Skip to main content
M
Maherk055
January 4, 2026
Question

Cannot Select 3D Camera Tracking Points in After Effects 2025

  • January 4, 2026
  • 2 replies
  • 190 views

 

Hi everyone,

I am new to After Effects and currently working on a video where I want to use the 3D Camera Tracker to attach text to part of the footage. However, after the clip finishes Analyzing and Solving Camera, I am unable to select any of the tracking points in the composition panel.

I have searched YouTube and followed all of the suggested fixes I found, but nothing has worked so far. I have been stuck on this issue for about a week, so I would really appreciate any help.

Details:
• Footage recorded on a GoPro Hero 15
• After Effects version: 2025 (latest update)

If anyone has experienced this issue or knows what might be causing it, please let me know.

Thank you in advance!

2 replies

A
AidanEdits
Inspiring
January 6, 2026

Hey @Maherk055 , the first thing I would try is disabling View>Show Layer Controls, then re enabling it (although you may have tried this already).

 

Second, in the Properties panel it shows that the clip you are trying to track is scaled down to 33%. 3D camera tracker only works if the layer size matches the composition size. If you haven't already solved the issue, precomping the footage layer and tracking the precomp could be worth a shot. 

 

However, there may be more going on than just this. Normally, if you try to use 3D Camera Tracker on a layer whos size does not match the composition size, you will get a big red warning banner over the clip that tells you about the size mismatch. But in your case, the camera tracker seems to still track the shot and no warning banner is displayed, which is unusual. Either way, the non-interactable track points is similar to the behaviour I get when trying to track a layer that has been scaled up or down, just in my case there is a red warning banner. 

 

M
Maherk055Author
January 9, 2026

Thank you @AidanEdits  for your reply.

I forgot to mention this clip I transferred it from Premier.

I've tried it already I disabled the layer and renabling it but unfortunately It doesn't work.

 

However, it's worked with me after export from premier as an MP4 clip and import to After effect as new composition Thank you, @AidanEdits, for your reply.
I forgot to mention that this clip was transferred from Premiere.
I already tried disabling and re-enabling the layer, but unfortunately, it didn’t work.
I didn’t notice the scaling issue — I need to pay more attention to that.
However, it worked after exporting the clip from Premiere as an MP4 file and then importing it into After Effects as a new composition.
And this is weird!

M
Maherk055Author
January 4, 2026

Screenshot 2026-01-04 at 9.15.33 AM.png

I have selected the active camera, but I still can't select it.

nishu_kush
nishu_kush
Legend
January 5, 2026

That is strange! Is it happening in all the projects or in just this one? Can you try running After Effects in Safe Mode with third-party plug-ins disabled and test?

Let me know how it goes.


Thanks,
Nishu

M
Maherk055Author
January 9, 2026

I did run after effect in save mode and it's the same

Firefly Community Gallery
Adobe Firefly

Remix with Firefly Community Gallery

Thousands of free creations to fall in love with and remix in Firefly.

Explore now
Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices