From the course: Nuke Essential Training (2014)

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The Tracker node

The Tracker node

The tracker node both collects tracking data from a clip and calculates either stabilizing match mu or corner pin transformations. It also provides two tracking modes, automatic tracking for easy targets, and key frame tracking for more challenging situations. We'll start by getting an overview of the tracker node controls. I double-click on the Tracker node, it opens the Property panel in the Property beam. The first tab here, the tracker tab, is where all the trackers live, as you create them, they stack up. It also has the export controls for exporting transform nodes. The Settings tab has settings that control the tracking process, so this is set before you do any tracking. It also has a special twirl-down for auto-tracking controls and for keyframe-tracking controls. The Transform tab contains the controls for determining the output of the tracker node. Whether it will do a stabilize, or a match move or a corner pin. Okay, let's go back to the Tracker tab and look at how we can…

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