REALVIZ MatchMover
MatchMover® is the best "3-D Camera Tracker" available. Using
new breakthrough technology, MatchMover captures any live-action
camera motion in 3-D (including zoom) by tracking 2-D features
in an image sequence.
Andersson
Technologies SynthEyes
SynthEyes offers a full slate of professional match-moving
features including fully automatic tracking and efficient
supervised tracking. It has been used on major features, including
Asylum's VFX-Oscar-nominated work on Master and Commander:
Far Side of the World.
The
Pixel Farm PFTrack
PFTrack™ is built on best of breed technology, using algorithms
developed by the Advanced Interfaces Group at Manchester University.
Developed with a full understanding of the production environment
PFTrack™ has been designed to allow fast and seamless integration
into existing or new workflows. Using PF Project structure
not only allows for the innovative use of the application
but also allows full application interoperability with forth
coming Pixel Farm applications.
Boris
RED
Boris RED combines the effects and compositing features of Boris
FX with the titling and graphics capabilities of Boris GRAFFITI
- in one user interface. RED also adds advanced features, including:
* Vector Paint and Rotoscoping * Motion Tracking and Image Stabilization
* Import, Extrude, and Animate EPS files * Time Manipulation Filters
* Particle System Filter * Intersecting 3D Shapes * Import and Animate
Photoshop files with layers * Standalone Rendering: Export to Quicktime,
AVI, or Flash
AIG
Software ICARUS
A suite of software packages that enable users to calibrate images
and video sequences and to reconstruct geometry models from those
sequences (Windows 98/2000/XP, and free for non-commercial use)
Asiva
Digital Video
Asiva Digital Video's intuitive and powerful software makes tracking
mattes virtu- ally unnecessary. Work in side-by-side windows for
scene-to-scene matching and comparison.
Hammerhead
Productions ras_track
ras_track is Hammerhead's 2D/3D tracking program.
It can be used to steady shots, to track an element into a
unsteady shot, to track two unsteady shots together, to smooth
long tracking shots, to compute 3D camera and object transformations,
and to survey environments to find out where points are in
3D.
Autonomous
Effects SceneGenie
The CameraGenie utility is a world-class tool for measurement-free
camera match-moves. This means someone can hand you a shot
taken a minute, a month, a year, or a decade ago, and you
can matchmove it without any tape measure and ruler work.
You start with a shot, and wind up a short time later with
a camera or object moving around in MAX just like the original
did, plus 3-D helper points to let you know where other objects
are in the scene. The camera has the right field of view,
including any original zoom.
Science.D.Visions
3D-Equalizer
The brand-new Point Groups feature of 3D-Equalizer V3 enables
you to determine the 3D motion paths of independently moving
real-world objects, including the camera, from just a single
image sequence. Simply create a point group for each moving
object and track at least 4 points per group. In order to
derive the camera motion, create a Camera Point Group, and
track some points e.g. on the ground. 3D-Equalizer V3 does
the rest for you. It calculates the motion of each point group
separately, relative to the ground. In order to check the
results you can create dummy objects for each single point
group and render a preview of the entire shot. Finally, when
you export the data to your preferred Animation Package, you'll
find an animated hierarchy for each point group, including
an animated camera.
The
Pixel Farm PFMatch
PFMatch is aimed at the single desktop user within a smaller
production house, architectural office or game development
studio. It provides a full match moving feature set at a low
cost while still allowing extended use of the data using PFBarn.
Designed to be fast and simple to use, PFMatch gives you state
of the art technology that will pay for itself in saved time
the first time you use it. Where PFMatch 1.6 stands head and
shoulders above the crowd is its comprehensive range of functions,
its common-sense approach and its fast return on investment.
PFMatch 1.6, in conjunction with other Pixel Farm products
has been designed with first hand knowledge of digital content
production and management in film and television. It addresses
practical problems within a post facility and quickly generates
the data required to get your job done.
2d3
boujou
2d3 Boujou bridges the gap between filmed footage and
CG with a unique product that automatically matches
your virtual camera to the real camera.
SCIENCE-D-VISIONS
3D-Equalizer
3D-Equalizer is now without question
the right choice for 3D matchmovers. With highly sophisticated
motion-tracking features supported by dedicated mathematical
algorithms and a uniquely stylish and adaptive user interface,
3D-Equalizer enables the user to reconstruct precise 3D camera
and object motion paths out of any type of live action footage.
More than ten different export filters are currently available
to directly deliver the 3D data into the software packages
by SoftImage, Alias|Wavefront, Discreet Logic, Kinetix, Side
Effects, Newtek and Kodak. The range of platform-specific
export cap- abilities is constantly expanding, as is the feature
packet delivered by 3D-Equalizer's powerful tracking engine.
E
I Animation System
Since 1987, ElectricImage has been pushing the limits of computer
generated imagery. Creating a world class animation system
for the Macintosh wasn't easy, and many thought it couldn't
be done. Designed by visual effects artists, ElectricImage
was made to handle the worst of what Hollywood could throw
at it. ElectricImage is the first desktop 3D product to score
major credits in such films as "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace",
"Star Trek: First Contact", "The Mask" and "Terminator 2:
Judgment Day." Television credits include "Star Trek Voyager,"
"The X-Files," "Dateline NBC," "Babylon 5," numerous other
shows and commercials.
Pixmart
PatchMaker
PatchMaker is a 2D motion tracking program designed for intraframe
video editing and compositing. It can determine the motion
of a selected object in the scene with a subpixel precision
under the selected parametric motion model.
The
Pixel Farm PFHoe
For the first time it is possible for those wanting to learn
about match moving or experiment with matching computer graphics
to video footage, to use cutting edge tools without price
tag to match. PFHoe is designed to work with standard resolution
Quick Time and AVI movies and allow you to quickly track them
to produce 3D camera information that can be exported to your
favourite 3D system or effects package. PFHoe is a perfect
introduction to camera tracking for video hobbyists and pro- fessionals
alike. With Wizards to guide you though importing and setting
up shots and a simple step-by-step workflow learning tracking
couldn't be easier. PFHoe is built on the same market leading
technology as our professional applications and features unique
technologies such as automatic lens distortion correction.
DynaPel
SteadyHand
SteadyHand is a simple, inexpensive software program
anyone can use to eliminate the shakes, rattles and
rolls from their videos. Install it on your PC, and
a few minutes later you'll be stabilizing your own video
footage, just like the professionals do. It takes just
a few simple steps to eliminate every shake and bounce
created by your handheld camera, even when you zoom,
pan, rotate, or step in a hole SteadyHand uses patented
technology to analyze the motion in every frame, and
then makes intensive, frame-by-frame corrections. The
result is a smooth, steady, professional-looking video. |
