Motion Tracker for a beginner

BlackOps wrote on 2/6/2026, 2:28 PM

Hi everyone! I used Movavi 23, but it lacked features. So today I bought Vegas Pro 23. Actually I only need one feature at the moment. Let's say I want to colorize a small detail on the screen. I don't need censoring or blurring, but rather a specific color—white, blue, red, etc. These scenes usually last 2-3 seconds. Could I do this manually for each frame for greater precision? This might be a stupid question, but I hope you can at least give me some idea of where to look for this feature.

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Gid wrote on 2/6/2026, 4:18 PM

@BlackOps Hi, I don't think the tracking in Vegas has changed a lot for a while so the links in Tutorials at the head of this page should still be relevant in VP23.. https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/tutorials-search/?query=Motion%20Tracking

Vegas tracking will place an image/video (Picture in Picture) &/or add a a Bezier mask. for what you want you might want one or both.

Let's say I want to colorize a small detail on the screen. I don't need censoring or blurring, but rather a specific color—white, blue, red, etc. These scenes usually last 2-3 seconds. Could I do this manually for each frame for greater precision?

2 seconds @ 30fps is 60 frames! ,

Tracking might be your better option to at least get you most of the way there, you can then go along & refine it..

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