Overall tracking workflow

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The goal of tracking is to create points that follow the movement of key areas in the scene. With this tracking information, the solver can then analyze the shot and extract 3D locations and camera or object movement.

The general guidelines are:

Review the shot and choose what to track.
This step is so critical it has its own chapter. See Shot strategy In particular, read Choosing good points.
Track the points you have chosen.
See Track a point and Correct track failure for instructions. Tracking a point is the same whether you are solving for camera movement or object movement.
Determine if you are ready to solve.
You don’t have to make tracking perfect before you solve. We recommend tracking and solving in passes. Track the basic points and get a rough solve, then add more track points to increase the solution’s accuracy. See Determine when you’re ready to solve.
Solve and add more points, if needed.
NoteIf you have a very long shot, such as 1000 frames, we recommend you first track and solve for a segment of the shot, such frames 1-300. Once you have an initial success, you can then complete the rest of the scene.