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The Workspace
User Interface Guide
Working in 3D mode
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:
- Images, helper images and matte sequences.
- The current and local times of the frames
in the upper left corner.
- Masks. See
Identifying image regions.
- Camera Anamorphism,
expanding the view to fit the anamorphic camera settings.
- Tracking information.
- 2D
Tracks, showing the position of the point in one frame.
2D tracks can be displayed using the default cross-hairs or in pattern
mode. You can customize the display by selecting Preferences
> Display > 2D Mode.
- Point
Labels, showing the point name.
- Track
Paths, showing the displacement of the point between
frames. The track paths are displayed either in a uniform color
or using different colors, depending on current track frame quality,
from poorest (red), to best (green). You can customize the display
by selecting Preferences > Display > 2D Mode and
either Quality Color or Uniform
Color from the Track Path Style drop-down list.
To change
the Track Path length, select Edit
> Preferences, click the Display tab, and
in the Track Path Length text field,
enter a number. MatchMover defines the maximum number of frames
in which the Track Path is shown from the current time.
A value of 100 shows the Track Path for 50 frames before
and 50 frames after the current frame.
- 3D Tracks, showing
the color-coded 3D reconstructed points (green for good, yellow
for fair, red for bad), and a link to its corresponding 2D track,
calculated after running the automatic tracking process. Hard tracks
are displayed with a surrounding circle to easily identify them.
- Tracker Tool, showing the key
search size and pattern size.
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:
- Selecting Display from the
main menu then clicking on the attribute in the pop-up menu.
- Right-clicking in the 2D
View and selecting Display and
an attribute from the pop-up menu.
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 change the current time, press Ctrl+click
and drag the pointer. The pointer changes to .
- To move to the previous frame, press Ctrl+left
arrow.
- To move to the next frame, press Ctrl+right
arrow.
- To reset
the current time to the beginning of the sequence, right-click the
required sequence in the Image Sequences folder in the
Project window and select Goto Begin from
the pop-up menu.
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:
- Select View > Freeze Time.
- click the icon in the
Workspace.
- Right-click in the 2D View to show the
pop-up menu and select Freeze Time.
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:
- click the Panicon in the Navigation toolbar
at the bottom of the window and drag the pointer to perform the
navigation.
- Use the scroll buttons and slider to scroll
through the images.
- Click and hold the Navigate button
to easily
pan in the image. A popup window of the entire image appears with
a rectangular guide to orientate you in the image.
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.
- To center the view on the selected item, select View
> Fit to Selection.
- To set the largest zoom that keeps the
entire image contained in the viewport select View > Fit to Viewport.
NoteYou can also click
the
Fit to Viewport in the
Toolbar.icon.
- If you have zoomed the image you can
return to the original size with View > Reset zoom.