Drawing a number in the air - won't track correctly

Hi.
I watched the tutorial on how to do this - see http://homepage.mac.com/specialcase/movies/Tracking_Finger.mov The chap in the video places a green square on his finger and Motion tracks it perfectly to get the desired effect.
My situation is that during an interview my talking head started drawing shapes in the air unpromted. All I have to track is a pink finger in front of a blue shirt and brown backdrop. My experiments in tracking his finger / hand haven't been good. The track follows the finger for half a second before darting off in the opposite direction.
I think it's great that Motion can follow a green square on someone's finger. But is there are real hope for me and my talking head?
Steve

I can't say for sure, since I don't have your material, but I'd try adding a Channel Swap filter to your guy, then take the Red from Red, the Green from Red, and the Blue from Red, which should give you a black and white image that makes his blue shirt quite dark, and his pink finger quite light. Then try and track that. There will most likely be frames that you'll have to track by hand, but playing with the size of the tracking area, etc should get you thru it.
Patrick

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