Deformable geometry in PFtrack

Has anyone done any deformable object geometry
tracking with PFtrack 2011?
What kind of obj should i use and is there any
tutorial? Any information will be appreciated.

PFTrack and masks

Hi

Can anyone tell me if the new PFTrack can use a mask of a depth map to assist it in its tracking. Lets say I would have the first and last frame of a sequence as a depth map and I would use this to support the tracking solve for the rest of the sequence.

Thanks
Laszlo

Boujou to Maya HELP

I’m having some problems with exporting a camera solve from boujou to MAya.

I plan to embed CGI elements in live footage.

I have recorded a simple pan round a room, and i have tracked the footage in Boujou and it looks a good track.

I have also built a to-scale model of the room.

But when i export from Boujou and import camera into Maya, its at the wrong scale so all the perspectives are off.

Boujou gives the option of a scale number. I’ve tried 10 and its too small, 100 is too big, am i really meant to try every number between 10 and 100 until i find one thats the right scale?

Andy

BOUJOU navigation problem…

How come I can zoom in in 2D view, but when I go to 3D view I can’t navigate at all ! Anyone know what happen? Is there like a navigation lock or something in Boujou ?

PF Track Point Distance

Hi!

How to set manually distance between two trackers for 3D (for example I have two points tracked but in Max they are very close to each other – i would like to set them manually that distance between them is 2m – not 10 cm like in Max scene)

PF Track help

Hey guys,
I’m doing a 3D track in PFTrack for a big problem shot. It was shot on green screen with track markers but the camera movement is a huge sweeping rotation of over 100 degrees. I thought I got a pretty decent track all things considiring as I was able to place test objects in and they stuck great… But the grid in the rotation is actually not rotating nearly enough. So what I end up having is a first have that tracks well a rotation that is wrong and a second half that tracks well.

Everywhere I read up says to use user tracks to fix problem shots but I just don’t understand how they work… Do you use them in conjunction with an autotrack and if so when? before the auto track? or after? Also What should I do when the track marker goes off camera? Just move it off frame and make new tracks?

Could i Have Some Raw Footage?

I don’t Have a decent camera at the moment and would like to practice tracking and my vfx skills overall. Would someone give me some Decent Quality raw footage please? The more the merrier! Any would be very appreciated.

PFtrack to Lightwave for dummies

I have a scene in a restaurant (green screen) I tracked in PFtrack. I have the option to export as an LWS, etc etc.

I already have an LWS which consists of the 3D modeled restaurant. Can someone PLEASE give me a step by step as to how these two items work together? I literally do not know how to import the PFtrack LWS (if that’s even the format I should export as) into my already existing LWS file which consists of my 3D modeled restaurant.

I would have thought there was an "import camera" function to Layout, or something similar. All the tutorials I’ve read, as well as all of the forum posts already assume you know how to get the tracked camera into lightwave.

So please, can someone let me know the step by step details as to how, after you camera solve in PFtrack, you get that into lightwave with an already existing LWS file.

PF Survey Data

Im a bit confused about survery data, Im looking at the first object tracking shot here:

http://www.hollywoodcamerawork.us/trackingplates.html

How do you use the survey shot to help with the final result?

Cheers,
Rusty

Geometry Tracking Error

hi ,
i am getting a error saying Tracking stopped at frame 0 No solved camera!

how to solve this ,

for the first time the camera solved, after Reset the shot , i am getting the above ERROR 🙁

plz help me in this , thz in advance