Tracking Experiments, Points, Shapes, Head Tracking and more / Davinci Resolve Tutorial / Fusion

[@LokeshKumar-sk3wd]

Who the hell disliked this man's video? Boooo... to haters

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks! Not sure who the haters are, but seems like you can't make everyone happy. I just always figure they click the thumbs down by mistake! LOL....

[@espacemaxim]

There's a lot of Davinci Tracking tutorials out there...this is the good one. Many thanks!!! Subbed!!!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks for the sub! Appreciate your support!

[@DrFarisArab]

Thanks you for this efforts u help more than you think you can

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks so much... Glad you enjoyed this video!

[@lucutes2936]

ayo

[@alejolab]

Oh, The publish thing to expose the point values!! That can be super useful for the game project whenever I’m able to continue it. If we were able to expose the points of a warp node that would be a good way to achieve some easy puppetry. But even with just segmented images would be enough. Good one William!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hi, yes,, I can see having direct access to the point values being something that you could use. Its very flexible and you can really move them anywhere you want by connecting with trackers, or expressions. Having some puppet options would be great as well. Not sure if there is a way to simulate that easily right now.

[@sundogstudio1]

I am glad I'm not the only one who struggles with tracking. Thanks for the tips, Bill!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

You are definitely not the only one. It can sometimes take a bit of tinkering with settings to get it working the way you want!

[@sehrishkhan24]

Thank you sooooooo much , from morning i was facing a problem its afternoon and finally found you video and solved my problem , God fulfil all your wishes

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

thanks so much. glad this video helped you out.

[@Nrde]

Another hidden gem of Resolve videos. You need 10x more subscribers.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks.. Glad you liked this one!

[@jgboyer]

Program = Never ceases to blow my mind. Bill = Awesome teacher

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks so much. Really appreciate your comments!

[@johnbeck2020]

How can someone give a dislike to this great work???

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey John, Thanks for the comments. You can't make everyone happy. Never going to happen.

[@evamoodman8959]

some idiots i guess

[@jellebigge]

That intro must have been a ton of work.. Thanks again Bill. Your channel deserves WAY more subscribers

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks... This one took a bit of work but it was not too bad. Once I figured out how I wanted to do the effects, they were pretty easy to setup. Appreciate your support!

[@michaelvaughan2888]

mate, this is perfect, I am liking, subscribing and commenting for that youtube algorithm

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks so much.. Really appreciate your support!

[@michaelvaughan2888]

@@WilliamJusticeMedia I'm pretty sure when you were tracking your forehead you should've used translation, rotation and scale vs perspective, because you're telling the tracker what you're expecting to change in the video. for eg, flying a drone through the air and looking at one building, the perspective would change as you continue to fly through the air while looking at that building. but in this case the things that are changing are rotation (your head moving) and scale (your head moving backwards and forwards ever so slightly)

[@Simpleshape3]

your tutorial are great, you explain it so nicely. you blown my mind, i can see how much effort you are putting to make a great videos. Thank you so much.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

thanks… glad you liked the video

[@VikashSinghGusain776]

bow down to you master

[@Dangzag]

I am a total noob, and I can't thank you enough for this video.🙏

[@FlorentCurk]

instead of hiding with the blend tool of the merge node, juste do ctrl+p and that will "pass through" basicly bypass the node. :) I learned espacially the publish points which is soooo powerfull ! That'll help a lot for my future project ! :) thank you, just discovered your chanel and that's really interesting approache. Love it !

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks for the ctrl+p tip. I know that one, not sure why I always do it the other way... Just habit i guess. Thanks so much for your comments!

[@notverygoodguy]

Absolutely the best Davinci tutorials I have found. I learn more from one of your videos that from ten from anyone else. Thank you for the work and effort.

[@_eugenechia]

You deserve to get so much more subscribers. Thank you for making this video.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks... appreciate your support!

[@mem5922]

William, I'm crazy into watching Resolve vids these days and just stumbled upon this one... COOL stuff!! I didn't realize point tracking was SO powerful and versatile. I'm definitely gonna check out your site and send a coffee your way :)

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey,, thanks so much.. Really appreciate your feedback.. Hope you are enjoying the videos.

[@TerenceKearns]

Excellent exploration. I love the way you approach things. I'm still learning but I think the issue tracking your forehead is that it isn't a plane - even with the dots. Excellent experiment. I learnt a lot from watching it. I still think you have the best Davinci Tutorials even with all the new guys. A lot more people using Resolve now.

