Why can't I select the tracker number int the secondary room

Hi I want to know why is it when I'am in a secondary, it's enabled, I goto vignette, user shape, this takes me to the geometry room. I create a vignette and attach it. I then goto tracker and either manually track or try an automatic track, then go back to my secondary ( making sure I'm in the right secondary tab) and try to change the tracker number for my user shape vignette, nothing happens. ......BUT if I select in the vignette, either the square or the circle, I can use my tracker that I just set and it works fine to track the object. of course I don't want the square or the circle since these objects are not adequate for outlining my region of interest.
I do know that Color can behave in some strange ways, for example if you click rapidly enough whilst using a manual tracker ( and you happen to have FCP6.0.2 open) you can actuate the smoothcam filter!!!!, yes unbelievable as it sounds, I've done it on several occasions, while you are in Color!

Anyway I'm getting side tracked, hope someone can help out with my query above.


FCC63

PS oh I ended up having to create a vignette and key frame the region of interest, which, ok, I would have needed to key frame anyway but being able to use the tracker really would have saved me lots of time.

MacPro 2.66GHz dual core, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Dual core 2.66GHz 3GB RAM Radeon XT1900

Posted on Mar 9, 2008 11:46 AM

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Mar 9, 2008 12:12 PM in response to Francis Chee

You're not being ignored...

My bet is that so few people use the tracker that we just don't know! I think I've only used it once in the last three years, and I forget. Its only a one-point trajectory and is very slow, and usually your object of interest is changing shape, so to heck with it. Keyframe.

It has a strange "attach" routine... give me a moment....

jPo

Mar 9, 2008 12:58 PM in response to Francis Chee

Hi JPO, thanks for your help. Yeah I ended up keyframing but really could have probably used the tracker.
I mean what are people out there really using? When this stuff was Final Touch was it this strange? I was led to believe that Final Touch was run on Unix machine? If so then I know that the hardware architecture is completely different in say a Silicon Graphics machine to that of a Mac. Is this why there seems to be some many anomalies with Color?


regards


FCC63

Mar 9, 2008 4:46 PM in response to Francis Chee

No, its much improved, as a matter of fact.
FT 2.7 ( which didn't get much past Release Candidate) was largely jumped over by most, going straight from 2.6.x to COLOR1, which in some circles could be referred to as FT 2.7.6 or so.

I posted a URL in the "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" thread to a 2003 press release regarding Final Touch 2k/4K (yes, 4K in 2003) where it was introduced at IBC. At that point it was constructed to run on SGI stations.

jPo

Mar 11, 2008 1:42 AM in response to JP Owens

Hi jPo, I did end up finding this out only ( didn't check the AD yesterday) today from Alexis Van Hurkaman as well. Stupid me it was ( the use tracker) staring at me all the time in the geometry room. The ironic thing was that I ended up having to key frame the region anyway! But now I know.
Thanks for your rapid help with this I really appreciate it big time.
Thanks for the other info re FT.
regards


FCC63

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