**UPDATE** I just wanted to point out that I have been getting some great productive comments on this video and would like to highlight a couple of them: *Image based alphas - adding a bitmap node between the alpha image and the mask input of the camera tracker is a more efficient way of approaching image based alphas. - Thanks J S ! *Removing noise in Fusion - "In Resolve 17 the noise reduction tool in Color page is added to the fusion page call 'NoiseReduction'" - Thanks CoreSign ! Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:50 Analyzing the shot 1:24 Camera tracker inputs and outputs 2:01 Adding a mask to the camera tracker 3:04 Image based alphas for masking Removing noise or grain before tracking 6:23 Using channels 8:02 Remove Noise node in Fusion 9:07 Using blur 9:42 Noise removal in Resolve Studio Correcting the image contrast before tracking 10:47 Using channels 11:22 Color Correct Node Lens Distortion 11:46 Automatic Removal 12:25 Manually remove lens distortion The Track Tab 14:19 Auto track, reset and Preview 15:02 Detection Threshold 15:27 Minimum Feature Separation 15:54 Track Channel, Track Range 16:33 Bidirectional Tracking 17:00 Gutter Size 18:25 New Track Defaults 20:38 Auto track defaults 21:14 Auto tracking the scene Camera Tab 21:37 Focal Length, Film Gate 22:07 Resolution Gate, Center Point 22:40 Pixel aspect, Auto Camera Planes Solve Tab 24:07 Solve and Delete solve 24:26 Solve Options 25:45 Seed Frames 26:58 Refine Focal, Enable Lens, Refine center point 27:35 Refine lens distortion, Enabled Lens parameters 28:55 Solving our scene, solve summary 29:54 Visually checking our solve with a merge 3D 31:20 Track Filtering minimum track length 31:53 Maximum Track Error 32:30 Maximum Solve Error 33:02 Select and Auto select tracks 33:40 Deleting trackers auto and manual 34:45 Refining the solve, refine summary 36:00 Trim previous and trim next 36:51 Rename and set color 37:15 Zero weight trackers 40:30 Export flags 41:41 Solve weight 43:45 Show names, frame range and solve error 44:13 Selected trackers Options Tab 44:42 Trail Length, Locator size 45:45 Colors for tracks, locators and export 47:47 Visibility 48:58 Colors and reporting Export Tab 49:35 Export and Update previous export 49:53 3D Scene Transform , aligning the camera 51:34 Scaling the scene 52:41 Real world scale 55:48 Ground plane, export and Previous export options 58:06 Export scene 59:43 Lens Distort Node 1:02:25 Adding objects to the scene 1:04:49 Add objects using point cloud 1:08:10 Overscan for distortion

Finally someone creating tutorials from a VFX professional point of view, not an enthusiastic I do it like this because I touch all the buttons this is what I get. Great. Congratulations

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

WAO!!!! As a 3D artist who uses Blender and Davinci Resolve this have to be the best tutorial ever when it comes to doing camera tracking on fusion, a perfect explanation of everything!!!, thanks!!!!🔥👏🏼

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

We need more of these in-depth tutorials! .. This is amazing !

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! More to come soon.

This is such a great resource for learning about the camera tracker in Davinci Resolve. This has helped me alot! Thank you for taking the time to put this together.

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

this is the best tutorial for Camera Tracker of Fusion, definitely. thanks!

@prophetless

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! Glad it was helpful!

This is great! Once I quickly got past the level of the countless “make this thing follow your hand” and match-motion tutorials, I was happy to finally find your excellent in-depth video here.

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful.

That was an hour+ extremely well spent. I won't embarrass myself by describing how I've been handling some of this tracking stuff when I've wanted to composite multiple objects into a scene, but now I know how it should be done! Saved, subscribed and looking forward to learning more!

@prophetless

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for the sub! Glad the video helped.

Thank you for this overview. Really helped me get to grips with all the options.

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce. Glad it was helpful!

Thank you very much. You do everything you can to clarify the information. I have purchased a course and I have obtained additional information from you that was not in the course. Thank you very much.. you are a very generous person

@prophetless

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

The Best Tracking Tutorial on the internet across all softwares!