[@FrancoAversa]

you are very good with Davinci and very imaginative, but I think that from today you can also be successful as a juggler .... Mythic!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hi Franco, Thanks funny... I actually considered juggling in the video (for real)... was wanting to try to track the balls as I juggled and drag lines between them. Not sure the tracking would work so I did not try it. But maybe now that you mentioned it.. I may have to see if I can make that work!

[@FrancoAversa]

@@WilliamJusticeMedia obviously I was kidding, the tracking that at sight seems easy, in reality it depends on many things that in the end make it complex, such as the resolution of the shooting, the speed of the movements, the contrast of the objects etc .. You did a great job and you have always a lot of imagination. Thanks for these great videos that also bring us new ideas.

[@A-V]

Excellent delivery of the subject matter with easy to follow demonstrations. A+ I have a feeling that I will be back to watch other instructional videos on Davinci Resolve. Thank you!

[@bonsoircherie]

Very awesome! It's clear and didactic. Continous to publish it's very helpful

[@DairyAirGunners]

Very informative video. Instead of needing four trackers to animate a rectangle shape, I found that you can alter the Y offset of two trackers. Connect the top polygon points to the tracker1 & 2 position, then connect the lower polygon points to the tracker1 & 2 Offset Positions. Thereby essentially creating four points from only two trackers.

[@jburch5752]

Thanks for explaining what the commands do. Usually other site just tell you what to click. That doesn't help understand what is going on or how to use the command in the future.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks so much..Glad you liked the video!

[@hammadsadiq5716]

Wonderful. This is what I was looking for since many months and no one else but you did. Good Job Bro. Thanks.

[@thehouseofboaz8494]

Thank you for the step by step instruction as apposed to saying "everybody knows......" or "This works like (what ever)......" as though everyone knows all the other software out there in the techno universe *****

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks.. Glad you like the way I put these together. I like showing all the steps and walking through the processes.

[@itspraveensharma]

Man..I'm speechless....wonderful concept and effort.... 👍

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks so much... This one was fun to put together!

[@guymross]

Thanks this was very helpful in understanding how the different trackers work, but more importantly in how they don't! :)

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey Guy,, Thanks for your comments!

[@aktivechiropraktikamgesund1013]

Hi William, This video opened up lots of possibilities for me! Publishing the points and connecting to the tracker path was so easy after this explanation. Other tutorials were more confusing but yours are very easy to follow and reproduce. Best of all they promote the understanding necessary to combine techniques! Thanks!

[@moradasverdes]

It is evident that you enjoy making these videos. Thank you for all your time and effort.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@doriginal69]

I new everything up to the publish points. Never did that it was very cool. Thanks once again.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Yeah, the publish points is interesting. There is a lot you can do with it. Resolve has so many different things hidden in the right click menus.

[@andyncaba]

Mr. Justice, thank you so much for taking the time to explain these feature. I am going to second @aerostar as well, I didn't know you could publish the tracking data across multiple nodes. Good luck on future projects!

[@sariahhill9953]

You are freaking awesome! I could not figure this out to save my life. Just subbed

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks for the sub! Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@azerqerty2277]

really good video, well done !

[@doctorpizza8518]

I'm making an animated short film and this is saving me so much time you can't even imagine. Awesome tutorial

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Awesome. glad this helped you out. Let me know how everything goes with the short film. I am sure that is a huge amount of effort.

[@doctorpizza8518]

@@WilliamJusticeMedia it indeed is but I'll do my best! :)

[@NeevTHM]

Thank you so much! I had been searching for how to do something like a "puppet pin" like in After Effects in Davinci Resolve for over a month, forgot about it, then searched for advanced tracking tutorials, and found your video! I also wanted to pin an effect onto my head and found that in this treasure trove of a video too and learned how to do all three! Subbed!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

thanks so much.. glad you enjoyed the video

[@melissafestinese_fotografie]

Such a great tutorial!! Thank you so much William, that is awesome 👏 Greetings from south Germany!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks so much! Hope things are good in Germany!!!

[@wkmpellucid]

Thank you, William.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks so much!

[@flavioabreu190]

Best track explanation

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks.. Glad you liked the video

[@DimensionPardo]

Super, I just love it, it's amazing. Fairly, congratulations for your videos.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks, Appreciate it!

