Clip Operators

bpy.ops.clip.add_marker(location=(0.0, 0.0))

Place new marker at specified location

Parameters:location (float array of 2 items in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Location, Location of marker on frame
bpy.ops.clip.add_marker_at_click()

Place new marker at the desired (clicked) position

bpy.ops.clip.add_marker_move(CLIP_OT_add_marker=None, TRANSFORM_OT_translate=None)

Add new marker and move it on movie

Parameters:
  • CLIP_OT_add_marker (CLIP_OT_add_marker, (optional)) – Add Marker, Place new marker at specified location
  • TRANSFORM_OT_translate (TRANSFORM_OT_translate, (optional)) – Translate, Translate (move) selected items
bpy.ops.clip.add_marker_slide(CLIP_OT_add_marker=None, TRANSFORM_OT_translate=None)

Add new marker and slide it with mouse until mouse button release

Parameters:
  • CLIP_OT_add_marker (CLIP_OT_add_marker, (optional)) – Add Marker, Place new marker at specified location
  • TRANSFORM_OT_translate (TRANSFORM_OT_translate, (optional)) – Translate, Translate (move) selected items
bpy.ops.clip.apply_solution_scale(distance=0.0)

Apply scale on solution itself to make distance between selected tracks equals to desired

Parameters:distance (float in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Distance, Distance between selected tracks
bpy.ops.clip.bundles_to_mesh()

Create vertex cloud using coordinates of reconstructed tracks

File:startup/bl_operators/clip.py:278
bpy.ops.clip.camera_preset_add(name="", remove_active=False, use_focal_length=True)

Add or remove a Tracking Camera Intrinsics Preset

Parameters:
  • name (string, (optional, never None)) – Name, Name of the preset, used to make the path name
  • remove_active (boolean, (optional)) – remove_active
  • use_focal_length (boolean, (optional)) – Include Focal Length, Include focal length into the preset
File:

startup/bl_operators/presets.py:71
bpy.ops.clip.change_frame(frame=0)

Interactively change the current frame number

Parameters:frame (int in [-300000, 300000], (optional)) – Frame
bpy.ops.clip.clean_tracks(frames=0, error=0.0, action='SELECT')

Clean tracks with high error values or few frames

Parameters:
  • frames (int in [0, inf], (optional)) – Tracked Frames, Effect on tracks which are tracked less than specified amount of frames
  • error (float in [0, inf], (optional)) – Reprojection Error, Effect on tracks which have got larger re-projection error
  • action (enum in [‘SELECT’, ‘DELETE_TRACK’, ‘DELETE_SEGMENTS’], (optional)) –

    Action, Cleanup action to execute

    • SELECT Select, Select unclean tracks.
    • DELETE_TRACK Delete Track, Delete unclean tracks.
    • DELETE_SEGMENTS Delete Segments, Delete unclean segments of tracks.
bpy.ops.clip.clear_solution()

Clear all calculated data

bpy.ops.clip.clear_track_path(action='REMAINED', clear_active=False)

Clear tracks after/before current position or clear the whole track

Parameters:
  • action (enum in [‘UPTO’, ‘REMAINED’, ‘ALL’], (optional)) –

    Action, Clear action to execute

    • UPTO Clear up-to, Clear path up to current frame.
    • REMAINED Clear remained, Clear path at remaining frames (after current).
    • ALL Clear all, Clear the whole path.
  • clear_active (boolean, (optional)) – Clear Active, Clear active track only instead of all selected tracks
bpy.ops.clip.constraint_to_fcurve()

Create F-Curves for object which will copy object’s movement caused by this constraint

File:startup/bl_operators/clip.py:504
bpy.ops.clip.copy_tracks()

Copy selected tracks to clipboard

bpy.ops.clip.create_plane_track()

Create new plane track out of selected point tracks

bpy.ops.clip.cursor_set(location=(0.0, 0.0))

Set 2D cursor location

Parameters:location (float array of 2 items in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Location, Cursor location in normalized clip coordinates
bpy.ops.clip.delete_marker()

Delete marker for current frame from selected tracks

bpy.ops.clip.delete_proxy()

Delete movie clip proxy files from the hard drive

File:startup/bl_operators/clip.py:347
bpy.ops.clip.delete_track()

Delete selected tracks

bpy.ops.clip.detect_features(placement='FRAME', margin=16, threshold=0.5, min_distance=120)

