<p>I finally heard back from the Author:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"I use Adobe After Effects for the graphics in all my videos.  The head tracker is basically a solid line with transparency set to about 50%.  The rotation point on the line is moved to one end of the line, and then you place it on the player's head and set it to follow a null point.  In some of the cases, I had to animate the line manually.  It does take a bit of time, but it definitely highlights the point.  Let me know if you need any other help.  Good luck!"</p>
</blockquote>

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2016-09-09T18:33:18.400Z
2016-09-09T18:33:18.400Z
Hunter
<p>It doesn't really look like it is actually being tracked.  It looks like a manual overlay of a line on to it based on the head movement.  It really doesn't look particularly accurate either from what I can tell.  Something like Adobe After Effects (paid) or Black Magic's Fusion (free) can easily be used to accomplish this, though they do both have a learning curve.</p>

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2016-09-04T00:51:46.467Z
2016-09-04T00:51:46.467Z
AJ Henderson
<p>At the 1:20 mark of this video, the author incorporates a line of sight marker to track the players line of vision. Any suggestions on how he did this? What software he might have used, etc?</p>

<p>I want to try and reproduce in some of my own videos.</p>

<p><div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_dYy4QGXnns?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div></p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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2016-09-01T06:08:59.067Z
Ask Howard Chang, the guy who's video it is. I'm sure he'd tell you.
paulzag
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2016-09-01T11:10:34.417Z
Thanks, already tried. No reply. Hard to get messages through on youTube.
Hunter
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Head/Vision Tracking
Hunter
# Head/Vision Tracking

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-30)

At the 1:20 mark of this video, the author incorporates a line of sight marker to track the players line of vision. Any suggestions on how he did this? What software he might have used, etc?

I want to try and reproduce in some of my own videos.

Thank you.

**Tags:** editing, youtube, motion

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Ask Howard Chang, the guy who's video it is. I'm sure he'd tell you.  
> **username_0**: Thanks, already tried. No reply. Hard to get messages through on youTube.  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2016-09-09. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

I finally heard back from the Author:

> "I use Adobe After Effects for the graphics in all my videos. The head tracker is basically a solid line with transparency set to about 50%. The rotation point on the line is moved to one end of the line, and then you place it on the player's head and set it to follow a null point. In some of the cases, I had to animate the line manually. It does take a bit of time, but it definitely highlights the point. Let me know if you need any other help. Good luck!"


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-09-04. Score: 2

It doesn't really look like it is actually being tracked. It looks like a manual overlay of a line on to it based on the head movement. It really doesn't look particularly accurate either from what I can tell. Something like Adobe After Effects (paid) or Black Magic's Fusion (free) can easily be used to accomplish this, though they do both have a learning curve.


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