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Perform motion tracking on video footage

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

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The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskTrack the movement of the product box in the 'Hero Shot' footage and apply that motion data to…+
Track the movement of the product box in the 'Hero Shot' footage and apply that motion data to the text overlay 'New Product Launch' so it follows the box perfectly.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore I finalize the 'Tutorial Video' for the web, review all the motion tracks. Make sure the…+
Before I finalize the 'Tutorial Video' for the web, review all the motion tracks. Make sure the tracked elements like arrows and text overlays stick precisely to their targets, even with camera movement, and that there's no visible 'sliding' or 'jitter' on a phone screen.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI'm trying to track the phone screen in the 'App Demo' footage, but the motion tracker keeps…+
The motion tracker just failed on a crucial shot with a lot of camera movement.
I'm trying to track the phone screen in the 'App Demo' footage, but the motion tracker keeps losing its points because the camera is shaking a lot and the screen reflections are changing. I'm afraid I won't be able to get a stable track, and I can't reshoot. What's the most likely reason for the failure, and what's the best next move to salvage this shot and get a solid track, even if it's not fully automatic?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI consistently struggle to get reliable motion tracks on footage with difficult elements like…+
I often struggle to get reliable motion tracks on challenging footage.
I consistently struggle to get reliable motion tracks on footage with difficult elements like reflections, fast movement, or low contrast, leading to manual keyframing and wasted hours. This always pushes deadlines. What habit can I change in my approach to motion tracking or my pre-analysis of footage to more effectively handle these challenging shots from the start, saving me from those panicked last-minute fixes?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Adobe After Effects's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.