Automatically detect features and place markers to track

Parameters:
  • placement (enum in [‘FRAME’, ‘INSIDE_GPENCIL’, ‘OUTSIDE_GPENCIL’], (optional)) –

    Placement, Placement for detected features

    • FRAME Whole Frame, Place markers across the whole frame.
    • INSIDE_GPENCIL Inside grease pencil, Place markers only inside areas outlined with grease pencil.
    • OUTSIDE_GPENCIL Outside grease pencil, Place markers only outside areas outlined with grease pencil.
  • margin (int in [0, inf], (optional)) – Margin, Only features further than margin pixels from the image edges are considered
  • threshold (float in [0.0001, inf], (optional)) – Threshold, Threshold level to consider feature good enough for tracking
  • min_distance (int in [0, inf], (optional)) – Distance, Minimal distance accepted between two features
bpy.ops.clip.disable_markers(action='DISABLE')

Disable/enable selected markers

Parameters:action (enum in [‘DISABLE’, ‘ENABLE’, ‘TOGGLE’], (optional)) –

Action, Disable action to execute

  • DISABLE Disable, Disable selected markers.
  • ENABLE Enable, Enable selected markers.
  • TOGGLE Toggle, Toggle disabled flag for selected markers.
bpy.ops.clip.dopesheet_select_channel(location=(0.0, 0.0), extend=False)

Select movie tracking channel

Parameters:
  • location (float array of 2 items in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Location, Mouse location to select channel
  • extend (boolean, (optional)) – Extend, Extend selection rather than clearing the existing selection
bpy.ops.clip.dopesheet_view_all()

Reset viewable area to show full keyframe range

bpy.ops.clip.filter_tracks(track_threshold=5.0)

Filter tracks which has weirdly looking spikes in motion curves

Parameters:track_threshold (float in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Track Threshold, Filter Threshold to select problematic tracks
File:startup/bl_operators/clip.py:197
bpy.ops.clip.frame_jump(position='PATHSTART')

Jump to special frame

Parameters:position (enum in [‘PATHSTART’, ‘PATHEND’, ‘FAILEDPREV’, ‘FAILNEXT’], (optional)) –

Position, Position to jump to

  • PATHSTART Path Start, Jump to start of current path.
  • PATHEND Path End, Jump to end of current path.
  • FAILEDPREV Previous Failed, Jump to previous failed frame.
  • FAILNEXT Next Failed, Jump to next failed frame.
bpy.ops.clip.graph_center_current_frame()

Scroll view so current frame would be centered

bpy.ops.clip.graph_delete_curve()

Delete track corresponding to the selected curve

bpy.ops.clip.graph_delete_knot()

Delete curve knots

bpy.ops.clip.graph_disable_markers(action='DISABLE')

Disable/enable selected markers

Parameters:action (enum in [‘DISABLE’, ‘ENABLE’, ‘TOGGLE’], (optional)) –

Action, Disable action to execute

  • DISABLE Disable, Disable selected markers.
  • ENABLE Enable, Enable selected markers.
  • TOGGLE Toggle, Toggle disabled flag for selected markers.
bpy.ops.clip.graph_select(location=(0.0, 0.0), extend=False)

Select graph curves

Parameters:
  • location (float array of 2 items in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Location, Mouse location to select nearest entity
  • extend (boolean, (optional)) – Extend, Extend selection rather than clearing the existing selection
bpy.ops.clip.graph_select_all_markers(action='TOGGLE')

Change selection of all markers of active track

Parameters:action (enum in [‘TOGGLE’, ‘SELECT’, ‘DESELECT’, ‘INVERT’], (optional)) –

Action, Selection action to execute

  • TOGGLE Toggle, Toggle selection for all elements.
  • SELECT Select, Select all elements.
  • DESELECT Deselect, Deselect all elements.
  • INVERT Invert, Invert selection of all elements.
bpy.ops.clip.graph_select_border(gesture_mode=0, xmin=0, xmax=0, ymin=0, ymax=0, extend=True)

Select curve points using border selection

Parameters:
  • gesture_mode (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Gesture Mode
  • xmin (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – X Min
  • xmax (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – X Max
  • ymin (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Y Min
  • ymax (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Y Max
  • extend (boolean, (optional)) – Extend, Extend selection instead of deselecting everything first
bpy.ops.clip.graph_view_all()

View all curves in editor

bpy.ops.clip.hide_tracks(unselected=False)

