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Autotrack points for multiple evaluations
Jo Mayer
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Is there any possibility to use the same Auto-Track Points for multiple Evaluations like Perpective filter, mass points and calibration stick? Thanks for any advice.


I am using Tracker 5.1.5


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Re: Autotrack points for multiple evaluations -
Jens Biele
6 Posts

good point!
I have no idea. Trying to figure it out myself..



Re: Autotrack points for multiple evaluations -
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Douglas Brown
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Can you give us more information and context? Do you have an example case you can describe? I'm not sure I understand what you mean.


> Re: Autotrack points for multiple evaluations
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> Is there any possibility to use the same Auto-Track
> Points for multiple Evaluations like Perpective filter,
> mass points and calibration stick? Thanks for any advice
>
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> I am using Tracker 5.1.5



Re: Autotrack points for multiple evaluations -
Jo Mayer
8 Posts

Sure, I have this plate mounted on a vehicle I want to track. Now I want to track these 4 marker points as point masses and apply a perspective filter to them. To do this, I would have to carry out autotrack for the filter as well as for the 4 marker points. My question is if I can track this 4 points with autotrack and decide afterwards wich evaluation I want to on them, like Point Mass, perpective filter, calibration Stick,...

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Re: Autotrack points for multiple evaluations -
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Douglas Brown
452 Posts

Hi Jo, unfortunately the short answer is no, at least for the perspective filter. However, if you track the marker points as 4 point masses, then you can attach the ends of a calibration stick to any pair of them so that's a partial yes ;-)

It's a slightly unusual request because normally if a video needs perspective correction then you have to apply that BEFORE you track any point masses.

Doug


> I have this plate mounted on a vehicle I want
> to track. Now I want to track these 4 marker points
> as point masses and apply a perspective filter to
> them. To do this, I would have to carry out autotrack
> for the filter as well as for the 4 marker points.
> My question is if I can track this 4 points with autotrack
> and decide afterwards which evaluation I want to on
> them, like Point Mass, perspective filter, calibration
> Stick,...



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