[@jhelton1233]

You make us smarter! Thanks!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hi Jonathan, Thanks... I am trying to make myself starter as well. Just sharing what I am learning as i go!

[@jimaxdfreak]

my problem solved..Thank you sir.

[@mgummelt]

Thanks for these videos, I love that you keep everything in there, even the stuff that didn’t work or problems you ran into (like the logo scaling problem) and your solutions. Very helpful!

[@MrAbrar228]

Really thankful sir William

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

thanks for watching

[@wilkas]

Thank you, I learned a lot. I wonder how to apply this to create a label that is stationary, but it draws two perpendicular lines (like down and left from the label) to the moving target.

[@aerofart]

William, yours is one of the best explanations I’ve seen on this subject - and I’ve been looking for more advanced topics on tracking for years. I never knew about the publish feature, mainly due to my lack of looking for it. It’s easy to lose interest in fusion since it has been so buggy and crash prone in the past, very frustrating. But now that BMD is finally releasing more stable versions it’s totally worth investing more time in fusion. Keep up the the interesting and informative videos. They’re great.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Fusion is getting more and more capable. So many different things you can do. Once you know the basics it is pretty easy to setup some complex animations and effects.

[@C.I...]

@@WilliamJusticeMedia It strikes me that all the publish things should always be published, but under drop-downs. This is an extremely convoluted way of going about it. I'm also irritated that tooltips never show their associated key board shortcuts.

[@DrHansBrewery]

Awesome William!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey DrHans... Thanks!!!

[@peterash9375]

Great tutorial!!! Thank you very very much!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey Peter, Glad you liked this one!

[@hawaiianhaole]

I was working on a project today and ran into the same issues with the planar tracker. I ended up having to do frame-by-frame for about 1/4 of the clip. Love the point tracker stuff!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

thanks. tracking can be great but sometimes it can take some frame by frame manual adjustments..

[@ArcanePath360]

Thank you!! Been wondering why my transform node was doing weird things. Annoying having to add a bg and then set to alpha 0 so it does it's job properly. So many quirks make this software really unlikable sometimes. Cheers for the help

[@jerrylindquester9001]

Hi William! Glad to see this tutorial. And, I appreciate your help with the issue of MAC downloads over the last few weeks. Keep on rockin’!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hi Jerry... Thanks... Not so sure how much I helped out with your mac issues. I have gotten your emails and definitely read them, but I have just been so backlogged. Its hard to find time to catchup with all the responses. I have had a bit of time to check it out on mac, but not enough to figure out how to get it to download with the correct file extension.

[@jerrylindquester9001]

@@WilliamJusticeMedia , I’ll send you another email to let you know...

[@Mixxwizard]

Very nice video; keep up the excellent work.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thank you very much!

[@hankblack783]

Was worth the wait!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

thanks

[@teslam3chennel]

Thank you again William. Very clear and easy to follow. Another awesome video content.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey Seth, Glad you enjoyed it Thanks for the comments!

[@svengiebel9345]

Great tutorial. Nice pace!!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Glad you liked it!

[@MJBold_1]

Always appreciate your experimental videos in fusion, helps me understand the "why" of common tutorials :)

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey, Thanks so much!

[@petedejager]

This is a great video, there is so much useful information here. I never knew about publishing points and filling individual points with a shape. Many thanks!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Glad it was helpful!

[@elad-rivlin]

Hey bill, great tutorial! But can you please do a video about the lightning effect that you showed at the beginning? Thanks!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks... I will probably be using that effect in an upcoming video so I definitely have plans to show how it set it up. Its really easy... just use a displace (with fast noise) and then a soft glow.

[@AbrEvig]

Useful as always!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks!

[@AroundCooking]

Thanks William, another great tutorial 💪 this one will definitely come in handy, much appreciate it as always! ❤

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Awesome. Glad to hear that you will be able to use this in your videos!

[@tatehogan5685]

Very interesting experiment, I'm just starting to immerse myself in davinci so a lot of that was over my head but for what I did understand it was easy to follow. Thank you, I learned something today!

[@emmaemma7535]

You are amazing ! Thanks for the video!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hi Emma, Thanks so much.. Glad you enjoyed this video!

[@CallMeHarris]

Thank you Bill as always your stuff it useful and fun to watch! I hope you get a chance to do the "behind the scenes" video on this one.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey Marc, Thanks. Glad you liked this one! I will probably do some more tracking things in the future. Still have things I want to try out and learn.

