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October 16, 2024
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Editing Help for locking a graphic to a certain point that moves

  • October 16, 2024
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Hello everyone! I usually just edit videos together never really using graphics in the way I'm trying to use them on my latests project. I'm trying to have a line come out of a building and end up in another building across a river in a moving video. The problem is the line is locked to where it originally was created at the start of the video and the video moves so by the end the line has stayed at the exact spot but the building it has originated out of has moved. I know there is a way to make sure it stays on the original building, but I for the life of me cannot find a video that shows me how, and I'm sure it has to do with how I'm googling it. I've attached pictures of the problem.

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Community Expert
October 17, 2024

This video shows you how to track the building in After Effects and then add that tracking data to your graphic in Premiere: How to Track in After Effects and Add Tracking Data in Premiere.

Mike Dziennik
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 16, 2024

The simplest thing to try is hitting the stopwatch icon next to the shape's Path property in the Effect controls. Then set a keyframe at the start and end of the shot. Move the points on your shape to the correct position.

If you want to properly track the shape then you might need to move to After Effects.

hansoa21Author
Participant
October 17, 2024

Thanks for your response. I've been trying to do the stop watch but having difficulty keeping both points where the originally start. Was hoping for like a tracking lock or something.

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 17, 2024