Hide selected tracks

Parameters:unselected (boolean, (optional)) – Unselected, Hide unselected tracks
bpy.ops.clip.hide_tracks_clear()

Clear hide selected tracks

bpy.ops.clip.join_tracks()

Join selected tracks

bpy.ops.clip.keyframe_delete()

Delete a keyframe from selected tracks at current frame

bpy.ops.clip.keyframe_insert()

Insert a keyframe to selected tracks at current frame

bpy.ops.clip.lock_tracks(action='LOCK')

Lock/unlock selected tracks

Parameters:action (enum in [‘LOCK’, ‘UNLOCK’, ‘TOGGLE’], (optional)) –

Action, Lock action to execute

  • LOCK Lock, Lock selected tracks.
  • UNLOCK Unlock, Unlock selected tracks.
  • TOGGLE Toggle, Toggle locked flag for selected tracks.
bpy.ops.clip.mode_set(mode='TRACKING')

Set the clip interaction mode

Parameters:mode (enum in [‘TRACKING’, ‘MASK’], (optional)) –

Mode

  • TRACKING Tracking, Show tracking and solving tools.
  • MASK Mask, Show mask editing tools.
bpy.ops.clip.open(directory="", files=None, filter_blender=False, filter_backup=False, filter_image=True, filter_movie=True, filter_python=False, filter_font=False, filter_sound=False, filter_text=False, filter_btx=False, filter_collada=False, filter_folder=True, filter_blenlib=False, filemode=9, relative_path=True, show_multiview=False, use_multiview=False, display_type='DEFAULT', sort_method='FILE_SORT_ALPHA')

Load a sequence of frames or a movie file

Parameters:
  • directory (string, (optional, never None)) – Directory, Directory of the file
  • files (bpy_prop_collection of OperatorFileListElement, (optional)) – Files
  • filter_blender (boolean, (optional)) – Filter .blend files
  • filter_backup (boolean, (optional)) – Filter .blend files
  • filter_image (boolean, (optional)) – Filter image files
  • filter_movie (boolean, (optional)) – Filter movie files
  • filter_python (boolean, (optional)) – Filter python files
  • filter_font (boolean, (optional)) – Filter font files
  • filter_sound (boolean, (optional)) – Filter sound files
  • filter_text (boolean, (optional)) – Filter text files
  • filter_btx (boolean, (optional)) – Filter btx files
  • filter_collada (boolean, (optional)) – Filter COLLADA files
  • filter_folder (boolean, (optional)) – Filter folders
  • filter_blenlib (boolean, (optional)) – Filter Blender IDs
  • filemode (int in [1, 9], (optional)) – File Browser Mode, The setting for the file browser mode to load a .blend file, a library or a special file
  • relative_path (boolean, (optional)) – Relative Path, Select the file relative to the blend file
  • show_multiview (boolean, (optional)) – Enable Multi-View
  • use_multiview (boolean, (optional)) – Use Multi-View
  • display_type (enum in [‘DEFAULT’, ‘LIST_SHORT’, ‘LIST_LONG’, ‘THUMBNAIL’], (optional)) –

    Display Type

    • DEFAULT Default, Automatically determine display type for files.
    • LIST_SHORT Short List, Display files as short list.
    • LIST_LONG Long List, Display files as a detailed list.
    • THUMBNAIL Thumbnails, Display files as thumbnails.
  • sort_method (enum in [‘FILE_SORT_ALPHA’, ‘FILE_SORT_EXTENSION’, ‘FILE_SORT_TIME’, ‘FILE_SORT_SIZE’], (optional)) –

    File sorting mode

    • FILE_SORT_ALPHA Sort alphabetically, Sort the file list alphabetically.
    • FILE_SORT_EXTENSION Sort by extension, Sort the file list by extension/type.
    • FILE_SORT_TIME Sort by time, Sort files by modification time.
    • FILE_SORT_SIZE Sort by size, Sort files by size.
bpy.ops.clip.paste_tracks()

Paste tracks from clipboard

bpy.ops.clip.prefetch()

Prefetch frames from disk for faster playback/tracking

bpy.ops.clip.properties()

Toggle clip properties panel

bpy.ops.clip.rebuild_proxy()

Rebuild all selected proxies and timecode indices in the background

bpy.ops.clip.refine_markers(backwards=False)

Refine selected markers positions by running the tracker from track’s reference to current frame

Parameters:backwards (boolean, (optional)) – Backwards, Do backwards tracking
bpy.ops.clip.reload()

Reload clip

bpy.ops.clip.select(extend=False, location=(0.0, 0.0))

Select tracking markers

Parameters:
  • extend (boolean, (optional)) – Extend, Extend selection rather than clearing the existing selection
  • location (float array of 2 items in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Location, Mouse location in normalized coordinates, 0.0 to 1.0 is within the image bounds
bpy.ops.clip.select_all(action='TOGGLE')

Change selection of all tracking markers

Parameters:action (enum in [‘TOGGLE’, ‘SELECT’, ‘DESELECT’, ‘INVERT’], (optional)) –

Action, Selection action to execute

  • TOGGLE Toggle, Toggle selection for all elements.
  • SELECT Select, Select all elements.
  • DESELECT Deselect, Deselect all elements.
  • INVERT Invert, Invert selection of all elements.
bpy.ops.clip.select_border(gesture_mode=0, xmin=0, xmax=0, ymin=0, ymax=0, extend=True)

Select markers using border selection

Parameters:
  • gesture_mode (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Gesture Mode
  • xmin (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – X Min
  • xmax (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – X Max
  • ymin (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Y Min
  • ymax (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Y Max
  • extend (boolean, (optional)) – Extend, Extend selection instead of deselecting everything first
bpy.ops.clip.select_circle(x=0, y=0, radius=1, gesture_mode=0)

Select markers using circle selection

Parameters:
  • x (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – X
  • y (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Y
  • radius (int in [1, inf], (optional)) – Radius
  • gesture_mode (int in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Gesture Mode
bpy.ops.clip.select_grouped(group='ESTIMATED')

Select all tracks from specified group

Parameters:group (enum in [‘KEYFRAMED’, ‘ESTIMATED’, ‘TRACKED’, ‘LOCKED’, ‘DISABLED’, ‘COLOR’, ‘FAILED’], (optional)) –

Action, Clear action to execute

  • KEYFRAMED Keyframed tracks, Select all keyframed tracks.
  • ESTIMATED Estimated tracks, Select all estimated tracks.
  • TRACKED Tracked tracks, Select all tracked tracks.
  • LOCKED Locked tracks, Select all locked tracks.
  • DISABLED Disabled tracks, Select all disabled tracks.
  • COLOR Tracks with same color, Select all tracks with same color as active track.
  • FAILED Failed Tracks, Select all tracks which failed to be reconstructed.
bpy.ops.clip.select_lasso(path=None, deselect=False, extend=True)

Select markers using lasso selection

Parameters:
  • path (bpy_prop_collection of OperatorMousePath, (optional)) – Path
  • deselect (boolean, (optional)) – Deselect, Deselect rather than select items
  • extend (boolean, (optional)) – Extend, Extend selection instead of deselecting everything first
bpy.ops.clip.set_active_clip()

Undocumented

File:startup/bl_operators/clip.py:212
bpy.ops.clip.set_axis(axis='X')

Set direction of scene axis rotating camera (or its parent if present) and assume selected track lies on real axis, joining it with the origin

Parameters:axis (enum in [‘X’, ‘Y’], (optional)) –

Axis, Axis to use to align bundle along

  • X X, Align bundle align X axis.
  • Y Y, Align bundle align Y axis.
bpy.ops.clip.set_center_principal()

Set optical center to center of footage

bpy.ops.clip.set_origin(use_median=False)

Set active marker as origin by moving camera (or its parent if present) in 3D space

Parameters:use_median (boolean, (optional)) – Use Median, Set origin to median point of selected bundles
bpy.ops.clip.set_plane(plane='FLOOR')

Set plane based on 3 selected bundles by moving camera (or its parent if present) in 3D space

Parameters:plane (enum in [‘FLOOR’, ‘WALL’], (optional)) –

Plane, Plane to be used for orientation

  • FLOOR Floor, Set floor plane.
  • WALL Wall, Set wall plane.
bpy.ops.clip.set_scale(distance=0.0)

Set scale of scene by scaling camera (or its parent if present)

Parameters:distance (float in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Distance, Distance between selected tracks
bpy.ops.clip.set_scene_frames()

Set scene’s start and end frame to match clip’s start frame and length

bpy.ops.clip.set_solution_scale(distance=0.0)

Set object solution scale using distance between two selected tracks

Parameters:distance (float in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Distance, Distance between selected tracks
bpy.ops.clip.set_solver_keyframe(keyframe='KEYFRAME_A')