[@kyleheilig255]

Good timing. I had to manually track an object because planar tracking wasn't working at all. Maybe another method will work better.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey Kyle,, Tracking can be tricky. Sometimes you just need to try out different settings to get it to do what you want!

[@RixCanDoit]

Another excellent tutorial from my man William. BTW, get some sleep.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

hi. I get a bit of sleep for sure. just have lots of ideas and enjoy trying to see if I can make them happen.

[@CBSuper]

Great video Will! Very in-depth tests on the trackers in DaVinci. I keep hoping that BlackMagic will bring the 3d camera track to the Free version...maybe some day.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks.. yeah. I would like to try out the camera tracker. I upgraded to studio a while back. so will probably see what I can do with it. would be nice if it was in the base version.

[@CBSuper]

@@WilliamJusticeMedia im still on free but would love to see the Camera Tracker in action.

[@focalthesis]

You just earned yourself a new subscriber!! Skills!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

thanks…really appreciate your support!

[@michaelvaughan2888]

you know how you drew a line between the two points in the early part of the video? do you know if there's a way where the line can change color based on how far away from each other they are? Like, for eg you could have a green line but pull them further apart from each other it becomes red

[@BrentMalice]

i wanted to just see the diff but also was a realy fast tutorial gg ty

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hope you liked the video. Thanks

[@MeinVideoStudio]

How about Juggling next Time? Love it. a Tracking tutorial is also on my List of making. And you Inspired me alot for a stylish intro :) For the Stretching and contracting in the Planartracker The Planar Tracker is trying to do the same as a Cornerpin but with a Solid Shape. So it interprets the Movement Of the Tracker Dots as Movement of the Camera. It is not used to calculate the Movement of Camera and Object at the same time. Also 3D Tracking would be a better option if you have the Studio Version. This would also enable you to Overlay a Face Base Mesh onto your Face where you could draw on using UV Mapping. It is a Fun Thing to do. I love your Experiments. Keep it Up Bro! Or Sir! 😜

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks!!! I was close to doing some real juggling in this video. The original idea was to juggle some balls, track them and then draw a shape between them as they moved. BUT I thought the tracking might be tough to do... i was afraid it lose the track every time the ball went into my hand... But I may have to try that out to see if I can get it to work! I have not use the tracker much so i am trying to learn what all you can do with it. I have done very little with 3D... so don't know much about it. I do have the studio version so I probably need to start playing around with 3D and the camera tracker. Do you have any videos or links to videos that discuss a mesh and UV mapping? Would like to learn more. I know just the very basics (never actually tried it out) Thanks for the comments!

[@ashishjatiani3356]

Your videos are invaluable!! Extremely informative. Thanks!!!👍🔥

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

thanks so much. glad you liked the video

[@Clickumentary]

Here is what I've been struggling with using Tracker in Fusion: How to adjust individual track keyframes.. often it will glitch out (point tracker) and I'd like to find a way to adjust to fix individual frame coordinates? I'm almost giving up :)

[@robertviens837]

Hi William, Really good video, Thanks. About the tracking dots. Obviously, that can't stay in the final product. Could you Key out green tracking dots and get adequate results? About the tracking Points on a stick, How can you extract the final "Dancing Rectangle" and layer that On another Clip? Keep up the Good Work.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey Robert. With the tracking dots, I would probably try to place them in a place that would be covered up by whatever I am trying to attach to my head. But here are probably quite a few different ways to remove them. Might even be able to track an blank forehead on top of that or could use the paint node to paint over the dots...The rectangle would be pretty easy to overlay on another clip. Once the tracking is working you just merge the triangle on top of any clip. The source clip is only need to get the tracking points. Once you have the points, the source clip is no longer required.

[@FirenikoTube]

Very good job! Thanks.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey Alex. Thanks for watching

[@funkysugar1983]

super useful!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks for your comments

[@azymighthh6835]

how do you rename different trackers inside e same tracker node

[@notyourtypicalengieer]

You are doing good , sir ..

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks a ton

[@davidgoeschguitar6505]

That was excellent!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

thanks.. glad yiu liked the video.

[@anisimowk2701]

Nice

[@DairyAirGunners]

Excellent.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Many thanks!

[@artemsky788]

how to add extra point (more than 4) for planar tracker to reshape my PNG

[@domnulCristian]

You're like the Gerald Undone of Davinci Fusion :D thanks for the experiment results :D

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Wow, thanks so much! Not sure I am there yet, but always looking to improve and get better!