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

One of those videos I have been waiting for years learning slowly Davinci… very detailed and I love it … I think thanks to you I have somehow yesterday figured out that it is possible copy data from one locator and paste to for example 3D text in 3D space. Which make very easy to place text without fideling about in cloud and trying eyeball where it fits using cloud. I always was a bit annoyed about how aftereffects although not real 3D space was much more friendly when placing objects such like text using 3D camera and it always took me ages to do the same in fusion . But with your tutorial it is another step forward and I learned a lot … thank you so much . I love all yours videos about fusion Have watch them all . There is no content like yours on internet. 🙏🏻 thanks

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I'm glad the video is helpful. Thanks!

Excellent ! The best tutorial I’ve seen on the topic. Thanks

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Monique!

Very informative. I’m not at this level yet. I will dig into this video at a later date. I’m glad you added time stamps.

@prophetless

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Such a great tutorial and teacher, thanks!

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Still my go-to tutorial on 3D camera tracking, I learn something every time I re-watch it.

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Awesome tutorials! Hope to see more :)

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hoping to have more videos soon.

Much obliged. Just what I was looking for. Merci.

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Wow man .. thank you so much for this!

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Awesome as always, thank you!

@prophetless

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Fantastic! Thank you

@prophetless

8 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

Awesome content!! Thank you so much

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You saved me!!! More helpful than you know!!! ❤

@prophetless

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! So glad the video helped!

i pressed out of fullscreen view, to press like.. thanks for this tutorial!

@prophetless

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

All other videos are like okay press this then this then that and u have tracking, BUT DAMN your videos are so informative !!!!

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This must have been my best spent hour in many years. Thanks for the amazing tutorial. and for explaining EVERYTHING!.... guys at The Pixel Farm should learn from you on how to do a Tutorial.

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

And while I'm commenting on your videos, thanks in particular for this one. I'm not done with it, but I've watched it quite a bit

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

You're Welcome!

Nice overview! For image based alpha channels you could use the Bitmap node in between the alpha source and the camera tracker ;-)

@prophetless

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! And I might add a more efficient way to do it.

thank you very much for your effort!!!

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

thanks for tutorial

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

thank you. very helpfull for me.

@prophetless

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Very nice tutorial, btw ,in Resolve 17 the noise reduction tool in Color page is added to the fusion page call 'NoiseReduction'

@prophetless

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for pointing that out.

Thank You!! dont know how to say in words. But Big Thank you!

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Thanks a lot for this great video ! A whole day to study in detail. I'm a bit lost with the control of the viewport: Shift, ctrl for zooming and rotation are so not user friendly! I am now trying to export my camera directly to unreal engine... When I export, the 3Dcamera didn't get the good focal length and my 3d object where not in the good perspective. Do I have to setup again ?

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I haven't tried importing a camera into unreal from Fusion. I'll have to look into it.

Great video, I definitely learned a lot! I was wondering, is there a way to stabilize footage using the camera tracker? If so, how?

@prophetless

6 ай бұрын

Yes absolutely! I've done some videos in the past using the technique. If yo look through my older videos. But that's a topic for another video. I'll put that on my to do list.

@SmookieYT

6 ай бұрын

@@prophetless Alright, I'll have a look. Thank you so much!

This is the most helpful video I have ever watched on youtube. I've learnt so much from this video and the way you go about teaching it is phenomenal. I work with FPV clips so motion tracking them has been so much trial and error and a pain in my arse. I now feel i understand what each setting does now so i can achieve what I've been wanting to achieve! Thank you Sir. In my merge 3d view the tracking points are so small compared to the Video frame. How do you change this?

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! As to your question: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJ2imJihorbfacY.html

@droneoverview5578

Жыл бұрын

@@prophetless thanks for the fast response. Turns out it was the focal length being really small. One more question sorry, how can you colour grade the base clip without affecting the tracked text? Fusion keeps crashing when I try to camera track a comp clip within a fusion clip. And you can’t turn off the media in and simply copy a layer above in the edit page because the text looses the tracking data with the media in off. Tricky to find a workflow.

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you are trying to do the comp in the timeline. I usually do everything inside of Fusion. You have full control of the look inside Fusion. I usually match effects to the plate/base clip and do color last.

@droneoverview5578

Жыл бұрын

@@prophetless Ive done a colour grade in the colour tab because it’s way more powerful. So would like to do that to match the previous clip, which is just the non tracked part of the same clip.

