RCodyWanner]

haha yes!!

[@barbographer]

this helped a lot. but that shutter speed is nuts. you'd have to have immaculate lighting indoors for that to work right?

[@RCodyWanner]

you would! but honestly if you just go like 2x normal, you’ll be fine - 1/100 or 1/200 for 24fps would work fine it was just really bright outside haha

[@barbographer]

@@RCodyWanner hey who needs a nd filter? XD

[@pbsnoosk13]

Thank you, Cody!!

[@RCodyWanner]

you’re welcome!

[@LLandMeTV]

SO HELPFUL!! Thank you 🙏🏽

[@RCodyWanner]

so glad to hear it!!

[@serhii_rudakov]

great one! thank you. this can help a lot

[@RAHfishing]

Been waiting to use this and finally had the chance with my current edit going on now. Great job. Thanks 🤙 That earned a sub for sure!

[@RCodyWanner]

awesome! would love to see it when it’s posted!

[@PeterRichardsandYoureNot]

Audio: vocal fry - 11. ;-) this is awesome. Thanks for tracking demo. Wish this was in much earlier version about 5 years ago for some sports videos I was doing for kids,

[@anastasia_moiseienko]

THIS IS GOLD.

[@RCodyWanner]

👏🏼👏🏼 so glad it helped!

[@JustinLewisWeb]

Cody I just gotta say, you look great man!

[@RCodyWanner]

thanks man!!

[@StassiPryce]

Why don't I have that tracker option? 🤔 How do I get it?

[@RCodyWanner]

your middle top window (the viewer) might be too small -- rearrange the size of them to make it bigger that is as long as you are on the most up to date FCP -- i talk about that small window issue in this vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haHKgmmujZyWf5Isi=79jI84XkLPmHwUZh

[@StassiPryce]

@@RCodyWanner thank you! I found it :)

[@kyra_james]

I might never use this but I really enjoyed watching this video!!!! 🙌🏻

[@RCodyWanner]

ahh love it! thank you!

[@brucerudulph6236]

Yes yes yes! Thank you sir! 😊

[@RCodyWanner]

you're welcome!!! 🚀🚀

[@4x4electric]

Nice video! Is it also possible to only track on the X axle, so if an object is going up and down, this motion is not tracked, only left and right movement? So in your video: the camera would not follow you head up and down, but only left and right

[@RCodyWanner]

it seems like it would be, but i can’t wrap my head around how to do it automatically, since you can’t track X & Y independently

[@LeonartMusic]

Did you find a way to do it? Would LOVE to know, I've been googling for like half an hour and have found NOTHING on this

[@4x4electric]

@@LeonartMusic I did not.. using Davinci now..

[@bustanaunts]

THIS IS CRAZY HELPFUL! THANK YOU!

[@RCodyWanner]

awesome! you’re welcome!!

[@rokitmix7345]

Thats awesome Cody! Thnx for sharing this!

[@RCodyWanner]

you’re welcome!

[@NoobieTaco]

My next day off of work definitely gonna try to make something similar work in davinci.

[@RCodyWanner]

Jay Lippman has a tutorial i think!

[@NoobieTaco]

@@RCodyWanner I'll definitely check to compare after I try figuring out myself.

[@jejakmaknawi]

I don't understand why it should be flip vertically. 😅..need to rewatch it later tonight.

[@RCodyWanner]

check out the video in my pinned comment! He does a great job explaining why!

[@axel_raw_]

When I put the second clip on top and press transform I don't have the tracker option appearing, is that norma? Do I need to activate something?

[@RCodyWanner]

you just need to "hide" your browser, most likely -- i cover it in this vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haHKgmmujZyWf5Isi=MKX0V1GAXhNH47s5

[@jakefelzien]

Dang he beat me to it 😂 just figured this out myself because I was like hey! I bet there’s a way! Was gonna make a vid, dang you Cody! 😆

[@RCodyWanner]

you should 100% still make it!

