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Draw tactics over a screenshot from a real match

Short answer

How do I draw tactics over a screenshot from a real match?

With Match Picture: upload the frame, mark four or more points of the pitch on it, and the Studio works out the camera that took it. Your players, runs, passes and zones are then drawn on the grass in perspective, in Play and in every video and picture.

Where
Match footage, under The board. From a real match, on your systems page, starts a new board from a picture.
Plan
Amateur and above.
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Step by step

  1. Add a picture and mark the pitch

    Open Match footage under The board, choose Picture, press Add a picture, then drop, paste or choose a frame. Pick a point on the little pitch and click the same point in the picture; from four points the pitch is drawn over the frame in gold, so you can see it fits. Then put each player on the real one. Edit the points moves them later; Off all through puts every phase back on the board.

  2. Find the players

    Find the players places them for you. Once the points fit, it finds every player in the picture, on this device and with no credits, splits the teams by their shirts and rings each one on the grass. Press a ring to change his side or leave him out, drag it onto his feet, press the grass to add one it missed, then put them on the board: each takes the nearest counter of his side, so numbers and names stay. From a real match, on your systems page, starts a new board this way.

  3. Draw on it, hide it, or see both

    Then draw on it, or hide it. Hide the picture, beside the zoom at the foot of the board, puts the phase on your own pitch with every player where he stood in the match. Show the picture brings it back.

    Both views, beside it, shows the picture and your board together, side by side or one over the other, whichever gives them more room. Drag, draw and place on either: it is the same phase, so it shows on both.

What Match Picture does

Draws a phase over a frame from a real match. Upload a screenshot and mark four or more points of the pitch on it, like the corners of the box and the penalty spot, and the studio works out the camera that took it. Your players show as rings at their feet with their numbers over their heads, and runs, passes and zones lie on the grass in perspective. It runs from the phase you set it on, in Play and in every video and picture. The picture is private to you: a share link, Team Talk and the PDF show that phase on your board.

On iPhone and iPad

The iPhone and iPad app keeps the pictures and shows those phases on the board for now.

Questions

Who can see the picture?

Only you. It is saved privately to your account. A share link, Team Talk and the PDF show that phase on your own board.

Does finding the players use credits?

No. The players are found on your device, with no credits, and the teams are split by their shirts. You can change a side, leave a player out or add one it missed before they go on the board.

Can I analyse a whole clip?

Not yet: Match Video is coming soon. A clip will play on the board, stop where you want to explain, show your phases over that frame and play on.

Can I draw tactics over a screenshot from a real match?

Yes, with Match Picture, on Amateur and Pro. Upload a frame from a broadcast or a club camera and mark four or more points of the pitch on it, like the corners of the box and the penalty spot, and the Studio works out the camera that took it. Find the players then finds every player in the frame on your device, with no credits, splits the teams by their shirts and puts them on the board. Your runs, passes and zones lie on the grass in perspective, in Play and in every video and picture. The picture is private to you: a share link, Team Talk and the PDF show that phase on your board.