[@jimgsewell]

Great stuff, as always. Thanks.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hi Jim, Thanks!!! Glad you liked the video!

[@TyranttFPV]

Hey, I'm kinda new to this. Where can I find that lightning line animation? Or the particle animation on the balls?

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hi, i may do another video about the lightning.. its not difficult... I used it in this video.. think i may have talked about how i set it up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqGpZqJtobGAn7c hope that helps!

[@martins-ecke]

As always very informative and high quality content 👌 - Thank you! 🙂

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Much appreciated! thanks for the comments

[@Axxonal]

Wonderful ! Great video one more time Make me a pledge ... One time a smile Lord Willian Justice ;-))

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks....appreciate the feedback!!!! OK... You got it!I will try to work in a smile!!! 😀

[@DRMAULIKSHAH]

Hi William how to use masks with tracking information in fusion. I want to mask eyes,mouth of a moving/speaking face and stick to a steady fruit, like Annoying Oranges on KZbin.

[@backlone]

Smart Work William! I have a question and that is: I have created a title animation in fusion which is created for 24 fps timeline...so how i can use the same animation in a 60 fps timeline, while maintaining the same animation in 24 FPS,...in other words "How to make a 24 fps animation suitable for other frame rates" love ur content

[@CreamPolo]

Super handy video. Thank You, Sub added.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Awesome, thank you!

[@CreamPolo]

@@WilliamJusticeMedia No, No, Thank You for inspiration.

[@Mr..Milkshake]

thank you

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks for watching

[@spoonymccheese]

Has anybody managed to pin a pEmitter to a track? I'm adding turbulence so need just the emitter to move rather than the whole render/merge. I've tried to find the right "connect to" option but just ended in a bit of a muddle!

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

this might help. I tracked an object and attached an emitter to the tracking position…. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5zGfnWjjt-Mp6c

[@spoonymccheese]

@@WilliamJusticeMedia oh that's perfect, thank you! :)

[@yonphys]

Awesome videos! , wich computer do u use?, and graphics?

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Thanks... my computer is quite a bti older. think i have an intel core i5, 16GB and a geforce 1060 graphics card. computer is probably about 5-6 years old.. planning on upgrading soon.

[@PharaohsCave]

Cool :)

[@pfv3462]

Your content are truly amazing! only i have the following problem with fusion, on my mac late 2013 when i click on create planar transform button then i get planar transform node and everything works normally but very slowly! but in the meantime I have built a new windows 10 computer with an amd ryzen 7 3700X prosessor and 32 GB ram the only thing left to improve is the GPU when i press the button create planar transform button then i get planar transform node does not does not appear anymore what specifications does your computer have, is it an intel or an AMD system? You need 10x more subscribers.

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Hey Patrick... Thanks so much... Resolve does take a bit of a better PC to run well. I dont have the fastest PC, probably several years old or more but it runs good enough... Depending on what I am doing it can take a while to setup the animation and render things. For my CPU it is an intel core i7 at 3.7gHz...

[@pfv3462]

@@WilliamJusticeMedia Yes it will depend on my new graphics card how well it runs DaVinci Resolve, thanks for your reply! I'm already looking forward to all your videos ;-)

[@freedomisdead9638]

Tracker failed terribly in my case, i was attempting to track a character in a video game, and the tracker failed miserably, i ve seen a lots of videos tracking characters in video games to substitute one character by an other for funny purpose, i don t understand why such a simple goal is so hard to achieve, i wish the tracker could be set on a specific color grade, i would have find success with this method probably, anyways tks

[@rjmediacanada]

Why would you use your forehead when your eye is a far better contrast element to track?

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Good question. Eyes would definitely work... This was an experiment to see what all could be done. That's one of the best parts of resolve. So many different ways to do things. Thanks for the comments.

[@jmac2050]

Like to see a Halloween mask track to face.. if possible. Thx

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Yes, that is one of the things I was testing tracking for. Not exactly a mask, but something similar. I may have a video about in pretty soon.

[@amlansir95]

Is it studio version? Btw nice video 🖤

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

This was made with the free version of resolve.

[@naifox1]

Well done not too BAd

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

thanks

[@Magswap]

Wait is this for the free version?

[@WilliamJusticeMedia]

Yes, the techniques in this video are supported in the free version of resolve.

[@Magswap]

@@WilliamJusticeMedia oh wow! You're channel is going to completely transform my knowledge...thank you so much!