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. In Fusion if you match the 3D text to the Original Plate, color, vfx, etc... (May not have been very clear the way I stated it in the previous post, now that I re-read it). Then you add the color grade after. You could use a LUT in Fusion to make it easier to visualize before the actual grade. Are the clips not matching after you do the vfx on the one part?

This is such a great video, thanks for making it. I still struggle to get anything below a 2.0 Average Solve Error. I was recently shooting with a GH5s and a Olympus 17mm. I spent ages working out the sensor area size based on the different ways the GH5s uses the sensor and then also did minor tweaks to this too helped a bit. But always the Average Solve Error is around 2 or above. By the way I have gone through all of your video and made all the tweaks I can and still nothing is helping it get below that. Any suggestions would be really helpful if you have a moment.

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, A couple of things I can think of, off the top of my head, are I think the GH5 has rolling shutter which could certainly cause some problems and another common problem is lens distortion. A 17mm lens is probably going to have a decent amount of distortion. Did you already look into those areas?

@gamedesign1

2 жыл бұрын

@@prophetless Thanks for your reply :) I hadn’t thought of the rolling shutter as I have the GH5s which is better than the GH5 in this area, but I will definitely look into that to see if that is causing anything. The lens distortion is suppose to be corrected in camera but I do let fusion refine lens distortion.

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Rolling shutter can be really problematic even if it is just a little. Also it depends on what type of effects you are trying to create. Sometimes even though the error is high it might be useful for the effect that you need to do. I have had solves that were higher than 2 but the camera solve was perfect for what I needed to do. Hard to say without seeing the footage. And as good as the camera tracker is in Fusion it certainly isn't as robust as a dedicated 3D Tracker. Let me know if you can't figure it out. Maybe you can post the clip or something so I can see what you are up against.

@gamedesign1

2 жыл бұрын

@@prophetless thanks so much for your help. When I am back home after Xmas I will shoot a test video clip that I can use to upload somewhere so you can see. Thanks again 👍😊 If it is a little rolling shutter, I wish fusion had something like adobe does for correcting it, but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t yet. What I might try is a very slow moving shot so as to not introduce any rolling shutter and then speed up the footage to a similar speed, just to try and rule out any rolling shutter problem. Because that would then leave lens distortion as the possible reason like you said.

This is awesome! Should we converting our media sources to linear colorspace using colorspace transform node before any delta keyer or camera tracking operations? In another tutorial someone said fusion loves linear more. But then in other places I've seen that these kind of tools like to work with more contrasty images, what's your view on that?

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! For compositing most certainly Linear is better, as adjustments will work as you expect. For the camera tracking a contrasty image is better to pick up details for tracking, if you are not getting the results you need. I typically do not alter the image unless it's not seeing points well enough to get a good solve.

@LiveUPMedia

Жыл бұрын

@@prophetless awesome thanks so much for replying. So if tracking is struggling maybe even putting a rec709 lut on first? Since I'm working with RED raw files

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

If you are applying it to the image, and not the viewer, that should work. You can always check with the "preview track" and see if the 3d tracker is finding more points.

Thanks so much for going over this in-depth! In DaVinci 17, I can't find the "render" button to export my camera to take an FBX into Houdini. I have watched a bunch of videos, everyone seems to have a render button that allows the camera to be tracked...not sure why I don't?

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

If you are using Fusion inside Davinci Resolve you could go up to the top toolbar and under Fusion look for Render all savers. I can't recall if the render button under the timeline was ever in the version inside Davinci Resolve but it is in the standalone Fusion. Let me know if that works.

@3dtrip870

2 жыл бұрын

@@prophetless Totally Worked! Thank you so much; I am Subscribed, looking forward to more great stuff!

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you were able to get it to work!

Great tutorial! Quick question though. How do you determine how much overscan is necessary and what the resolution is for rendering out the image plane for 3d users in Maya? I'm used to Syntheyes and the scenes exported there have the proper render size with the new Undistorted XY value. Thanks in advance.

@prophetless

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Good question, I may do a video on this later today. I usually use Syntheyes too, but when I use Fusion I typically use the crop node to get the right size of the plate for export.

@prophetless

4 ай бұрын

I just did a video describing these issues if you haven't already figured it out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aHWZsLuPp8neZbg.htmlfeature=shared

Is there any way to use LiDAR data from my 2020 iPad Pro to generate 3D tracking points for DaVinci Resolve?