[@YVT_uk]

This is an insane hack!!! Thank you

[@RCodyWanner]

🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️

[@passportdrip]

when i click transform modifier i don't have the option to click tracker or the arrow next to it even when i created the tracking on the mirrored clip

[@RCodyWanner]

It could be a glitch - or maybe double check that the correct clip is selected Restart FCP and see if that fixes it

[@Nikomvmnt]

@@RCodyWanner Mine is doing the same any help?

[@andrew_serbs]

same here too

[@RCodyWanner]

@@andrew_serbs are you on 10.6 or higher?

[@RCodyWanner]

@@Nikomvmnt are you on 10.6 or higher?

[@JosephMartin]

Therapist: Karate Cody isn't real. He can't hurt you. Karate Cody:

[@RCodyWanner]

hahahaha

[@TimTimes]

He need to be proud that Michael commented on this video

[@RCodyWanner]

very

[@privatejetlag]

hey good stuff. one question, why do you rotate the clip 180º, for me it worked perfectly fine just by not doing this as well 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@RCodyWanner]

interesting! i wonder if your objects movement was strangely symmetrical? generally you need to mirror the clip in order to cancel out the objects movement

[@soundwise]

This is ingenious!

[@RCodyWanner]

glad it helped!!

[@a-51labsstudio90]

I was thinking about buying the Pixel tracker but after watching this I don't know if I need it. Thanks!!

[@RCodyWanner]

love it!!

[@a-51labsstudio90]

Bless you!

[@MsBob314]

Great vid! Overcranking is having a higher frame rate, not a higher shutter speed.

[@RCodyWanner]

imo, you can overcrank anything - the iso, the shutter, i guess not really the f-stop. so "overcranking the shutter" is having a quicker shutter speed than you should... but yes, overcranking, from the days of shooting film, is capturing a higher frame rate than is going to be projected

[@MsBob314]

@@RCodyWanner ok all good. New definition for the term. All good! Great vid!

[@caiorodolfo]

This video was super helpful, thanks for the tutorial!!!

[@RCodyWanner]

you’re welcome! thank you!!

[@ehJoe]

Happy Thanksgiving Cody and fam from 🍁

[@RCodyWanner]

you too Joe! thank you!!

[@larbueno]

Are you any relation to David Wanner who used to live in Naperville, IL?

[@RCodyWanner]

Nope! Not that I know of!

[@kazerani1364]

Hi there, I inserted an image into a video shot. The video shot is panting from left to right but the image is also moving. I want to make it looks like that image has been on the wall. I want to luck the image and o don't and to it moves, do you know how to fix it ? Thank you

[@RCodyWanner]

hmm yes, but it's a slightly different use of this tool (in fact, that is what the tool is intended for) does the wall have any sort of contrast, like lines of cinder block? the tool won't work without some contrast to track

[@kazerani1364]

@@RCodyWanner that's okay I'll try to find out

[@jeremyseanbell]

Since it says "No plugins," I'm just curious what kind of plugins are out there that do this kind of stuff. Anyone have any recommendations? For those of us who are too lazy to follow instructions ;)

[@RCodyWanner]

there's one called FCPX Auto Tracker 2.2 - Precision Point Tracking Tools for FCPX from pixel film studios -- it works fairly well, but sometimes takes a lot of tries

[@antonijapek]

What tool for video capture do you use? I like how pressed keys are big and clear

[@RCodyWanner]

that’s called key stroke pro! and then just regular QuickTime screen recording

[@antonijapek]

@@RCodyWanner thank you so much!!! Can't wait to check it out. I use Screenflick for screen recording and keystrokes are nowhere near this good-looking

[@raulgolfs]

YEESSS!!!!!

[@PeterRichardsandYoureNot]

So confused as to why you need to flip x,y before you track….do you have an explanation as to why this is needed? How it works? Etc? What voodoo is this?

[@RCodyWanner]

Yeah! It’s the pinned comment! Check it out! here’s a FANTASTIC explanation from Brad and Donna on why you need to invert the clip to make the locked on effect work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJrQe2yGeKtooas

[@SoGoMTB]

TQ Cody. SUBSCRIBED!

