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leod86781877
leod86781877
Inspiring
July 29, 2015
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Premiere Pro CC2015 Mask Tracking not working.

  • July 29, 2015
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Hello everyone

I've got a little problem, i'm in the color grading part of my project and used a lot of effects with masks and even tracked some details.

The thing is, it doesn't work anymore, like at all. When I create a mask and press the little "track selected mask forward" button (or any other button of this line), nothing happens...

I'm working with 2K and 4K raw mxf footage from the fs7 and Sony's recorder.

I'm on Windows 8.1, with a 2600K @ 4ghz, 12Gb DDR3 and a GTX980TI

CC 2015 is at 9.0.0 (247) build

Am i the only one with this problem?

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      Correct answer tmptmptmp

      I was having this problem and discovered that I had sped the clip up to 125%

      Once I put it back to 100%, it tracked fine.

      6 replies

      stevethornton
      stevethornton
      Known Participant
      May 26, 2024

      I saved the project, closed Premiere Pro, opened Premiere Pro and it now works.

      denez mcadoo
      denez mcadoo
      Inspiring
      February 11, 2021

      I was having this problem just yesterday - clicked the forward arrow to "track" the mask, and got nothing... I did have some effects on the clip (just Lumitri color, actually). My solution was just to duplicate the clip, remove all efffects, and BOOM - tracking worked again. I could then just copy over the mask and tracking data, or just copy over the effects to this new clip.

       

      That being said, premiere did a poor job on the track, but that's a different issue...

      KANPIC
      KANPIC
      Participant
      April 8, 2017

      I have a very very simple solution to this issue with masking and cropping (FOR THIS YOU WILL NEED AFTEREFFECTS)

      1. Select the clip with your crop or masking effect in Premiere Pro
      2. Right Click and Replace with After Effects Composition(Ofc for this you will need to have a similar version of after effects as you do to Adobe Premiere)

      3. After effects would've then replaced your composition in premiere pro and moved the masking effect to the After effects composition where you can freely edit and fine tune that mask which should play out fine in premiere.


      You're Welcomed.

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      finsnake
      Participant
      November 10, 2016

      I have had this problem, and I keep forgetting why!

      It's because I have changed the speed of the video. I change the vid back to 100%, track the mask, and then reapply my speed change. Works fine.

      Michael

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        Nick_F_
        Participant
        December 16, 2016

        I also had this problem and tried resetting the speed effects, but the mask still won't track. Are there any other tricks to getting this to work?

        Nick

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          tmptmptmpCorrect answer
          Inspiring
          November 2, 2015

          I was having this problem and discovered that I had sped the clip up to 125%

          Once I put it back to 100%, it tracked fine.

            dummergold
            dummergold
            Inspiring
            July 29, 2015

            ‌there is a new update Premiere 2015.0.1 you might want to try. Check out the fixes before install if you wish and sorry I am unable to provide link to fixes.

            leod86781877
            leod86781877Author
            Inspiring
            July 29, 2015

            Thanks for your answer, I just updated and the problem is still there...

            EDIT: I created a new sequence inside the project, with the exact same setting. When I drag & drop the clip that won't track (or any clip since none will be tracked) from the old sequence to the new one and apply an effect with a mask, it will track,  so this is sequence related.

            But the settings and clips are exactly the same...

            EDIT 2: deleting a few clips will restore the tracking function, but it seems totally random (not related to a buggy clip), some still won't track unless i delete the whole sequence...

            dummergold
            dummergold
            Inspiring
            July 29, 2015

            ‌update did not address mask tracking as I read


            http://blogs.adobe.com/premierepro/2015/07/premiere-9-0-1.html

            but did address mask crash

            i could mask track with PP CC 2015.0 although it was very slow with cinema dng.

            I wonder if deleting all your cache would help as new sequence seems to get you there

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