Blender 2.9 Object Tracking for Beginners

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Learn to use the tracking inside Blender to enhance your visual effects workflow. Zach takes us through the step-by-step process so that you can use these skills to track 3D models onto your live-action scenes.
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00:00 Intro
00:40 Initial Setup
01:51 Tracking
04:33 Object Solving
06:34 Applying to a 3D Object
07:51 Adding Our Own 3D Model
08:53 Exporting to HitFilm
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[@4KProductionsFilms]

Very useful tips and instructions. I feel like even I could pull off some of those shots after watching, but, in my case, I know that's just the rush talking! 🤣

[@FXhome]

Glad it was helpful! - Javert

[@jimboflex6194]

A very thorough and easy to understand tutorial. To further "sell" a shot like this, I would add a shadow catcher (in Cycles mode) where the actor's neck and/or shoulders would be, so that the helmet shadow would fall on the actor's "body" (giving the shadow catcher the same color material as the actor, for any reflections or bounce light that's recorded by the helmet mesh). While alignment of the shadow-catcher mesh may require a frame-by-frame adjustment (or possibly an animated armature if there's a lot of actor movement), a larger light source would soften the shadow, reducing the amount of work needed to keep the shadow aligned. Keeping this in mind from the outset, the original footage should be shot with softer lighting. Not exactly sure how this would work with HitFilm, though. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@auegh7556]

thank you for this, i’ve been wanting to learn this for a while

[@FXhome]

Glad we could help! - Javert

[@stoatsnhoney]

Been waiting for someone to make a tutorial on this forever!! Thanks!

[@FXhome]

Happy to help! - Javert

[@cybersamurai7932]

Thanks zach

[@BonzikaStudios]

Purely Excellent Detailed Tutorial. Keep it Up!

[@FXhome]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stuartallen2001]

Fricking awesome tutorial. You made this straightforward and its one of the coolest things I've done so far in Blender (Process is still the same in 3.1). Subbing immediately :)

[@FXhome]

Great to hear, glad you liked it! - Javert

[@arvzprintingexpress7488]

Blender tracking looks so good

[@siddhapandeypanigrahi353]

I hav been looking for exactly this kind of tutorial channel till now and now i finally found you guys 😀😀😀😀

[@FXhome]

Welcome, glad you found us! - Javert

[@DGaryGrady]

Excellent advice to add contrast, saturation, and even some sharpening to footage before tracking! It's worth noting that this can be completely separate from color correction and grading for other purposes. (By the way, Zach does some of the clearest tutorials on KZbin. He would also make an excellent voice actor for a scarier version of HAL 9000, and I mean that with great respect!)

[@4seeableTV]

His voice is anything but scary.

[@Glitch_Wizard]

@@4seeableTV This is what makes it perfect though. When you take something that is calm, or cute, or comforting, and you mix it with horror, you get this bizarre combination kinda in the uncanny valley in a weird way. This is why cute little girl holding a balloon in a horror movie is terrifying. Or you could have like mr rogers as a horror character.

[@BlenderFan]

Thanks for showing this very helpful tutorial.

[@FXhome]

You're welcome! - Javert

[@goldgrrl]

I'm Zaaaack and welcome baaaack 😎

[@lakvfx]

Very helpul,keep up with blender

[@alimkotwal5876]

Awesome tutorial 🔥💥 Can you make a tutorial on iron man transformation

[@cgworm6111]

Ohhh this is what i needed

[@FXhome]

Hope it helped! - Javert

[@Samdeeshh]

Can we make a infinite loop video effect inside express version Love to see a tutorial on it.

[@ukmonk]

Thank you 😊

[@FXhome]

You're welcome! - Javert

[@arkham666]

Exactly what i was looking for. Time to draw on my face.

[@FaddyVFX]

Great video,

[@FXhome]

Thanks for watching! - Javert

[@aran1452]

thank you

[@JonVlogs123]

Thanks! :)

[@FXhome]

You're welcome! - Javert

[@SitinprettyProductions]

Thanks for the video! How do you set the scene frames to specific frames in blender before tracking? I click the button thinking it will allow me to put in the start and end frame and instead nothing seems to happen.

[@onebashman2808]

Better than the others

[@jamesbondaygee]

Pretty cool I must say. I usually use AFX. And hadn't heard about HitFilm. May check it out. Thanks. But why not just use the Film editor and compositing tools within Blender??

[@asmkawsar]

Awesome Tutorial... wish you share the source footage as well. Many Thanks.. 💜💜💜

[@fredyramos2099]

Subtitled in Portuguese! what a cool thing! \o/

[@zidaan21]

nice!

[@FXhome]

Thanks for watching! - Javert

[@skahra8377]

wow, really good video, i need it for a school project, you safed me. when i don´t get an 1 (that´s the same like an A in America) i don´t know

[@henrique21890]

Can you make a explosion tutorial with actionvfx stock footage?

[@gvuprise1465]

please do more videos like this.

[@FXhome]

What other content would you like to see from us in this style?

[@luisignaciodebellis6539]

Hi. When parenting the points to the 3d object you scale the object; is it posible to scale the points to fit the normal size of the 3D object?

[@marshmelow]

Great tutorial but halfway through you finally mention you need 8 tracking markers...that should have been said in the beginning....sheesh.