[@RCodyWanner]

🙏 thanks!! let me know if you'd like a tutorial on anything else!!

[@falklumo]

Came here after some FCPX "wizard" on his blog affirmed it can't be done ... Thanks a lot, a huge time saver for sure! Needs a lot more views though.

[@RCodyWanner]

haha to the wizard’s credit it couldn’t be done for a very very long time

[@CherifRahal]

what about premier pro ?

[@RCodyWanner]

here’s my friend Javier explaining it in premiere kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGeopIOpbraDmLs

[@CherifRahal]

@@RCodyWanner cheers from algeria

[@locaalicia_jp]

Is the clip flipped to offset the distance traveled? from Japan

[@RCodyWanner]

yep! exactly! both vertically and horizontally

[@locaalicia_jp]

@@RCodyWanner I didn't know the reason to reverse it, so I thought about it for about 1hour.😂 I can finally sleep. Zzz

[@RCodyWanner]

@@locaalicia_jp haha this is amazing!

[@JoshuaThomasGray]

Just what i was looking for. Thank you good sir!

[@RCodyWanner]

let’s gooo!! watch the one in the pinned comment it’s way more concise!

[@JoshuaThomasGray]

@@RCodyWanner oh dang more goodness

[@Mohtohsoh]

thank you !!

[@RCodyWanner]

you’re welcome!

[@ravak_4221]

Gonna try this right now! (I just googled “chicken head tracking effect on Final Cut pro” 😂) and I found you , and some chicken farm weird videos

[@RCodyWanner]

hahahahaha so glad i came up in the results

[@HPRshredder]

It took me a while to find a tutorial using it with the transform tool. Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for.

[@RCodyWanner]

do you mind sharing what terms you were using to look? so that i can optimize my tags and description?

[@HPRshredder]

@@RCodyWanner Not at all; “final cut object tracker center”

[@falklumo]

@@RCodyWanner My term was "final cut pro tracking to autocrop" and you turned up 4th hit under "videos".

[@TonyDaniel-c4d]

Yes!!!! I have been trying to figure out a way of doing this since the update come out.. Thank you!! Btw, How on earth did you come up with that?

[@RCodyWanner]

haha good!! glad to hear it! i just love this affect so much, and the more i thought about it, the more i realized a mirror on the object would completely cancel out that objects movement!

[@alegoadaykeepsthesadnessaway]

Cool!

[@TuckerPearce]

Cool hack! Might not be something I use but enjoyed the video.

[@BinyAmin_khan]

Great stuff man!

[@wessmith2422]

Hi Cody, Not related to your topic, but may I ask where you got that MacBook pocket for your external SSD?

[@RCodyWanner]

yep that’s from oddwright on instagram! click the link in his bio and go down to “SSD Pouch”

[@wessmith2422]

@@RCodyWanner Thanks for the tip. Just ordered one.

[@Emiliotakas]

Dude....Like...how? hahahaha!! I bet this happened by a mistake and you just found out a great bug that is a great solution! HUGE R E S P E C T!! Great video my friend.

[@RCodyWanner]

haha i figured it out on videoleap and then when fcp released tracking i thought hmmmmm

[@Emiliotakas]

@@RCodyWanner So rad!!

[@NarimanGafurov]

Great idea, thank you 👏🏻🔥

[@JeremyShieldsMusic]

Thanks for the tips..definitely weird stuff that I don't totally understand in terms of why certain things are working the way they are, but my biggest question is, where do I make adjustments and on which clip if something seems too rough? Im making manual adjustments on the bottom clips tracker but none of my changes are reflecting on the final result. nothing I change anywhere really seems to be showing in my results..any thoughts? EDIT: I figured out I have to just re-analyze the motion tracking, but it works so fast and sporatically. Is there a way to just manually fix a few frames without it having to re-analyze automatically? its hard to keep up with it and it risks messing more stuff up thanks again

[@RCodyWanner]

you can do this, yes! Apologies for the delay in my response. Here is a quick unlisted tutorial on ow to do it kzbin.info/www/bejne/foOkqGybeteCmrM - to summarize, once you have stabilized the clip, select the top-most version of the video in the timeline, go to the area that you want to manually correct, and add a keyframe on the X & Y axis - then hit the transform modifer over in the viewer (bottom left) and manually readjust the video file to be sticking to the spot you want it to be (in the tutorial, I use a red x to help me see where I want the object to be sticking)

By the way, where did you get that pouch for the SSD cos I have tried to attach velcro on mine but it doesn't stick on the SSD and it is just so much easier to attach the external drives on the lid!

