Clip¶

Open Clip¶

Reference

Mode: All modes
Menu: Clip ‣ Open Clip
Shortcut: Alt-O

Todo.

Set Scene Frames¶

Reference

Mode: Tracking
Menu: Clip ‣ Set Scene Frames

Sets end scene frame to match current clip duration.

Set Principal to Center¶

Reference

Mode: Tracking
Menu: Clip ‣ Set Principal to Center

Changes the Optical Center values to the center of image.

Prefetch¶

Reference

Mode: All modes
Menu: Clip ‣ Prefetch
Shortcut: P

Fills cache with frames. As many frames as fits into cache are load form the drive. This allows to fill in the cache as fast as possible when you really need to track something, but this keeps CPU and drive bandwidth idle if you’ve got a Clip editor opened but not actually interacting with it.

Reload Clip¶

Reference

Mode: All modes
Menu: Clip ‣ Open Clip
Shortcut: Alt-O

Force reload the currently loaded movie clip. Is mainly useful when the clip gets edited outside of Blender.

Proxy¶

Todo.

Set as Background¶

Reference

Mode: Tracking
Menu: Clip ‣ Set as Background

Sets the clip currently being edited as the camera background for all visible 3D Viewports. If there is no visible 3D Viewports or the Clip Editor is open in full screen, nothing will happen.

Setup Tracking Scene¶

Reference

Mode: Tracking
Menu: Clip ‣ Setup Tracking Scene

Performs all usual steps to set up a VFX scene:

Create reference objects for floor and test object.
Create node set up for combining CG with an actual clip.