Object Tracking with PFTrack and Cinema 4D Tutorial - Part 2 (HD) w/ Captions

[Decoidzor]

Could you do a tutorial on doing this, with a moving camera? :) I can't seem to make text follow the tracking points.

(I put some text on a table and then walk around it)

[ilovethesimpsons8]

i dont think you needed to use cinema 4d to put the video onto the paper but i know how to use cinema 4d and pftrack together so thanks bro

[KrazyBroskie]

y did u remove part one

[kickit501]

Thumbs up for thingy.obj

[xXBlackOpsElite]

Would this program track the movement even if you turn the card around?

[Sirring]

Where did you get PFTrack from? greets sirr

[aaron5iu9]

@Sirring thepiratebay

[AkoolStick]

when i export to after effects the video and tracking doesn't sync up! do you know why that is?

[CodUnrealClan]

Please help! When I import video as a texture it turns black... I tried some formats, .avi, .wmv and even .mov, when using .mov the video was really laggy in C4D and when rendering I got a video with a fps of around 1 :S, what should I do?

[gothmaniow]

damn fine tut my freind!!! i will use this and send you a link when ive finished my intro ...:P peace !!

[bigdanny1234]

You just wasted 9:20 of my life showing me how to do something that i can do in 15 seconds in aftereffects.

[AkoolStick]

@bigdanny1234 really? cuz the tracker in after effects isn't made for professional tracking! Pf track is made for the kind of tracking hollywood does for their movies. This video was made to demonstrate the basics of tracking an object; a great video too. After effects is mainly for professional compositing and editing. so please, show me an example of your 15 second tracking with after effects, and we'll see which one is better.

[bigdanny1234]

@AkoolStick this is 2D tracking not 3D, he doesnt rotate the paper in any way, so its a waste of time doing 3D tracking on something that doesnt need it. for a demonstration it should use 3D tracking.

[AkoolStick]

@bigdanny1234 it's a matter of preference. I would prefer using this program than using after effect's tracker. with after effect's tracker, you have to set the tracking points, and then they're not always going to be accurate. you might have to stop midway to move the tracking point manually, which is a bigger waste of time. And he is exporting the tracking data to cinema 4d, which requires 3d tracking data, and last i checked, after effects can't export tracking data.

[00viperXX]

@AkoolStick very true lol

[00viperXX]

@bigdanny1234 Well look at it this way it's the basics of using PFtrack and you have to start somewhere

[Godisen007]

FOR FUCK SAKE?!

The video in the background will NOT show up on my BRAND NEW PC! It's not hardware, and software works perfectly except for this RIDICULOUS problem! I even tried it on two PC's! What am I missing? What is this tutorial missing???

[00viperXX]

@Godisen007 Avoid the profanity because it's probably just something simple you missed, this stuff takes a long time to learn. When you have the material open make sure color on the left is highlighted and make sure it's checkmarked as well. The right pane shows texture. Click the longest bar and select your movie file. Perhaps the movie is not recognized with C4D. Refer to your documentation for Windows users this tutorial was done on a Mac. Hopefully this helps. - Luke

[Godisen007]

@00viperXX Nah I've been doing it for a long time, I tried EVERYTHING and the last thing I tried was changing the file format to .mov, couse it sucks.. but apparently that's the only way it'll work. You know, that's just one of those things that you would want to know.

[shrimpinpat]

@00viperXX this would have been more practical in After Effects

[PGReviews]

@00viperXX If all else fails, export an image sequence with VirtualDub and use that :)

[rayzrsharp]

Great tutorial! But I followed your steps exactly and my track in cinema 4d is slipping and sliding. I've tried changing the scale, the frame rate etc. But can't seem to get it to stick solid in cinema 4d. It sticks perfectly in PFtrack but not C4D. Help!

[00viperXX]

@rayzrsharp Extract the video to an exact frame rate instead of 29.97. Use quicktime and extract the pictures as a sequence. This might solve your problem. Don't forget to add test objets to your scene if you can.

Cheers!

-Luke

[rayzrsharp]

@00viperXX THANKS!! That worked!! Now its just practicing getting better at tracking in general but, this solution worked perfectly! Thanks again.

[hazonku]

Cool stuff. Very informative & well done. Nice & simple yet it gets the point across.

[Chris11Caz]

how do you get the cinema 4d document bit up? please help me

[00viperXX]

@Chris11Caz After exporting the .lws file from PFtrack use file and open in C4D to bring up the document window

[LauDrag]

Thanks for this ^_^

[00viperXX]

@LauDrag no porblem

[gunblade64]

Great tutorial man! (although i work with 3DsMax but also have used C4D in the past)

Thanks a lot.

[00viperXX]

@gunblade64 glad you enjoyed it

[chuy1n]

The tracking program that i use its boujou so can i import the camera into Cinema 4D? i guess i can but i dont know if its the same well anyway thax 4 the TUT.

5/5

[campru1]

i get the same problem of a black material when a I import the originasl video in to c4d. iT WORKS IN 32BIT MODE BUT NOT IN 64.

[00viperXX]

@campru1 On mac here it works fine in 64bit mode running Cinema 4D R11.514 (Build RC20576). Maybe windows cannot do this in 64bit. I recall that I have to run the Realflow plugin in 32bits though.

[00viperXX]

When C4D is open click on help in the menu. Then click info. In my case I'm running Cinema 4D R11.514 (64 Bit) (Build RC20576). I suggest maybe trying using a video format that is more native to windows like AVI. Also it could be the codec for mov files is not correct. I would honestly have to be there looking at your machine. We would have to set up a virtual connection somehow lol. Look into some of this and see if you can fix the problem. - Luke

[Bluefreeze11]

call me after class if u want me up this weekend =D

[GrimPigeon1]

Great tut, but when im in C4D and im doing the background, it comes up as an image, not a video?

Please help

[00viperXX]

Try going into the animation menu and doing the same as I did on the plane. Also it would be good to use formats that Cinema 4D supports. I also I believe I'm working with the 11th release of c4d.

Are you on a mac?

[GrimPigeon1]

@00viperXX Im on PC and im using .mov

How do i check my release?

[00viperXX]

Did you make sure you browsed for your video under the color part?

[GrimPigeon1]

@00viperXX Yeah.

And i have added your @live account on my msn, we can di it through there if you use msn.

I will try AVI and see what happens

[00viperXX]

I've added you to my msn