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Todilo
01-21-2005, 06:27 PM
I have a trouble with teh camera tracker. I have created 6 camera points for the scene, created 6 trackers which each are assigned to a unique camera point and the motion of the movie is tracked for each. I have also created a free camera and in the "match move" I have selected it and started the "Match move" but then I get an error:

In file persmtch.cpp
Line: 189

I press retry and the matching starts and keyframes are created but then I cant find the camera, it is all gone and when I switch to camera in the viewport I can't see any objects.

What could be wrong?

//using max 7
videodrome
01-22-2005, 03:30 PM
i dont have an answer for your question about the 3dsmax built-in camera tracker because ive found it waaay to tedious.. but, if you want simplicity and a cheap deal ($99US), i suggest you look into PFHoe here:

http://www.thepixelfarm.co.uk/contentfull.aspx?content=pfhoe.htm

You can try out the trial version, when i tried it out i solved the camera motion for a 10 sec video clip in under 5 minutes.. without having to setup any trackers, it does all of this automatically. the only thing you have to do is setup the grid system for the ground plane.. i recommend just trying out the demo version (you cant output tracked data). i think this is a powerful and affordable tool that is essential if you want to do camera tracking... sorry if i sound like a salesman!
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