Ball TracerBuy — $79
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Tour

Watch it trace a golf shot

Ball Tracer in DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro, from adding the effect to the finished trail. 2:42, with sound.

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Chapters

Chapters, and what the tour says in each

  1. Play from 0:00A traced shot
  2. Play from 0:06Add it to a clip

    Every shot, traced right inside your edit. Search for Ball Tracer, and add it to your clip.

  3. Play from 0:14Mark the ball at impact

    Go to the frame the ball is struck, and put Ball At Impact on the ball.

  4. Play from 0:20Trace Ball

    Hit Trace Ball. It follows the ball through every frame it can see. Then physics works out the rest of the flight, all the way down.

  5. Play from 0:33Guide it to the landing

    Landing in the shot, but the trace missed it? Drop the Landing marker where it comes down, and the trace is guided right onto it.

  6. Play from 0:45Shape the arc with its handles

    Want it different? Drag the handle at the top. With three handles, the arc stays smooth.

  7. Play from 0:55Trace with your marks as help

    Ball lost in the shade for a few frames? Click it where you can see it, and Trace With Marks As Help.

  8. Play from 1:06Draw a path from marks

    A shot nothing could trace? Mark the ball, frame by frame, then press Draw Path From Marks, and your path is drawn through every mark.

  9. Play from 1:22How the trail is revealed

    Pick how the trail is revealed, from the Reveal Curve list. Here, Snap and Drop on a tee shot.

  10. Play from 1:33Looks

    Now give it a look: Simple, Paper Ribbon, Broadcast Tube, Flow Dash. Then set the gradient, the width, the taper and the gloss.

  11. Play from 1:44A shadow on the ground

    Filmed from the side? Give it a shadow on the ground, as strong, as long, and as soft as you like.

  12. Play from 1:53Animations

    Choose how it plays: Follow Ball, Peak Wipe, Comet Trail, Overlap Dissolve.

  13. Play from 2:01Behind the trees

    Ball going behind the trees? Turn on Hide Behind Objects, with Sky Only. Overlap Shadow, where it crosses itself.

  14. Play from 2:15AutoZoom

    AutoZoom pushes in on the landing. Zoom Amount sets how close it gets.

  15. Play from 2:25In Premiere Pro

    Now in Premiere Pro, too. Search for Ball Tracer, and add it to your clip.