[Stephen Turcotte]

Brian,

Thanks for the input. So far I’ve had no luck matching these up.. My camera is still stuck in the middle of my track, so apparently something isn’t working out there. The frame rates from Boujou and Cinema 4d are different, I’ve tried adjusting them to match, but this doesnt seem to work for me either :/

I’m going to keep chugging away on this, but I’ve also attached my project files and the source video if you’d like to give it a look.

Source Video file: https://www.sendspace.com/file/1j8wi9

Project files:https://www.sendspace.com/file/4q01gu

https://www.sendspace.com/file/4cz2ka

Thanks so much!

[Stephen Turcotte]

Thank Brian. My test object was in a pretty close area to where the actual would be, but the problem again is that the footage and track data don’t match up. I’m not sure how to align the footage and the camera, but it appears that everything is starting and stopping on the same frames. My camera automatically sits in the middle of all of my tracking data, and I’m not sure how to get it to line up at the beginning.

My exported camera settings in Boujou are:

The focal length is also 17.0504 in Boujou

My camera settings in C4d are:

So it’s apparent that these differ, but the settings between the two programs don’t seem to correspond either. Unless I’m missing a window in either program.

I also exported from Boujou as “moving camera, static scene” although my footage is a locked down camera in a moving scene. Would this affect my c4d result? I tried exporting as “static camera moving scene” but when Importing to c4d my camera wouldn’t follow any of the track data. So that’s why I stuck with the default setting.

Thanks again for your help.

[Stephen Turcotte]

Also, my focal length as listed in Boujou is: 17.0504

so that’s also way off. I’ve tried adjusting it, but I’m not really able to assess whether this is helping since I can’t line my track up with the video yet.

[Stephen Turcotte]

Thanks Brian- the camera is definitely not aligned with the footage, it actually appears right in the middle of all of my tracking data. Is there a way to line this up in c4d?

I don’t think the camera information matches either. My camera info in Boujou is:

Cinema 4d camera info is:

I appears that a lot of these settings don’t match from Boujou to C4d, the settings listed also don’t match up. Is there another settings window that I’m missing in C4d?

The frame rate is 30fps in both. Also I exported from Boujou as “moving camera, static scene” where my footage is actually “static camera moving scene” (any time I imported the latter into C4d my camera wouldn’t even follow the scene, so I exported moving camera, static scene- not sure if this plays a part in this whole issue.

Again, I really appreciate your help.

-Steve

[Stephen Turcotte]

Does anyone have a tutorial on how one would ideally execute this? I would like to know what programs would be involved and the workflow that would be needed to create this. Thanks to everyone who has responded and given input.

[Stephen Turcotte]

Thanks for the information. So I would need a program like syntheses- would pixel farm pfhoe tracking software work as well? Unfortunately I don’t have access to c4d so I’d be looking for another solution this time around. If I tracked the footage in one of the tracking programs would it be possible to attach the model to that movement in ae?

I would be willing to purchase inexpensive tracking software, so any solution that would involve that and AE would be wonderful, if possible.

Thanks again!

[Stephen Turcotte]

I was thinking in terms of persuing a career in motion graphics. It seems that AE is the standard. I gravitate toward motion, but would that limit me in the job market?

[Stephen Turcotte]

I’m playing all clips from my internal drive as well.

[Stephen Turcotte]

I’ve tried multiple codecs- animation always has the worst results. I’ve also tried mpeg4 h264 etc… And no avail.

I’m using osx leopard, usually when I play back the video I only have QT open.