I'm not aware of any tools that can do that with PD. You can stabilize the clip and you can motion track an object, but the simplest way to do what you're wanting to do would be to try the Crop/Zoom/Pan tool.

You'd want to zoom in enough that you wouldn't run end up with any edges on screen, and then find the places where the object stays relatively still and keyframe on those points. The tool will automatically draw a path between the keyframes and will do so in a fairly smooth and graceful manner.

When you're done, it'll probably look something like this:



Although it looks very complicated, it's actually straightfoward and you'll probably get the hang of it fairly quickly. Be sure to close the tool and save the project often so you don't lose any of your hard work!

Thank you! What version of PD is this?

Quote I'm not aware of any tools that can do that with PD. You can stabilize the clip and you can motion track an object, but the simplest way to do what you're wanting to do would be to try the Crop/Zoom/Pan tool.



Although it looks very complicated, it's actually straightfoward and you'll probably get the hang of it fairly quickly. Be sure to close the tool and save the project often so you don't lose any of your hard work!

Quote Thank you! What version of PD is this?

THank you!

Quote Thank you! What version of PD is this?

It's PD 18/365 as the name of the forum suggests, but this Crop/Zoom/Pan feature has been around since PD16.

For fun, here's a short movie I made of the International Space Station passing over my house the other night. I tracked it for a couple of minutes, but I couldn't keep it perfectly centered. It also passed very near a bright star, so I used the Crop/Zoom/Pan tool to make this short clip keeping the ISS as close to centered as possible.

Here's the "anti" motion track



The entire project can be downloaded from here if anyone wants to play around with it. No need to sign in.