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scottfredeman
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September 13, 2012
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CS6 Camera Tracker Points not Showing

  • September 13, 2012
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Hello, I am unable to get the points to show with the camera tracker. The tracking points show only when I check render track points but I am unable to move my mouse pointer over them to interact and assign anything to them. I have everything on the highest quality settings.

I attached a screenshot in case someone can see any setting I missed clicking on.

I have an iMac with:

Processor  2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory  4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Graphics  ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB

Software  Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53)

Thank you,

Scott

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    Correct answer Felipe Ruiz Mendoza

    I think I found the problem. I had it before, and it may be an easy one.

    View>"Show Layer Controls

    It is easy to hide them by mistake, and it hides your control points as well.

    I hope this helps!

    8 replies

    hassek94492867
    hassek94492867
    New Participant
    July 3, 2020

    It dosent show for me anyway. I have "active camera" on and "show layers control" selected. Still dont get any tracking points

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    Corniger
    Inspiring
    June 11, 2020

    It also seems to happen, when the tracker is unable to resolve parts in the beginning of the sequence. In that case, go to where the warning overlay starts to disappear and clip everything before. Then place the footage again, track, and splice the part you cut off back in.

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    SoFloTy
    New Participant
    May 26, 2020

    You're a legend, Felipe!

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    apersonthingyOF
    New Participant
    February 11, 2018

    You are a LIFE SAVER.

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    alanh52105680
    New Participant
    December 24, 2017

    Quite late to this, but the problem could also bee too much change in the video. I tried tracking a video with a lot of change in 40 frames and saw no points, but when i cut an 8-frame clip from the video and tracked, the points showed up

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    jakobwesty
    New Participant
    May 18, 2016

    few years late but that show layers control just saved me a stress tumour, couldn't find the solution anywhere else! many thanks

    Felipe Ruiz Mendoza
    Felipe Ruiz MendozaCorrect answer
    New Participant
    May 9, 2014

    I think I found the problem. I had it before, and it may be an easy one.

    View>"Show Layer Controls

    It is easy to hide them by mistake, and it hides your control points as well.

    I hope this helps!

      mechaPhoneHome
      mechaPhoneHome
      Participating Frequently
      June 16, 2015

      Thats it!!!


      Thanks!

      Dave_LaRonde
      Dave_LaRonde
      Inspiring
      September 13, 2012

      Look at this....

      ...and this...

      ...and this, too....

      ...and as a reference, keep this handy.

      Most AE features aren't very intuitive, and you need to get trained up.

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      scottfredemanAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      September 13, 2012

      Thank you Dave, I know how to use the camera tracker. The tracking points do not show up. I read in another thread to turn off open gl acceleration in my comp window to fix it but I do not see any settings in After XF to turn that off.

      Thank you,

      Scott

      Dave_LaRonde
      Dave_LaRonde
      Inspiring
      September 13, 2012

      I just took a second look at your computer specs, and you only have 4 gigs.  That's nothing in AE terms.  You need to trick that thing out with memory.  I suspect you're tracking a clip that's longer than ever attemped before, and you're running out of RAM as AE analyzes the clip, leaving no track. points.

      For now, turn off multiprocessing if it's on -- there's no way you can use it -- and you shouldn't have to worry about AE using Open GL; it's not an option any more.  Additionally, you should make sure your Radeon driver is fully updated; it too is a cause of AE not performing as advertised.

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