Object mask tool supersedes human intervention.

The detected subject highlight is immediately disregarded by the tracking function, resulting in drift. Stopping the tracking process results in a new easy subject detection for one-click masking. But the problem is impossible to solve because the tracking process ignores the original context. A constant nuisance, this indicates a clear disconnect between the subject detection and the tracking processes. That is not what was advertised. 

Constant correction is imperative, and appears to be an available feature within the toolset. However, there is a detection issue, where I had to turn off the error message saying the selection isn’t detected or edges won’t be visible. The resulting user experience feels like one where the program is outright ignoring my request. This is admittedly subjective but nonetheless a microcosm for the overall experience of using this tool.

None of this would be as big a problem to deal with if wasn’t for the most egregious behavior: even if it DOES detect my correction, continuing the tracking immediately results in the same mistake on all frames going forward, only solving the issue on one frame. This indicates an outright refusal to accommodate human intervention, with the AI thinking it knows better than me. The human should always have the last word, not the machine. 

Worth noting is that my subject is the only thing moving in the frame. A complete lack of movement save for a traveling pixel group in a given area seems like an easy thing to detect for something like After Effects’ motion tracking system, but Premiere’s object selection tool appears to have precisely zero context. What’s the point of these detail correction tools if the program is just going to ignore them? That piece of the table leg is actually part of a jacket. So I successfully correct it in the frame with moderate difficulty. Tracking to the next frame behaves as if it doesn’t know or care what I just did to adjust the tracking.

This is a gross waste of time, workmanship, disrespect for human artistic license and a completely untenable workflow.