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Hey William, I don't have an iPad pro with Lidar so I have not worked with it yet. But if you have export options I would think there would be away to get it into Fusion. Might need to use a second app to translate it but I would think there would be away. Could be wrong. What kind of options does it have for exporting out the data?

Great work, thanks! Is there a chance to figure out what might be happening wrong with my workflow? On the step which is reflected in this video approximately on 1 hour 02 minutes. When you add a merge node to connect media in and exported tracking data I can not get point cloud to become visible on top of the original footage. Tried to swap inputs but all I got was a tiny wireframed plane alligned to the ground of the original footage. That might mean that my entire tracking scene is way too small, but I tried to scale it up significantly, and nothing had changed. I know that it is hard to figure out, but may be someone had already been facing such an issue and knows the solution?

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have make renderable turned on in the point cloud? That would be the first thing . Also if your renderer is set to software render the point cloud will be small, set it to OpenGL Render and you should see it. If that doesn't work let me know and we can figure it out.

@gulkostudio

2 жыл бұрын

@@prophetless Bunch of thanks! Sounds like that might help! Thank you!

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

@@gulkostudio Awesome! Glad you figured it out.

I know this is going back s couple of years, but i still refer to this video from time to time. A question, if I may? At 30:18, a large, kind of, "box" appears. What is this and how can one remove? A project I'm working on has such a large and thick lined, box, I'm struggling to see what I need to see. TIA! 👍

@prophetless

11 ай бұрын

That has to do with the scene scale. that is the camera path as viewed in the 3d scene. If you increase the scale of your scene it should get to a reasonable size

@OzoneVibe

11 ай бұрын

@@prophetless I have to admit that "scale" setting is a mystery to me, and I usually keep changing it to different values, and re-solving, until the region occupied by the locators looks sensible (compared to the camera, in perspective view, when sometimes thousands of them seem to be located "within the lens"). But, by the time the markers/camera look sensible, and the locators aren't hiding "within the lens", that box has very thick edges meaning that it's obscuring so much.

@OzoneVibe

11 ай бұрын

@@prophetless I meant to prefix that with "Thanks for the reply! 👍" .. obviously.

@prophetless

11 ай бұрын

Yeah I feel like there should be an option to turn that off, and honestly there probably is I just haven't looked into it. I've been able to scale the scene up and that usually takes care of it, but I have also been annoyed at certain points with the same issue. If I find out a way to shut that off, I will let you know. If you end up figuring out a way let me know. Thanks

@OzoneVibe

11 ай бұрын

@@prophetless Thanks, and will do. Though, if I find it, you'll probably hear my shrieks of delight first ... all the way from the UK. 🤣 Similar with the camera track ... that can be the thickness of an anaconda ... usually when the box edges are thick. But doesn't bother me quite so much.

CameraTracker SOLVE is using CPU rather than GPU. Is this correct? Win10, Nvidia RTX 3080TI, AMD 5950x. Performance settings on in OS & Nvidia control panel.

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

I believe so

Is it any way to stablize footage by camera tracker ?

@prophetless

Ай бұрын

Absolutely! I have a tutorial here that shows you how. It's a ttuorial on masking/rotoscoping but the method is using a 3d stabilized camera. kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJVopdaGcqfchcY.html

Great tutorial! Do you know how to move a Shape3D to a specific track point in 3D space? ** Just found the answer @ 1:06:08

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you were able to find the answer.

What happens if your footage is vertical? Specially if u go for a GoPro footage on a FPV drone. Do u at least have to exchange the aperture height and width?

@prophetless

Күн бұрын

The camera tracker should automatically pick up on the ratio of the image being input to track. So you shouldn't need to switch them, it should do it automatically.

The best video ! But how to add a png file instead 3d shape ? I can't

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Add a card/plane in 3d space where you want the object and attach the png file as a material. You'll probably have to scale it unless you are using the projection method.

@vitv9171

Жыл бұрын

@@prophetless thank you my friend ! Is this the only way ? And if I want to add a non 3d shape ? The same method ? Need to add plane as with the picture ?

@vitv9171

Жыл бұрын

@@prophetless how can I add a motion blur to 3d (shapes, texts....) and change blend mode ??? Help!

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

There is a settings tab in most nodes where you can turn on motion blur.

