Syntheyes tutorial

#1

I know I have already posted this in the news section (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=59&t=910484),
but I want to take the chance and announce the Syntheyes Complete Training on cmiVFX here as well.


Here’s the video announcement:
http://www.vimeo.com/14135275

I’m posting here in the Blender forum as well because cmiVFX has agreed to give Blender-users 30% off if you purchase before september 1st. Just use this coupon code at the store:
“Blender3D30”

Reason for that is that there will be a second tutorial coming out in september that will make use of the tracking-data and footage from this tutorial, and that second tutorial will be all about Compositing with Blender. It will cover renderlayers, multipass-rendering and node-compositing and teach you how to composite CGI into camera-footage.
So if you’re interested in matchmoving and compositing, then these 2 tutorials will give you a solid foundation for your VFX and CGI work.

#2

Wow inspirational stuff for sure, looks really cool.
Is camera tracking not possible in blender? (pardon the newbie question, I am not that much into animation as of this moment) :slight_smile:

#3

Thanks! :slight_smile:
No, there is currently no tracking feature in Blender whatsoever. But with the next open movie that is going to change probably. At least that’s what I heard. Project Mango, as it is referred to, will focus on filmmaking, VFX, tracking etc. So with a bit of luck there will be tracking and rotoscoping in Blender in 1-2 years. But don’t take my word for it!! Only time will tell. That being said, i believe there is one guy working on a camera-tracker for Blender since quite a while, but I don’t know about the status of that project. I don’t think it’s usable yet.

#4

Just bought it… waiting for the next lesson. Thank you, Sebastian.

#5

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