Track Motion Problem

melory-f wrote on 4/26/2025, 3:33 PM

Hi there!

I'm trying to make a video collage and need both of them need to fill half of the screen (as I understand, it need to be 960. half of the height 1920). But in the end it doesn't fill half of the screen and looks like this:

 

(pic.1)

Both of the videos are 1920x1080, the project size is 1080x1920.

When I'm trying to up the first video to 480 Y (or down the second to -480 Y) and make its hight 960 more (pic.2) - I have a problem that you can see on the picture above (pic.1)

(pic.2)

 

Could someone, please, explain how Track Motion works in VEGAS and how to place images in videos in presice positions?

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john_dennis wrote on 4/26/2025, 4:52 PM

Have you changed any Pan/Crop settings?

Post a screen shot of the Pan/Crop panel.

Gid wrote on 4/27/2025, 5:25 AM

@melory-f Hi, I made a long post about how the Track motion settings relate to Media/Project, size, aspect ratio etc.. but to be honest after a couple of hrs trying to work it all out the sizes in Track Motion didn't seem to corelate to anything. I'm quite happy to be schooled on this.

Basically I added a 1920x1080 clip to a 1080x1920 project, increased it size with Track Motion, I had to increase the height to 6069 to fill the preview project size/height. (I tried working out why that number but couldn't)

Half of 6069 = 3034.5

So if you set the project to 1080x1920 as you have done, leave Pan/Crop to the default 1920x1080, & set Track Motion height to 3034.5 you'll get the desired effect. (+ or - 480), save this as a two Presets, one for +480 the other for -480..

1080x1920

This picture is on 2160x3840, the same Track Motion presets I created work but the height auto changes to 6069.

Last changed by Gid on 4/27/2025, 5:40 AM, changed a total of 2 times.

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zzzzzz9125 wrote on 4/27/2025, 9:04 AM

Basically I added a 1920x1080 clip to a 1080x1920 project, increased it size with Track Motion, I had to increase the height to 6069 to fill the preview project size/height. (I tried working out why that number but couldn't)

@Gid 1920 * (16 / 9)² = 6068.148

 

@melory-f However, I don't recommend scaling the footages too much in Track Motion. The scaling of Track Motion is based on project size, so it may cause the footages to become blurred. In this case, it's better to use Event Pan/Crop, which is based on the resolutions of the footages themselves.

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Gid wrote on 4/27/2025, 9:13 AM

@zzzzzz9125 Ah thanks 👍 I got to the 16÷9 to get 1.7777777777778 but didn't sq it, that's the step I was missing. I guess I was only working on one axis. (if that's the correct term, I can see it in my head 🙃😁) 👍

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john_dennis wrote on 4/27/2025, 8:13 PM

@melory-f

Probably, the most direct way to achieve your goal is to recognize that you are trying to vertically stack parts of two 1920x1080 images into a 1080x1920 frame. The symmetrical dimensions available for each vertical half is 1080x960 (aspect ratio 1.125). 

  • Using Event Pan/Crop, untick the Lock Aspect Ratio lozenge.
  • Type 1080 into the Width field on the Pan/Crop panel.
  • Type 960 into the Height field on the Pan/Crop panel
  • Tick the Lock Aspect Ratio lozenge.
  • Resize the crop box to include your desired subject.
  • Repeat Pan/Crop operation for both tracks.

On the Track Motion panel, locate the top and bottom view to fill the screen.

melory-f wrote on 4/28/2025, 1:29 PM

Have you changed any Pan/Crop settings?

Post a screen shot of the Pan/Crop panel.

No, I haven't changed any Pan/Crop settings

john_dennis wrote on 4/28/2025, 5:25 PM

@melory-f said: "I haven't changed any Pan/Crop settings"

That's why you're getting unexpected results with Track Motion. Follow my previous post.

For best results, use Pan/Crop to set the size and shape of the event(s). Use Track Motion to locate the event(s) on the canvas.