DaVinci Resolve Tracking Text on Moving Objects

in this lesson we are using the Vinci

resolve and I'm going to show you how to

get a text element to track a moving

object and this is how it will look

let's do it

okay so let's get started I have a video

clip let's drag it down it's a video

clip of a Hobie Cat coming across the

scene a beach scene the first thing you

need to do is find a starting point and

the ending point of where you want to

track so let's look for that okay I want

to track this object and put eight texts

here so you'll come here here here and

it'll end there so let me use the blade

tool and cut it right here and go back

to the beginning part where I want to

start this let me start it at this point

here so take the blade and cut since I

don't really need this portion here I'm

going to delete that and delete next

let's add a text let's drag this under

titles text over here let's change the

text to open Suns Extra Bold change the

text to what you want I'll call this

Hobie then click over here and you can

drag it to the starting point make sure

that the playhead is right at the

beginning of that section where we want

to start this tracking and if you want

to make small changes you just change

the position here let's go a little

higher and to the left okay that looks

good and we want to match the length of

the text to the length of the video clip

so let's grab the right side here and

drag it to the end okay so now they

match if you like the size keep it or

you can just adjust it by dragging this

left or right now we have to right-click

the text element over here first

left-click it to make sure it's selected

then right-click new compound clip

create now we turn that text into a

compound element we can now go to the

color tab or the color page click on

clips over here so you can see the clips

then highlight the video clip you want

to create the tracking so let's click

this so here it is the video clip right

on there detects

it's highlighted and now make sure this

is that stab Lizer

over here and click the three dots over

here click on classic stab Lizer change

this to point tracker

and over here click this icon to add a

tracker point now you see a red cross

mark over here now look for a

distinctive point in the moving object

to place this crosshair or this cross

it's best to choose something that's

pretty distinctive if you just dropped

it here there's really nothing it can

follow in this region that's just a

whole bunch of yellow but over here

there's distinctive marks that helps the

venturi resolve track that makes it

easier to track make sure you have pan

and tilt check marked here you don't

really need zoom and rotate okay now to

set the tracking path click this play

button here for track forward so that

tracked pretty well and let's look at

the tracking pointer here play it here

there it is it's really doing a good job

following that mark sometimes you'll

find that the tracker loses its hold on

the proper path you can just pause it

and just readjust reposition the tracker

next let's select our text which is a

compound clip over here make sure it's

on stabilizer and over here the three

dots click on classic stabilizer so this

is ready but we have to copy the path we

got to give a path to this clip let's go

back to the video clip that has the path

over here three dots copy track data and

now select your text compound clip three

dots paste track data now the text has

the same path as that earlier video clip

make sure the zoom is off uncheck that

and strong has to be negative 100 it's

kind of hard to explain why that is but

just keep it at negative of 100 then

click stab lies

okay now let's play it the text is now

following that path let's look at it in

full screen let's click back here at the

beginning of that clip and ctrl F for

full screen and play okay so that's how

you track an object with text by the way

to make it easier for you I'm going to

link the video clip I used in this

lesson so that you can go through the

exact same steps we went through so

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