[Andy Baumgartner]

Thanks guys! Adjusting the field of view fixed it!

That’s a good trick to use a grid effect.

[Andy Baumgartner]

Thanks for the info Steve. To clarify, I am already using the file>export to get the After Effects tracked camera, and some hand placed reference points into Cinema.

As a sort of intermediate in the “3D Camera Tracker” effect, there are colorful tracking points shown on the screen. As far as I can see they are only shown in 2D (although they must be 3D behind the scenes). I’m interested in getting the 3D points so I can ideally use them as a reference and also for troubleshooting.

Some background in case it’s relevant/interesting to anyone: I am trying to add animated 3d arrows which show the flow of water through some large pipes to drone footage. In my current workflow, after I get the tracked camera from After Effects I also need the physical geometry (in the form of a STL file) to create the lines with the arrows travel on. I have to manually rotate that STL file around in Cinema 4D to match 3D nulls I’ve manually placed in AE in order to register everything. But if I had a 3D version of the colorful tracking points, I could avoid both the STL file and the manual registration points. Or maybe I should just cough up the money for the camera tracker feature in Cinema 4D?

[Andy Baumgartner]

Thanks for the reply Steve, I’ll check if there are any camera settings in AE.

The CAD is just an STL file (3d geometry) rendered in Cinema 4D (with the camera and reference points from After Effects), so cad rendering isn’t the problem in this case. I suppose I could intentionally squish the physical geometry in Cinema 4D as a last resort, but I feel like it might look cheesy.

I’m planning on trying a different drone shot with more parallax tomorrow, maybe it will give the tracker more the work with or let me know if something else besides the angle is the problem.

[Andy Baumgartner]

Also, I have a broadcast licence for C4D.

[Andy Baumgartner]

Hi Steve, thanks for the reply. I am on r19 for C4D and 15.0.1 for After Effects.

[Andy Baumgartner]

Anyone else have this weird graphics behavior in windows 10?

[Andy Baumgartner]

Hi Brian, I wasn’t able to find anywhere to download or purchase rBoole. Could you possibly send me the files?

[Andy Baumgartner]

Awesome, thanks Brian! I’ll check it out.

[Andy Baumgartner]

Thanks! I didn’t even know about submix’s, but it worked perfectly!

[Andy Baumgartner]

Hi, Steve. The original codec is h.264 from a Canon T3i. I have a windows machine, but the person who receives the footage may have a Mac or PC.

Thanks!