Import your video clip to the timeline. Select the clip. In the action bar, select Tools > Motion Tracking. Click Select Object. A resizeable frame appears in the monitor. You can resize the frame by dragging on the corner circles.
The Action Bar is the bar that runs along the bottom of the interface. It used to be where all of the program's tools were accessed, so it's kind of an archaic term.
Most tools in current versions of the program are accessed now via the Toolbar, which runs along the right side of the interface. Motion Tracking can be found under the Tools button on this Toolbar.
Hi, running into this same issue and am still very unclear where this action bar is. Which "interface" are you talking about steve? Are you able to include a screengrab?
Alternatively if anyone can just say or show with an image where to access Tools > Motion Tracking that would do it.
Ahhhh I'm realizing my issue here. I guess I'm in the wrong forum. I'm in Premiere "PRO" not Premiere "ELEMENTS". Trying to access some form of motion tracking within premiere pro, which I'm having trouble doing.
To be honest I've never even heard of "Elements" before this thread. Maybe getting side-tracked here, but what is elements vs pro? Can I access these same tools as a Premiere Pro subscriber / user? I can't find "Premiere Elements" within creative cloud as its own app.
At one time, Elements was the little brother of Pro. But they've both evolved into very different programs with very different interfaces.
In short, Premiere Elements is designed to edit consumer video via an easy-to-access interface. Premiere Pro can edit consumer video but is primarily designed for professional use and includes a very deep and powerful toolset. But aside from both being video editors, they have very little in common, interface-wise.
Looked up some other tutorials / info as well. Interesting that Elements appears to have a more robust tracking system than Pro.
Anyways, thanks for your help. If anyone stumbles across this and is specifically looking for a good way to track an image or object within Premiere Pro only, as of now, IMO there's no great option. That said, I found this tutorial helpful:
the amount of time i have spent trying to find a simple answer to tracking a shape in Premiere is crazy, only to find out - adobes flagship video editor cant do it, and in fact there is no action bar, or tools, or motion tracking menu! maybe... thats why I cant find it. This is why people hate adobe now. I cant even get a straight answer to a simple question! none of this is directed at you Ann - I appreciate the straight answer.
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