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OK I got something up and running!
You should now be able to download the contents of that folder and double click on the PDR18 Boundary Overlay project and see what I did. Don't bother watching the FCP video, I only used a small section to overlay boundaries on in blue using PD18.
For your projects, you'd want to take a screenshot of the view you want to mark, then use a free app like GIMP or Paint.net to create lines or the full shape with a transparent background. Use individual lines if your clip has a low flying drone like at the end, or a full shape if the view is mostly from farther away.
Then place the overlay on a lower track so it appears "on top of" your clip. What I did was to align the overlay at the start and place keyframes for Scale, Position, Rotation and Freeform and then go to the end and adjust the image as needed to line up. PD will automatically place ketframes for any setting that gets changed and will automatically interpolate the changes in between.
If the motion is smooth across the clip, that's all you should need to do, but if there are any speed or direction changes (and there are speed changes in both of these shots) you'll have to add more keyframes where the changes occur and/or at the midpoint so that the boundary lines will more closely track the parcel.
As I mentioned in the linked post, you may notice some jiggling when the blue lines are drawn over the white ones, but those kinds of imperfections are much less noticeable if your lines are the only ones on the screen.
Thanks so much - I've downloaded the sample and will try creating one this week. Appreciate your time and assistance!
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Here's a working link to the Vimeo vid for anyone interested.
The short answer is that it's possible, although there aren't any plug-ins to automate the process. Please see this post for more details.
Thank you - I looked at the other post and went to the packed project but its for FCP using the Drive X plugin. Is there a solution for PowerDirector?
Thanks Again
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Depends a little on just what you want by 'boundary tracking'.
There are means to draw lines around a subject, and means to attach markers to objects which can move.
So, please clarify. Or link to a clip which does what you want to do
Here is a sample. This was through plug-in with Final Cut Pro....vimeo.com/146626466
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Hello All - I'm a new user and interested in boundary tracking - e.g. drawing a border around property lines and tracking throughout the video. Is this possible?
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