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The text now aligns with the motion track coordinate


Offsetting the Position of a Match Moved Image

In fact, we want to offset the match-moved text, so it’s higher up in the frame. To do this, we select the Tracker1 node again and use the Y Offset 1 dial control to move the text up, since now any changes we make to the Bridge Track dataset now apply to the center of the text that’s connected to it.


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Using the X and Y Offset controls in the Tracker1 node to offset the text layer’s position from the tracked motion path


The offset we create is shown as a dotted red line that lets us see the actual offset being created by the X and Y Offset controls. In fact, this is why we connected to the Bridge Track: Offset position option earlier.


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The text offset from the tracked motion path; the offset can be seen as a dotted red line in the viewer

Now, if we play through this clip, we can see the text moving along with the bridge.


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Two frames of the text being match moved to follow the bridge in the shot