"Auto Reframe" without tracking. It's possible?

[gustavotampa]

I record videos with a camera on a tripod, fixed point, in 16x9 format. Using the "Auto Reframe" feature (Premiere Pro 2024), i can resize to 9x16 in a practical way - but there is a problem that i wanted to know if there was a solution.

"Auto Reframe" makes the camera move according to the person's movement and i would like it to remain fixed, without this tracking - even though the person may move out of the frame a little.

How can I do this without having to resize each cut in the sequence?

Could someone help me, please?!

[Mathias Moehl]

If you reveal the Auto Reframe effect in the effect controls of a clip, you can see that it contains a checkbox "Overwrite generated path". If you check it, the "Adjust Position" contains keyframes representing the tracked animation. Now you can remove those keyframes by clicking on the stop watch to remove the keyframed animation and only keep the position at the current frame.

UPDATE: I just noticed that for whatever reason, the Adjust position does not work as expected, if it has no keyframes. Hence,make sure to click the Adjust Position stopwatch twice. The first click will remove all keyframes and the second one will add a keyframe again at the current time, such that you end up with a property with a single keyframe. 

[Mathias Moehl]

I just created a tool with my (paid) extension Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro to automate the process and remove the auto reframe tracking data from all selected clips. 

This tutorial shows both the manual approch and the automated workflow using Automation Blocks:

Here you can download the Automation Blocks tool

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bnwi1nt1r605vcutvfb5z/Selected-Clips-Remove-Auto-Reframe-Track.xml?rl...

It is also included in the Community Library of Automation Blocks at

Clips/Keyframes/Remove/Selected Clips - Remove Auto Reframe Track

[Mathias Moehl]

update: We now also have a tool to copy the tracking information to the clip's position property. That way you can adjust the position very easily and also get rid of the Auto Reframe effect if you want:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owvo87ehv0s