[@RCodyWanner]

that is from a fellow creator Oliver Wright!! just google “fail fast pouch” that’s his brand!

[@connorsmith5255]

How do I do this tracking in only a portion of a clip? Like, if I want to track a basketball player shooting the ball, I want to get the play before hand, and as soon as he releases that ball, the ball is being tracked. Is there a way to be able to track a portion of the clip?

[@RCodyWanner]

yes, the key is to slowly key frame the ball to the center of the frame during the lead up, then it is in position once you are ready to track it. cut the clip there, and follow this method, then make sure the frame of the last clip, and the first frame of the tracked clip, line up perfectly - let me know if i explained it well enough, if not i'll make another tutorial (i'm sure other people have the question)

[@Serge1913]

WTF? How did you figure this out? This is awesome!

[@RCodyWanner]

haha thank you man! i just wanted it so bad and thought about it a lot!

[@ImaginetMedia]

Mind Blown!

[@RCodyWanner]

that’s what i like to hear!!

[@OmeFrank]

GIANT LIFE HACK thanks a million

[@KrizAkoni]

Fun stuff!

[@gutbag]

Who at KZbin do you have to complain to to see the date a video was uploaded?

[@RCodyWanner]

I feel this on a gut level - seriously even hard to find for YOUR OWN vids - this was uploaded on November 21, 2021 - 212 days ago

[@JakeLondonRivers]

okay my freaking gosh, I finally found what I've been looking for, but this doesn't seem to be working for me, I'm not blaming your explanation at all but why on earth would logic make it this difficult to do what seems to be very typical?

[@RCodyWanner]

yes i can’t believe they didn’t build this in to the tool - this “hack” as a work around is a little insane. what seems to be happening when you try?

[@ImDavidFrancisco]

Life saver, thank you so much!

[@RCodyWanner]

my pleasure!!

[@larbueno]

Damn! I've done this video and Brad and Donna's several times, attempted it and still it doesn't work for me. Back to it! I'm gonna figure out what I'm missing in the explanations...

[@RCodyWanner]

did you get it?

[@tiredandhungryable]

why do you have to invert the clip???

[@RCodyWanner]

i try to explain it better in the video at the top of the description. but here is why: When you're tracking an object in a video, you're essentially recording all its movements - up, down, left, right, etc. The motion path derived from tracking represents the object's movement from a fixed point of view, like the camera's original position. Now, if you want to stabilize the video around this object, you have to 'cancel out' this movement. That's where the inversion comes in. By inverting the video, and then tracking it, you're creating a set of movements that are exactly opposite to those of the tracked object. This means, for every movement the object makes to the right, your inverted path will move the same distance to the left. For every movement up, the inverted path moves down, and so forth. When you apply this inverted motion path to the original video, it moves the whole frame in a way that compensates for the tracked object's movement. This results in the object appearing stationary in the frame, while the rest of the scene moves around it. It's like you're saying to the video, "Hey, this object is moving right, so let's move the entire scene left to keep that object in the same spot."

[@jeremyaficionadoFR]

@@RCodyWanner Wow, thanks for your explanation! This trick will be present in my next video 🔥

[@tangoadvance8393]

Could this be used with 360 video that is exported as “over capture” to track an object in the 360 video rather than using keys frames?

[@RCodyWanner]

that’s a great question, i don’t see why not, but i’ll have to test it

[@Nick-mt2yu]

is there a good app or plug in that does this quickly? if so what’s it called? Any free ones?

[@RCodyWanner]

not that i know of for FCP - maybe someone else knows