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| Thanks all for the feedback. There's actually a few Maya scripts that will do the baking for you, handy if you have lots of objects you want to import. I used this one: http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/utility-external/c/camera-and-object-positions-to-after-effects--2 Some of the scripts will scale your Maya scene before baking, but I much prefer Nathan's parent to null trick. It lets you scale the Maya scene to AE units that make sense for what you're doing with flexibility. I unparented the nulls and camera from the null after the scale but kept it around so I knew the value I scaled up to, in case I modified the Maya scene and wanted to reimport objects or cameras. -louai On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 6:48 AM, Robert Kjettrup <robert@stvmayday.dk> wrote: > The first thing i check when exporting a 3d camera from Softimage to AE, is > that i have the same FOV value, and both are measured horisontally. This is > what normally goes wrong for me if the camera doesn't translate correctly > into AE. > > > Robert Kjettrup / Grafiker / STV Mayday > Mobil: 25 18 95 16 > Mail: robert@stvmayday.dk > > > > 2012/9/19 Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com> >> >> I've had some times where the camera lens information came in screwed up. >> It seems like it swapped some values or something. I don't recall it being >> too big of an issue to correct if you can open the maya scene and cross >> reference the camera lens and filmback parameters over to the AE camera >> settings. I've found with AE, Maya, and Softimage, you can use the same >> camera values and it lines up. For instance, if the lens in Maya is 20mm >> with a certain film size, I can match that number in AE and find success. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Louai Abu-Osba <me@louai.org> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you all very much! That's immensely useful to know. >>> >>> -louai >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Chris Meyer <chris@crishdesign.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Don't use non-square pixels. That's one thing I've had trip up the >>> > conversion (years ago when I used to attempt it). >>> > >>> > - Chris >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sep 18, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Louai Abu-Osba wrote: >>> > >>> >> hey all, >>> >> >>> >> I'm working on a shot where I'll need to integrate a maya camera and >>> >> locators into my AE comp and am wondering if you can offer any >>> >> pointers or gotchas I should look out for. I've heard from some people >>> >> that were never able to get the resulting AE camera to match the Maya >>> >> camera perfectly and locators didn't translate correctly either. What >>> >> I'd like to do is import the maya camera and several locators that >>> >> will be parented to several characters finger tips. Any insight that's >>> >> not in the official documentation is appreciated. Thanks! >>> >> >>> >> -louai >>> >> >>> >> +---End of message---+ >>> >> To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> >>> > >>> > >>> > +---End of message---+ >>> > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> >>> >>> +---End of message---+ >>> To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> >> >> > |
