Working in 2D mode
 
 
 

MatchMover provides you with the ability to open different views within the Workspace window to study and manipulate the image sequence and the results of the tracking process.

When you load a sequence, the default view is the 2D View. The 2D View is designed to display single images, image sequences and tracking information to help in your 2D tracking task. The following list shows all items that are drawn in the 2D View:

NoteTo change the color of the 2D View background, select Edit > Preferences, click the Color tab in the User Preferences window, and change the color of the corresponding sample box.

Displaying the 2D View attributes

You can display or hide points’ attributes by either:

For the Masks and Anamorphism options, a check mark beside the option indicates that the option is active. Clicking the option again hides the check mark and deactivates it.

For other attributes, a single diamond shown beside the attribute in the menu defines that the attribute is displayed for the selected point.

If you click again, two diamonds appear beside the attribute defining that the selected attribute is displayed for all points. No diamonds means this feature is not displayed. By default the Point Label, Track Path, Tracker Tool, and Tracking Score are only displayed for the selected key point or computed point.

NoteTo change the color of the Track Path (in uniform color mode) or the key points on the track, select Edit > Preferences, click the Color tab in the User Preferences window, and change the color of the corresponding sample box.

Changing the time in the 2D View

The 2D View shows an image at a given time. The current time is shown in the top left corner of the viewport.

To hide the current time, select Edit > Preferences > Display and click in the Show Current Time in Viewports check box to disable the option.

TipIf nothing is currently selected, just pressing arrows navigate through time/zoom.

Freezing the time

By default, time changes in the Time Line or other 2D views are always synchronized with current time. However, when you “freeze” the 2D View, changing the time in other views (the Time Line, the Track window or other 2D Views) does not affect the time in the frozen view. Other views are not synchronized with current time.

If you change the time in the frozen view, other views are synchronized with the current time in the frozen view.

The Freeze Time mode is useful if you need to study frames at different times, for example, when you have multiple 2D views and need to see them at a certain time, for instance when editing tracks in a helper frame.

The shortcuts Ctrl+left arrow or right arrow change the time in the frozen window only if the window is active (blue surround).

To freeze the time in the 2D View, do one of the following:

Resetting the current view

To reset the current view, select Window > New View > New 2D View or press Ctrl+2 (default shortcut).

Navigating in the 2D View

You can access the navigation options in the View menu. Alternatively, use the following shortcuts and drag the pointer in the 2D View, Track View, Graph Editor, and Track Status View

Action Shortcut Pointer

Changes the current time

Ctrl+click

Move to next frame

Ctrl+right arrow

-

Move to previous frame

Ctrl+left arrow

-

Pan#

Alt+click (or scroll bars)

Zoom

Alt+Ctrl+click (or “+” or “-”)

Zoom in an area in the 2D View

Alt+Shift+click

#Pan horizontally only in the Track View, Graph Editor, and Track Status View

In the 2D View:

In addition to the navigation options shown in the previous table, you can right-click in the 2D View and select the following options from the pop-up menu.