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Tracking With PFTrack

In this tutorial I show you how easy it is to bring your footage into PFTrack and then quickly take that data into Cinema 4D to begin to add your elements. PFTrack has many of the same features as Boujou and SynthEyes. PFTrack is a very robust program and what I cover in this tutorial only begins to scratch the surface.

If you have any questions let me know.

http://www.vimeo.com/8334432

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12 Responses to “Tracking With PFTrack”

  1. Mike Petrik Says:
    December 22nd, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Hey Brad! Not sure if this is on my end, but the audio goes in and out. Just a heads up. Even without sound its easy to follow along.

    Thanks!
    Mike

  2. Brad Chmielewski Says:
    December 22nd, 2009 at 10:21 am

    Thanks Mike had this same issues with another video I was uploading to to vimeo. I’ll re-upload now.

  3. Rado Says:
    December 22nd, 2009 at 11:03 am

    hi brad,
    first of all thx for your tuts,especially for this one here!!
    but at ca 0:56 min i can´t here your voice anymore….so i dont know if it´s my fault or maybe something wrong with your streaming record,hope it can be fixed

    keep up your excellent work and i wish u happy holidays !!!

  4. Brad Chmielewski Says:
    December 22nd, 2009 at 11:51 am

    Rado,

    Yep trying to re-covert it now and get it uploaded stay tuned.

  5. Tracking With PFTrack (Free Education Friday #8) - John Kostrzewski Says:
    December 25th, 2009 at 7:04 am

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  6. Niek Says:
    December 29th, 2009 at 6:45 am

    thanks brad, you’ve been a great help to me!

  7. James Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    Hey dude,

    Thanks so much for this tutorial. I’m having a bit of a nightmare with my tracks though…
    I’m using Cinema 4D and some 1080/24p footage from my camera.

    The track looks great in PFTrack, but then when I match the background and my track data / camera in Cinema 4D, the tracks dont stay in the right place after the first frame.

    I’ve googled this and found a guy saying “make sure when previewing the work that you’ve set the camera output aspect to the same as your background plate footage ” … but I have no idea what this is… perhaps my footage is out of sync?

    Many thanks,

    James

  8. peter Says:
    January 15th, 2010 at 2:41 am

    Than for the tut,
    i have the same problem as James “The track looks great in PFTrack, but then when I match the background and my track data / camera in Cinema 4D, the tracks dont stay in the right place after the first frame.”

    hope can help us out

  9. peter Says:
    January 15th, 2010 at 3:35 am

    - Solved it .. Make sure that the PFtracker Camera FRAME SIZE is the same
    as the FILM ASPECT in “Output” under rendersettings in Cinema4d ..
    that should do the trick..

  10. Brad Chmielewski Says:
    January 15th, 2010 at 7:44 am

    Great! Glad you got it figured out. Thanks for watching.

  11. M_Woody Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 3:56 am

    ok, peter, how do i find out the “PFtracker Camera FRAME SIZE”?

    please email me how at mwoody92 (at) gmail.com, thanks

  12. A_Wiltz Says:
    June 16th, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    Hey, can you tell me how to find the PF Tracker Camera FRAME SIZE too please? aewiltz@loyno.edu

    Thankssss!

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