Camera Tracking

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Camera Tracking

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Software:Blender 2.73 ·
Difficulty:Advanced

Have you ever wondered why most greenscreens have pieces of tape on them? The answer: camera tracking. To ensure that our actors appear to be sitting in their 3D Blender environment properly, we have to “track” the real-life camera and match the virtual camera to its movement and properties. We are using a simple shot with a nice and steady camera movement to demonstrate how this is done.

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Where's the footage?

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dcook1982
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Where's the footage?

I noticed that there's no download link for the footage used in the course. Where can I download the footage you used so I can follow along?

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Okay, I just tried this again with an older version of Blender (2.74). The difference is night and day. MUCH better tracki...

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Chuck Taylor (chuckntaylor)
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Okay, I just tried this again with an older version of Blender (2.74). The difference is night and day. MUCH better tracki...

Okay, I just tried this again with an older version of Blender (2.74). The difference is night and day. MUCH better tracking now.

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Is there a large difference between Blender 2.73 and Blender 2.77a (current) in terms of tracking performance? I am on the...

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Chuck Taylor (chuckntaylor)
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Is there a large difference between Blender 2.73 and Blender 2.77a (current) in terms of tracking performance? I am on the...

Is there a large difference between Blender 2.73 and Blender 2.77a (current) in terms of tracking performance? I am on the second video and truly struggling with the tracks. This is especially pronounced in the perspective keys on the floor where the box shifts abruptly. Even simple location keys on objects fail every couple frames, or are very jittery. The search area is appropriate. I have tried many different key settings to try and clear this up, but I am finding that I need to manually track frame by frame by hand.

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What was the reasoning behind switching to a perspective tracker when you moved on to the floor? Thanks!

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ifcruickshank1
1 answer · asked September 30, 2015 6:21pm

What was the reasoning behind switching to a perspective tracker when you moved on to the floor? Thanks!

What was the reasoning behind switching to a perspective tracker when you moved on to the floor? Thanks!

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