Global

Instructor:
Matt LINDER
Formats: (Mac or PC only)
DVD-ROM
System Requirements

In this lecture, visual effects artist Matt Linder discusses advanced techniques for tracking and stabilizing 2D plates using Shake. Using real-world examples, Matt shows his techniques for capturing a move with one-point, two-point or four-point tracking. Each tracking and transform node is thoroughly discussed, including where to place your tracking points to capture accurate track data, how to deal with obscured tracking objects, smoothing and averaging tracks, adding motion blur to 3D renders, and smoothing out camera shake without losing the original camera move. This DVD also contains challenging real-world production tracking examples.

Over 3 hours of lecture.

Topics Covered:

Tracking Node Details
Transform Node Details
1pt, 2pt-tracking
4pt corner pin tracking
Stabilizing
Tracker Placement
Obscured Track Points
Mixing Track Data
Adding Motion Blur to 3D Renders
Smoothing and Averaging Tracks
Stabilizing Camera Moves
Production Examples for Practice

Chapters:

01: Introduction to Tracking, 1-Point Tracking
02: Introduction to Transform Nodes
03: 2-Point Tracking, and More Details of Tracking Nodes
04: Adding Motion Blur Without Transforming
05: Smoothing Action Moves
06: 2 and 4-Point Tracking
07: 4-Point Tracking with Obscured Points

Instructor Bio:

Matt Linder has worked on over fifty feature films, including Elektra, Garfield, X-Men 2, Daredevil, Ghost Ship and Scooby Doo. Matt got his start at Kodak’s Motion Picture Film division in Hollywood, where he learned all aspects of motion picture film and cinematography. Later he joined Kodak’s Cineon team where he contributed to the birth of digital compositing. From there Matt went to Pacific Title and Art Studio as Lead Compositor and Effects Artist for four years. Currently Matt works as a Lead Lighting Technical Director at Rhythm & Hues, where he is sequence lighting the film The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. When Matt is not pushing pixels, he's pushing sound waves around LA with his music projects "The Mood of Space" and "Nerve Picnic".