Hasta La Motion!

I don’t do much 3D modeling /animations however, I have just finished a Car chase sequence in Maya. I plan on doing the motion blurs & Lens flares in Nuke. although I have the motion blur covered already, I keep telling myself "there must be a better way" when it comes to the lens Flare.

I need to track the headlights of the car and then apply the lens flare.

So when in nuke, I tracked the headlamps. But I keep thinking there might be something better I can do in Maya that will eliminate the 2D TRACKING in NUKE.
I mean, i have so much available to me in Maya (Zdepth, vector blurs,Passes, etc) So I keep thinking that I’m missing something when it comes to Tracking objects.

2d tracking in Nuke? Is this the only way?

Thanks,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nch4quZfLxs

alternate link

http://vimeo.com/21685948

Thanks for looking

-Scott

I’m having (I think) a problem with the motionblur in the roto/rotopaint tool: it’s not smooth, you can see "steps" – I have attached an image to show what I mean.
This problem only started a couple of days ago; and although there are ways around it, I would really much like to correct it at the source. I’ve checked the viewer settings but can find anything weird; and the problem appears even after render. I’ve also obviously checked settings for the roto/rotopaint tool, but you can always see those weird steps.

Any suggestion would be lovely!
Thanks,
Benoit

I have a background in computer vision and am trying to get into the technical side of compositing. I’m currently learning Nuke and was wondering how everyone in this forum got into the technical side. Are you Compositor TDs that started out as roto artists, or are you programmers working in the R&D group?

With the USA and European market in mind, what would be the best way in?

Looking forward to learning more,
Tony