Manual Player Tracking

Overview

Manual Player Tracking allows you to fine-tune or fully control how a visual follows a player across frames. It’s ideal for cases where automatic tracking struggles due to motion blur, shadows, or complex scenes.

How to manually track

Select the visual annotation in your timeline. Use the Spacebar to move through the clip slowly, and manually reposition the tracking box as the player moves. For more precision, use CMD+Option+Arrow keys to go frame by frame.

Adjust the visual’s position frame-by-frame to ensure it stays aligned with the player’s movement.

When to use manual tracking

• When players overlap or move behind others.

• When camera movement is fast or inconsistent.

• When you want to emphasize a very specific positioning moment.

Tip

You can combine manual and automatic tracking in the same clip by refining only specific frames where automatic tracking fails.

Next Step

Some visuals require field tracking to show spatial data—let’s move to Field Tracking.