Return-Path: Received: from eatspam.slcc.edu ([144.35.15.69] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4752641 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:59:45 +0200 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1340208148-0439c30fef60e0b000f-edO5QZ Received: from vCAS1.slcc.int ([10.1.11.52]) by eatspam.slcc.edu with ESMTP id zQuKSBYghNBLvk4D for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:02:38 -0600 (MDT) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: John.Morgan@slcc.edu Received: from EXCH.slcc.int ([127.0.0.1]) by vCAS1.slcc.int ([fe80::5023:faf7:26da:d5bf%11]) with mapi; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:33:54 -0600 From: John Morgan To: After Effects Mail List Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:33:53 -0600 Subject: 3D camera tracker dysfunction Thread-Topic: 3D camera tracker dysfunction X-ASG-Orig-Subj: 3D camera tracker dysfunction Thread-Index: Ac1O7enI/EE0bWQcTsCICh7LfT4xVA== Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_EAE675A223415848A14AA69EBCDE9D0A6498746DBEEXCHslccint_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Barracuda-Connect: UNKNOWN[10.1.11.52] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1340208158 X-Barracuda-URL: http://eatspam.slcc.edu:8000/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at slcc.edu X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=6.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.2.100412 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.00 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message --_000_EAE675A223415848A14AA69EBCDE9D0A6498746DBEEXCHslccint_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [Sorry if this double posts] I've been studying Brian Maffitt's 3D camera tracker video http://www.yout= ube.com/watch?v=3DM9ZeG7-QdSo and comparing my own results with a clip I s= hot with a Glidecam system rotating around a basket sitting on a countertop= . I get entirely different results than those shown in Brian's video. After analyzing/solving my clip by way of "Track Camera", then picking the = tracking points that create a target plane of the correct orientation, then= right-clicking that target and choosing Create Text and Camera, things go = incredibly different than as shown in Brian's video at 3:30. In my clip's c= ase, after applying text and camera, if I then scrub through the comp my vi= deo clip layer wildly moves around and goes off screen, revealing the black= background, yet with all the tracking points and my new text layer correct= ly in place. I find myself needing to replace the original video layer fro= m which the tracking points were obtained because the original layer took o= ff, flying around as if it was constrained to some imaginary null that is n= ow the 3D camera's point of interest. Very annoying. I'm doing the exact same things as shown in Brian's video, = but Brian's layer of the tree limb does not start moving around after addin= g text and camera. In Brian's video, when he adds Create Text and Camera, = his text is immediately visible in the scene, In my case, I see a text box,= but no text. The text is actually laying behind my video layer. Very puzzl= ing. Any explanation? Thanks, John This message, and any attachments, is intended only for the use of the addr= essee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential or ot= herwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this= e-mail is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any una= uthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message = is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please no= tify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments= from your system.= --_000_EAE675A223415848A14AA69EBCDE9D0A6498746DBEEXCHslccint_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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I’ve been studying Brian Maffitt’s 3D camera tra= cker video  h= ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DM9ZeG7-QdSo  and comparing my own = results with a clip I shot with a Glidecam system rotating around a basket = sitting on a countertop.  I get entirely different results than those = shown in Brian’s video.

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After analyzing/solving my clip by way of &= #8220;Track Camera”, then picking the tracking points that create a t= arget plane of the correct orientation, then right-clicking that target and= choosing Create Text and Camera, things go incredibly different than as sh= own in Brian’s video at 3:30. In my clip’s case, after applying= text and camera, if I then scrub through the comp my video clip layer wild= ly moves around and goes off screen, revealing the black background, yet wi= th all the tracking points and my new text layer correctly in place.  = I find myself needing to replace the original video layer from which the tr= acking points were obtained because the original layer took off, flying aro= und as if it was constrained to some imaginary null that is now the 3D came= ra’s point of interest.

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Very annoying.  I’m doing the ex= act same things as shown in Brian’s video, but Brian’s layer of= the tree limb does not start moving around after adding text and camera.&n= bsp; In Brian’s video, when he adds Create Text and Camera, his text = is immediately visible in the scene, In my case, I see a text box, but no t= ext. The text is actually laying behind my video layer. Very puzzling.=

 

An= y explanation?

 

Thanks,

John=

 

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