Mar
15
I was set a challenge today to see if it’s possible to track a piece of footage of a fighter jet and then add in missiles under the wing. So far so simple, but the footage is shot with a long lens with the jet high in the sky doing a simple bank to the left. Nothing passes in the background other than blue sky.
When I track this in Syntheyes using manual placement of trackers (it’s really blurry SD footage) I can get a track that results in a fairly steady motion but not spectacular.
Is this the kind of shot with so little parallax that it won’t track at all or am I missing out a stage?
The issue seems to be that if I solve as a tripod shot I get a crazy high hpix error, or if I solve on automatic the jet stays still and the camera moves and the missile I put in spins in place. Theoretically that last option could work if I could work out the focal length perhaps, but I’m at a loss as to how to work this out. Seems advanced for a novice matchmover.
When I track this in Syntheyes using manual placement of trackers (it’s really blurry SD footage) I can get a track that results in a fairly steady motion but not spectacular.
Is this the kind of shot with so little parallax that it won’t track at all or am I missing out a stage?
The issue seems to be that if I solve as a tripod shot I get a crazy high hpix error, or if I solve on automatic the jet stays still and the camera moves and the missile I put in spins in place. Theoretically that last option could work if I could work out the focal length perhaps, but I’m at a loss as to how to work this out. Seems advanced for a novice matchmover.
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