Tracking and Resolution

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deebers35

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Tracking and Resolution

PostTue Sep 25, 2018 9:57 pm

I received a video that was shot in 1080p but was rendered at 4k. I have no access to the original. I'm having a bit of a problem tracking an object in the 4k file. Would rendering it down to 2k or 1080p make tracking better or worse or neither?

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Re: Tracking and Resolution

PostWed Sep 26, 2018 4:59 am

Probably not, if your machine is capable of tracking at all, it might be the scene.
Difficult to advise without seeing it.
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Re: Tracking and Resolution

PostWed Sep 26, 2018 5:44 pm

I'm pretty sure tracking is conducted at the timeline output resolution - so regardless of your source media resolution, if you're working in a 1080p timeline you're effectively downscaling the clip already before tracking. If your system has trouble dealing with 4K content in general, none of that may matter.

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