Planar track

Last updated 16 September 2026

Planar track is a Utility effect.

What it does

Follows a flat surface, or one or two points, through a shot, and writes the movement onto another layer as a Corner pin or as transform keys.

Where what is being followed stops being followable, the analysis stops there and keeps the part that worked.

Parameter	Control	Range	Default	Unit
Analyse	Button	-	-	-
Cancel	Button	-	-	-
Create corner pin	Button	-	-	-
Create transform keys	Button	-	-	-
Follow	Dropdown	Surface · One point · Two points	Surface	-
Upper left x	Slider	-1920 to 3840; any value by typing	660	Pixels at composition size
Upper left y	Slider	-1080 to 2160; any value by typing	370	Pixels at composition size
Upper right x	Slider	-1920 to 3840; any value by typing	1260	Pixels at composition size
Upper right y	Slider	-1080 to 2160; any value by typing	370	Pixels at composition size
Lower left x	Slider	-1920 to 3840; any value by typing	660	Pixels at composition size
Lower left y	Slider	-1080 to 2160; any value by typing	710	Pixels at composition size
Lower right x	Slider	-1920 to 3840; any value by typing	1260	Pixels at composition size
Lower right y	Slider	-1080 to 2160; any value by typing	710	Pixels at composition size
Point 1 x	Slider	-1920 to 3840; any value by typing	860	Pixels at composition size
Point 1 y	Slider	-1080 to 2160; any value by typing	440	Pixels at composition size
Point 2 x	Slider	-1920 to 3840; any value by typing	1060	Pixels at composition size
Point 2 y	Slider	-1080 to 2160; any value by typing	640	Pixels at composition size
Region size	Slider	16 to 400; any value by typing	80	Pixels at composition size
Pin layer	Layer	Any layer in the composition	None	-
Feature density	Dropdown	Low · Normal · High	Normal	-
Use masks	Checkbox	On or off	On	-

Analyse: start tracking.
Cancel: stop a track that is running.
Create corner pin: put a keyframed Corner pin on the layer named below.
Create transform keys: keyframe that layer’s own Position, Rotation and Scale to the movement instead. The keys are added to what the layer already had. Following one point writes Position alone.
Follow: a flat surface as four corners, one point, or two points followed separately. Two points need not be on one surface.
Upper left, Upper right, Lower left and Lower right: the four corners of the surface. Read when Follow is Surface.
Point 1 and Point 2: the points to follow. Read when Follow is one of the point options; Point 2 only for Two points.
Region size: how wide each point’s search box is.
Pin layer: which layer the Corner pin, or the transform keys, are put on.
Feature density: how many specks the tracker chases. More is slower but copes better with a plain or badly lit surface.
Use masks: masks on the layer are left out of the track.