ActiveTrack
Also known as: DJI ActiveTrack, FocusTrack, drone follow mode
A DJI subject-tracking mode in which the drone locks onto a person, car or boat you select and follows it automatically, keeping it framed as it moves.
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What it means
ActiveTrack is DJI's name for automatic subject tracking on its camera drones. You draw a box around a subject in the DJI Fly app, or tap one the drone has already recognized, and the aircraft uses its cameras and vision sensors to follow it, steering itself and the gimbal to keep the subject in frame. It sits in a group DJI calls FocusTrack, next to Spotlight, where you fly and the camera stays locked on, and Point of Interest, which circles the subject.
For solo athletes this is the main attraction: the drone becomes your follow cam operator, so a skier, cyclist or kiter gets third-person footage without a second person on the controls. The feature has gone through several generations, and newer versions track faster subjects and handle obstacles better.
How it works in practice
Older versions offered modes such as Trace, following from behind, and Parallel, flying alongside. With ActiveTrack 360 on models like the Mini 4 Pro and Air 3, you drag the drone's position around the subject on a wheel while it tracks. Set distance and height before you start moving, and give the drone a few seconds to lock on.
Tracking works best when the subject contrasts with the background, moves at a steady pace and stays in open terrain. A road cyclist on an open pass is far easier than a mountain bike descent through dense forest. Many riders record at 4K and 50 or 60 fps so the best moments can also be used as slow motion.
What to watch out for
Obstacle sensing has limits. Thin branches, power lines and wires are hard for vision sensors to see, low light reduces how well the system works, and some directions may be covered by fewer sensors than others. Trees are where most tracking sessions end badly, so start in open ground and stay ready to take over.
The drone can also lose the subject behind a tree, or switch to another person in a similar jacket, and then it simply hovers. That leaves long stretches of empty sky in the raw footage. A fast skier or a motorbike can outrun the tracking too. Check local rules on flying over or near people before relying on it at events.
How RawClip handles it
A tracked session often produces long clips where only part of the ride is good. Upload them as they are, together with POV clips from your helmet camera if you have them, and RawClip cuts out the hovering and lost-subject stretches, keeps the peak action and edits everything into one highlight at the length you choose.