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Blender VFX Workflow pt. 1
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    Point Tracking P.1

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    Point Tracking P.2

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    Point Stabilization

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    Point Tracking P.3

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    Tracking Intro

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    Reconstruction

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    Compositing

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    Examine

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    Feature Detection

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Blender VFX Workflow pt. 1
Trailer keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    About This Training

    Free
Introduction keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Point Tracking P.1

  2. 02

    Point Tracking P.2

  3. 03

    Point Stabilization

  4. 04

    Point Tracking P.3

Camera Tracking keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Tracking Intro

  2. 02

    Tracking First Sequence

  3. 03

    Inside the Camera

  4. 04

    Reconstruction

  5. 05

    Compositing

  6. 06

    Examine

  7. 07

    Feature Detection

Object Tracking keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Head

  2. 02

    Head Composite

  3. 03

    Plasma Gun

  4. 04

    Gun Composite

Various keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Deforming Face

  2. 02

    Exporting

  3. 03

    Tips For Shooting

  4. 04

    Various Tips

Advanced Techniques keyboard_arrow_down
  1. 01

    Dealing with Blur

  2. 02

    Using Reference

  3. 03

    Pan

  4. 04

    Clean Plate 2

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    Advanced Techniques

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Introduction

Point Tracking P.1

24th September 2015

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Francesco Siddi

Learn the basics of point tracking.

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Juri Unt

10th September 2017 - 13:06

This is great! Thorough tutorial with real life challenges (e.g mblur footage). Well explained and presented!

Pablo Rodriguez

28th May 2019 - 21:49

Hi!, thanks so much for this, I{m enjoying learning from Francesco, just an easy question, how do I make the video preview that is showed in the min 27 in the 2.8? I cannot find the way. Thanks again, Pablo

Huân Lê-Vương

13th July 2020 - 05:32

in 2.83, to display marker search area, on the top right of the clip viewer, click clip display, it's at the bottom of the dropdown menu...

kosta petrou

27th December 2015 - 18:28

i have an issue '' 01 point tracking tutorial ''i track the finger everything looks ok but after parenting the empty to the track the empty doesn't match the finger it moves with an offset ,

Iftikhar iftikhar

2nd October 2016 - 18:46

How blender cloud will grow their customer not uploading new content it seem like I came to cemetery not to blender cloud everything is out dated

Pablo Vazquez

3rd October 2016 - 00:34

@diljaljaiga: Tracking tools haven't changed much, you can follow these tutorials with the current Blender. If there's any big difference please let us know.

We're currently working on the Agent 327 project. Check out the tutorials we've made so far, including texturing tips, walk-cycle and animation reviews with a level you won't find anywhere else in the Blender community.

We need to work in presenting better all the new material we're making. It's a lot! But sometimes it gets buried under so much content.

Thanks for the feedback!

Jay Versluis

4th December 2016 - 21:56

Just a note on displaying the video here: make sure that Camera Clip is unchecked, otherwise no footage will show up in the 3D View.

Noé Chilel

19th November 2018 - 04:00

Great! work in Blender 2.79b, Nov. 2018. Thanks B.

dustin.meyer.001

25th December 2018 - 07:29

This so far has been the best introduction to motion tracking in blender for me. I've tried YouTube but they tend to be a little bit more disjointed. And only a few people I have seen break it down to be a little bit more easier for newbies.

dustin.meyer.001

31st December 2018 - 11:01

*@dustin.meyer.001* a few things at 27:20 in blender 2.79 the Camera Clip is check and the video wasn't showing up until I unchecked that box. in this mode if you dont see the time lines you might be in full screen mode still you can press Shift+Space and your timeline will reappear again.

Mark Raymond

24th September 2017 - 22:16

I so very much appreciate all the details being covered here. I've watched this video a while back and am glad to note for myself how much more I've picked up this time. I have felt overwhelmed at times with tring to grasp the many steps needed to complete different task in Blender. Refering back to these detailed videos no matter what version of Blender is being used in the video and the one I am using is proving to be very useful for me. I do hope that Blender cloud will continue to keep these available as I am sure I'll be coming back to them all more then a few times when I get stuck on something I'm trying to do in Blender in the future. Thank you Franceso Siddi and every one who has placed so much effort into Blender Foundation.

Collins Okech Swah

3rd November 2019 - 10:46

I am using blender 2.8 for this but I cannot add a material for the particles and it also won't show in the compositing render layers. Any suggestions to go about this please?

Stephen Petersen

4th November 2019 - 09:08

*@Collins Okech Swah* Halo mode won't work in 2.8, its a Blender Render thing, This ay help. https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/137328/are-blender-2-8-halo-particles-meant-to-render-edit-or-any-particle-for-that

Collins Okech Swah

3rd November 2019 - 11:33

how do i add materials and textures for the particles in blender 2.8 and what render engine should i use?

Collins Okech Swah

3rd November 2019 - 21:06

Is there an alternative or any other way in which i can use halo particles in blender 2.8?

kyne.andrew

29th January 2020 - 13:54

If anyone is having trouble Reconstructing the track into an empty in the view port make sure you have the MARKER selected and then activate link empty to track. And then if you want the track to show in your default layout make sure Motion Tracking is checked in the Viewport Overlays at the corner left.

Had trouble getting through that part in the video since im using Blender 2.8. Love the Motion Tracking Video :D

Huân Lê-Vương

13th July 2020 - 05:21

please update this tutorial

Huân Lê-Vương

14th July 2020 - 13:47

a tip, you won't see anything in 2.83 render if you use "Halo". Instead, make a sphere object, apply an emision material to it and in the particle render, choose object and select that sphere.

Huân Lê-Vương

15th July 2020 - 06:45

Using color ramp in shading mode to change the particle color overtime. There are tutorials around the internet.

james.jdirekt

18th August 2021 - 16:59

At 31:48 the Trail Count function underneath Render doen't seem to be available in 2.9. Is there some other way to replicate this feature?

Eimantas Vaičiūnas

8th May 2022 - 07:23

I tried to do the same finger tracking. I got stuck even before getting to the first step. I filmed my marked finger with iPhone. Since I'm left handed, I held camera with my left hand and when I import .mov file into blender, the video is upside down. Is there a way I can flip it? I can't seem to find any transform properties in clip editor.

mister

19th June 2022 - 00:27

Fantastic stuff.. Thank you!

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