@vitv9171

Жыл бұрын

@@prophetless in 3d nodes there are not (

Hey around 37:49 when I try to track my blue points within the rectangle mask; it ends up tracking everything within the rectangle but doesn't stick to the cage. The rectangle stays in the same position on the video and just creates blue points all over the right side. how do I fix my mask to track the cage ?

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

I had animated the roto shape before hand to match the area of the cage. So you would need to animate the shape if you are following along. Should only take a few keyframes.

@brightboxawesome2702

2 жыл бұрын

@@prophetless hey man, thanks for responding so fast! after analyzing your footage i ended up figuring it out :). cheers!

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Sorry if that was a little confusing. Glad you figured it out.

why does polygon mask never work correctly in 3d Space? for example I make a mask in a 2d image when I add in 3d space the mask is out of place

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

You may want to look at this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJVopdaGcqfchcY.html Discusses how to add masks to objects in 3D space.

k so how do I connect my 2d text to the 3d tracking information?

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

You can add the text to an image plane. Similar to how you would add photos in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmek2NOnfazNm7A.html

@PTFWWDB

Жыл бұрын

@@prophetless thanks yes I discovered this yesterday, but I also noticed the image plane rasterizes the text so it's better to increase the size on the text node instead of the image plane node

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Am I right thinking your machine has 320gb RAM …? IF so what is the minimum you think for this operation . Thanks

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Only 32GB. I believe 16 is the minimum but 32 seems good for most situations.

@marcinrucinski

2 жыл бұрын

@@prophetless o dear...! O meant 32gb... May I ask what card do you have ... I have card with only 6gb and it seams fusion eats all my ram . I too have 32 but it just use a lot during work with fusion like sometime even 20 GB... Thanks for your tutorials love how they are detailed

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

16gb graphics card. Yes it can use a lot of ram depending on what you are doing.

@marcinrucinski

2 жыл бұрын

@@prophetless Hey ... I appreciate you are taking your time to answer, thanks a lot. If you have a second, one more question. I can't afford to get more expensive graphic card so I have to stay with 6gb rtx 1660 . However would it make a difference for fusion Ifat least upgrade ram from 32 to 64?

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

It will help depending on what you are doing but have you looked into your settings on how much ram is used by fusion? Also using proxy for while you are working can help a lot if you are having issues. Just some thoughts that might help instead of spending more money.

Jeeze. Sometimes it feels that manual animation of one shot would take less time...

no manual tracking ?

@prophetless

9 ай бұрын

Unfortunately no. There are workarounds but nothing out of the box.

My version is 17.2 but it is not free in this version. Please say what to do....😞😞😓😓🥺..

@prophetless

3 жыл бұрын

You may need to get the studio version.

@Prophetess, Hi Brian, thanks for this awesome tutorial, I’m new to editing, new to Davinci , new to you channel and a New Subscriber 😊 Brian, I’ve attached a link, do you think that this could be done in Fusion kzread.info/dash/bejne/e6uVrrGDcaund8o.html I’ve attempted it many times please see link below kzread.info/dash/bejne/fK6Zrs17d8rKj9Y.html but I found it very time consuming try to find the Polaroid after attaching it to the plane node? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated and thanks again for this awesome tutorial 💯‼️

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Sub! And yes absolutely you can do that effect in Fusion. That looks like a fun one. I'll try to do it this week.

@UnK1999

Жыл бұрын

@@prophetless That’s Awesome, you’ll have to let me make donation or buy you a cup of coffee,Thank you!!!

@UnK1999

Жыл бұрын

@@prophetless I forgot to add that my Polaroids were not stationery as they were in tutorial…. Thanks again looking forward to Fusion tutorial, have a great weekend 👍🏽

@prophetless

Жыл бұрын

If you want to animate them, besides the camera move, you can animate them by key framing the polaroids to move around. Should be pretty easy once you have it set up.

@UnK1999

Жыл бұрын

@@prophetless I actually wanted them to remain stationary like they were in the After Effects tutorial. In the video I made I notice that they kept moving. Please send me a link so I can buy you a coffee, I appreciate your help

how to export this camera track to blender?

@prophetless

2 жыл бұрын

Did you check out these videos: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l3iNpdGej6nHZrg.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6GEurJ_abPgobQ.html I don't use blender that often but I can look into it if these methods don't work.

@jkartz92

2 жыл бұрын

@@prophetless Thanks will check on to them