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Motion Tracking · Pro plan · BETA

Click a face, the frame follows.

Keeping a walking person or a moving product in frame usually means setting keyframes one by one or sending the clip to another app. Motion Tracking follows the face or object you pick through the clip and builds the framing around it, all inside Premiere Pro.

What it does

Finds faces on its own

When you grab the frame, the faces in it are detected; just click the one to follow.

Not a face? Draw a box

A product, a car, a ball: draw a box around the object and tracking starts from there.

The framing keeps it steady

The picture shifts and scales when needed; what you track stays in place in the frame.

Review before applying

Play the result or step through it. A confidence strip shows where tracking is solid and where it is weak.

Fix it where it drifts

Mark the right spot on one frame and re-track only what comes after or before.

You choose the spot in frame

Auto, where you picked, center or manual. Tracking can also run horizontally or vertically only.

No black edges

With auto fill on, the picture is scaled just enough; you set the maximum zoom.

Lock rotation and size too

Optionally the object's rotation and size are held steady in the frame.

How to do motion tracking in Premiere Pro

  1. Select the clip, grab the frameSelect the clip on the timeline and open Motion Tracking; the panel loads that frame.
  2. Click a face or draw a boxPick the face to follow or draw a box around the object.
  3. TrackSylba follows it through the clip. When it finishes you can review the result and fix any drift.
  4. Apply to clipOne click applies the framing to the clip. Remove undoes it.

Common questions

Do I need After Effects?

No. Tracking and applying both happen inside Premiere Pro, in the Sylba panel.

Can I undo it after applying?

Yes. The Remove button takes the applied tracking off the clip.

What if tracking drifts at some point?

Go to that frame in the review bar, mark the right spot and re-track what comes after or before.

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Try it in Premiere Pro.

Captions and Graphics are free. macOS and Windows.