Highlight / tracking a individual

Paul T wrote on 9/24/2010, 4:55 AM

Hi

I am fairly new to Sony Vegas 8 - Could someone tell me whether i can highlight a individual in a video clip and track them as they move around. I edit CCTV and this function would be most useful.

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JohnnyRoy wrote on 9/24/2010, 5:22 AM

No, you cannot. You would need a plug-in like Boris FX or Boris RED to do this and it requires that you load the video into Boris after adding it as an FX. Essentially, you do all the tracking in Boris and it just gets rendered as part of your Vegas project.

~jr

Paul T wrote on 9/24/2010, 6:01 AM

Thanks for the quick reply. I have had a look at this software but cannot find what i need to do....Is there a name for this effect

TheHappyFriar wrote on 9/24/2010, 7:29 AM

If you're doing CCTV editing is there any software that came with the hardware? At work we have motion tracking, etc. software that came with the camera hardware (records on to a DVR that can be access anywhere in the building via the software)

richard-amirault wrote on 9/24/2010, 8:53 AM

No, you cannot.

???? I thought you could .. using a mask and keyframes. I thought this question has come up before .. more than once.

jetdv wrote on 9/24/2010, 9:18 AM

It can easily be done using masks and keyframes but it's a completely manual, time-consuming, process. It can't automatically be done without a means of tracking motion.

richard-amirault wrote on 9/24/2010, 7:36 PM

It can't automatically be done without a means of tracking motion.

The OP said nothing about "automatically". Only if it could be done.