Basketball Shot Tracer.
Follow every flight.

A basketball Shot Tracer adds a visible path to a recorded shot, helping a viewer follow the ball’s flight. The effect is most useful when it stays aligned with the real action and leaves the player, ball and basket easy to see. It is a visual aid rather than a substitute for the underlying footage.

This demo uses actual sample video with the trajectories already rendered into the picture. Choose between three prepared plays and inspect each one using replay, the timeline or half-speed playback. The page does not track a new ball, generate a new trajectory or edit the existing effect.

For a step-by-step review workflow, read how to add and review a basketball shot trajectory. The controls above let you inspect the prepared output directly instead of relying on a still image of the effect.

1. Choose a prepared play

   Select Blue #1, Red shorts or Black kit to jump to its sample shot. Each option points to a different segment of the existing reel. The selected card and shot label tell you which play is active; replay starts from that segment’s beginning.

2. Inspect the action within the clip

   Use Set-up, Mid-play and Finish to pause at different positions inside the chosen segment. These are fixed positions within the clip, not automatically detected release, apex or rim-contact events. Move the timeline yourself when you want to inspect a more precise frame.

3. Replay at half speed

   Choose Replay at 0.5× to watch the selected shot more slowly. This changes playback speed only; it does not retrack the ball or change the rendered trajectory. Use the speed control to return to normal playback and judge how the effect reads at its intended pace.

4. Check the result against the ball

   Compare the visible line with the recorded ball and basket. Look for the effect drifting away from the shot, obscuring important action or remaining visible too long. For your own footage, inspect the actual saved output before sharing it outside the editing app.

Shot Tracer focuses on the flight inside one basketball shot. Auto clipping focuses on finding and separating moments in footage. If you are starting with a longer recording, review the selected plays first, then inspect the shots where a trajectory would help.

Try the basketball auto clipping and highlight selection demo to build a shortlist from the sample reel. Both demos use the same prepared footage, but the controls answer different questions: which plays should you keep, and how does a traced shot look?

If you are preparing a complete video, the basketball highlight editing guide explains how to preserve context and check your export. The basketball highlight storyboard examples offer ways to organize plays around the action rather than the effect.