Set keyframe used by solver

Parameters:keyframe (enum in [‘KEYFRAME_A’, ‘KEYFRAME_B’], (optional)) – Keyframe, Keyframe to set
bpy.ops.clip.set_viewport_background()

Set current movie clip as a camera background in 3D view-port (works only when a 3D view-port is visible)

File:startup/bl_operators/clip.py:408
bpy.ops.clip.setup_tracking_scene()

Prepare scene for compositing 3D objects into this footage

File:startup/bl_operators/clip.py:972
bpy.ops.clip.slide_marker(offset=(0.0, 0.0))

Slide marker areas

Parameters:offset (float array of 2 items in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Offset, Offset in floating point units, 1.0 is the width and height of the image
bpy.ops.clip.slide_plane_marker()

Slide plane marker areas

bpy.ops.clip.solve_camera()

Solve camera motion from tracks

bpy.ops.clip.stabilize_2d_add()

Add selected tracks to 2D stabilization tool

bpy.ops.clip.stabilize_2d_remove()

Remove selected track from stabilization

bpy.ops.clip.stabilize_2d_select()

Select tracks which are used for stabilization

bpy.ops.clip.stabilize_2d_set_rotation()

Use active track to compensate rotation when doing 2D stabilization

bpy.ops.clip.tools()

Toggle clip tools panel

bpy.ops.clip.track_color_preset_add(name="", remove_active=False)

Add or remove a Clip Track Color Preset

Parameters:
  • name (string, (optional, never None)) – Name, Name of the preset, used to make the path name
  • remove_active (boolean, (optional)) – remove_active
File:

startup/bl_operators/presets.py:71
bpy.ops.clip.track_copy_color()

Copy color to all selected tracks

bpy.ops.clip.track_markers(backwards=False, sequence=False, clip="")

Track selected markers

Parameters:
  • backwards (boolean, (optional)) – Backwards, Do backwards tracking
  • sequence (boolean, (optional)) – Track Sequence, Track marker during image sequence rather than single image
  • clip (string, (optional, never None)) – Movie Clip, Movie Clip to be tracked
bpy.ops.clip.track_settings_as_default()

Copy tracking settings from active track to default settings

File:startup/bl_operators/clip.py:1009
bpy.ops.clip.track_settings_to_track()

Copy tracking settings from active track to selected tracks

File:startup/bl_operators/clip.py:1057
bpy.ops.clip.track_to_empty()

Create an Empty object which will be copying movement of active track

File:startup/bl_operators/clip.py:254
bpy.ops.clip.tracking_object_new()

Add new object for tracking

bpy.ops.clip.tracking_object_remove()

Remove object for tracking

bpy.ops.clip.tracking_settings_preset_add(name="", remove_active=False)

Add or remove a motion tracking settings preset

Parameters:
  • name (string, (optional, never None)) – Name, Name of the preset, used to make the path name
  • remove_active (boolean, (optional)) – remove_active
File:

startup/bl_operators/presets.py:71
bpy.ops.clip.view_all(fit_view=False)

View whole image with markers

Parameters:fit_view (boolean, (optional)) – Fit View, Fit frame to the viewport
bpy.ops.clip.view_ndof()

Use a 3D mouse device to pan/zoom the view

bpy.ops.clip.view_pan(offset=(0.0, 0.0))

Pan the view

Parameters:offset (float array of 2 items in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Offset, Offset in floating point units, 1.0 is the width and height of the image
bpy.ops.clip.view_selected()

View all selected elements

bpy.ops.clip.view_zoom(factor=0.0)

Zoom in/out the view

Parameters:factor (float in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Factor, Zoom factor, values higher than 1.0 zoom in, lower values zoom out
bpy.ops.clip.view_zoom_in(location=(0.0, 0.0))

Zoom in the view

Parameters:location (float array of 2 items in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Location, Cursor location in screen coordinates
bpy.ops.clip.view_zoom_out(location=(0.0, 0.0))

Zoom out the view

Parameters:location (float array of 2 items in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Location, Cursor location in normalized (0.0-1.0) coordinates
bpy.ops.clip.view_zoom_ratio(ratio=0.0)

Set the zoom ratio (based on clip size)

Parameters:ratio (float in [-inf, inf], (optional)) – Ratio, Zoom ratio, 1.0 is 1:1, higher is zoomed in, lower is zoomed out