Letus Extreme Footage with 3D camera tracking

[mahklo]

http://www.mahklo.com/videos/teapot.jpg
Was just messing around with 3D objects and letus footage to see how well it would mesh and track. Came out ok seeing as I threw it together very quickly. I'm gonna work on some more detailed shots with moving 3d objects, I used the teapots as a quick throw in object. HDRI lighting is a bit off cause I didn't get a chance to create a light probe when shooting this footage so I had to fake it. Gonna work on a proper setup when I get the chance with some rotating camera footage. Hope you guys like it and remember, constructive criticism is always welcome. :grin:

http://www.mahklo.com/3d_track.html

Kham

Camera: XHA1 w/ Letus Extreme Nikon 100mm
CC: After Effects
Surfacing/Lighting: Lightwave

[Wayne Kinney]

Excellent. camera tracking/matchmoving adapter footage can be difficult as the shallow DOF makes it hard to find good tracking points.

Also, did you photograph your own HDRI?

[Michael Friedman]

Very cool. Are you exporting your HDV into PRORez for compositing? I would imaging HDV would be a rough codec for this work.

[mahklo]

Excellent. camera tracking/matchmoving adapter footage can be difficult as the shallow DOF makes it hard to find good tracking points.

Also, did you photograph your own HDRI?

I normally do but that particular one was from some stock lightprobes that I thought matched the environment the closest. The DOF was the biggest challenge which made me curious to see how well matchmoving would hold up with 35mm DOF.

[mahklo]

Very cool. Are you exporting your HDV into PRORez for compositing? I would imaging HDV would be a rough codec for this work.

It held up surprisingly well even with DOF. I downscaled the footage to 720P and ran it through syntheyes for matchmoving ( my PC is kinda slow). I was expecting some funky results but it was pretty painless.