[@GaryTurbo]

That's the same method Christopher Nolan used for Harvey Dent in Dark Knight, hope Sony uses it for Calypso in the Twisted Metal TV series Yay Kirsties back 😍😍😍😍

[@therealgarciagamer]

Can you possibly do a Ghost rider flaming Skull effect tutorial I’ve been wanting to use my agents of shield skull for a long time but I’m having trouble

[@jimmyzeng998]

Literally teaching you how to use blender

[@MrFrost-xh6rf]

Can you use fspy instead of guessing where to put the camera?

[@Infotained]

Can we do this in after effects insted of hitlfilm

[@SubH2O]

Very useful..this is good also for hitfilm express??

[@FlyingBanana78]

If you have the purchased 3d pack for express. If not you can just render out the scene in blender with alpha background and a png image sequence so that only the helmet is getting rendered with the motion. Then you can import the image sequence into Hitfilm and then add the original footage in under the helmet image sequence and then adjust colors and grading as needed.

[@daimones2927]

Hi, thanks for this great tutorial! One big problem for me. I followed everything perfectly, everything is precise as in your video, only big problem for me.... The head turns to the right, the mask to the left. I do not understand why. Please help me. Thanks in advance.

[@RetroX66]

Good video 👍 Your voice make me laughing xD

[@justonexone]

I swear I thought I was the only one

[@rezasadeghi9614]

bad sound not clear at all

[@Weareisreal]

can you do this with characters?

[@mahermohamed6749]

do i have to know all the info about the camera?

[@prince_raj00]

What is the specifications of your computer sir ?

[@FratDede]

I wish you had made Black friday campaing for Hitfilm, this 2021 :(

[@felixfilme8739]

Where is the Black Friday Sale??

[@olamitigaze3276]

If I may ask is it compulsory to motion track ...can I just animate it according to the movement of her face

[@FXhome]

You could, but it would be very tedious.

[@olamitigaze3276]

@@FXhome okay that's true Thanks

[@ridwanm5150]

How to add shadow on the neck?

[@Weareisreal]

how can I do body tracking in blender?

[@jkartz92]

Isn't there a LOG to LIN option?

[@JeffreyPresstonBezos]

The first to watch the video!

[@lucutes2936]

how to track in a footage that filmed a city? I can't just put markers on buildings and so on.

[@sandharutharaka]

I am zaaack and welcome baaaack. 💩

[@bokwuchidezie7657]

Very informative and useful but one problem detected, there's no shadow cast under the character's neck, it's just an observation.

[@stoatsnhoney]

Could probably be fixed by masking the neck in Mocha and using it as a shadow catcher!

[@litenshark]

When ever i make a video in hitfilm horizontal when i go to post it it well shrink and the same when i transfer the video to my phone is their a way to fix it?

[@FXhome]

Please contact Support with your computer specs and a screencapture of the issue occurring: fxhome.com/ask - Javert

[@bifrostbeberast3246]

You forgot the helmets shadow on her neck and collarbone area. A simple shadow catcher could be enough to sell the impression.

[@makethelifesimple]

Wire frame view? 8:27

[@insanityfilms]

00:03 is that for real ? or is he just messing around ??? I'm confused

[@hassantech9786]

Why fxhome is showing blender tracking

[@nickfai9301]

Hi, I'm going to buy a pc for learning Blender purpose. Can you help me, is this pc spec suitable for Blender? Intel i9 12gen RTX 3050 or 3060 graphic card 16GB ram Please give your advice. Thanks.

[@rhomis]

Did you buy the PC? Seems like it will handle the job well. I use 2 NVIDIA graphic cards for GPU (CUDA) processing. My AMD processor is also CUDA, but don't use that in blender with the graphics card CUDA, even though it is listed. It actually slows it down so much.

[@nickfai9301]

@@rhomis Not yet. Still cannot make the decision which one should I buy. Two display card means a lot of money right :) ....

[@rhomis]

@@nickfai9301 - You may want to build a PC yourself. That's all I do. I never buy a prefab PC unless it is a used one from a geek.

[@nickfai9301]

@@rhomis 20 years ago I know how to build a PC myself. At that time there's no such thing like liquid cooling, super power graphic card etc. Today I'm not confident any more to set up my own PC from scratch.

[@somerandommonkeydude]

Or you can put on the iron man helmet right behind you

[@mhrehaan]

why is mine not solveing

[@ukmonk]

What I don't get, how is this such a massive chore to get to work in Blender etc when you have an iPhone that can do it automatically!! Isn't there any addons/apps that can do this please? I mean face track with iPhone and export data to Blender? Surely cant be that hard!

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

And yet I`ve never tried it cause I don`t want to paint myself of add stickers or anything lol

[@jahy1970]

If the CIA wants a replacement for Water Torture, this process is a prime candidate.

[@aliensoup2420]

Why not render it Blender? Is this suggesting that Hitfilm has a better renderer than Blender?

[@rhomis]

I was wondering that too. I like to have full control in Blender for everything, like shadows and realism. I don't like to stray away from Blend much, unless I really have too.

[@apmad5932]

Stop pinching your nose while talking

[@videopro__]

blender..hitfilms cinema 4d 😂

[@gcbraga]

Is this your real voice?

[@tom120ali]

This can't be a real voice.

[@MrFrost-xh6rf]

Yo, I thought he was doing that voice in the beginning as a gag… but nope lol

[@PoggersFloppa]

bro legit has the nerd voice

[@simonprice6025]

way too fast and not explaining what each step does and why you might do it. Arrrrrgghhhh..

[@theslicefactor4590]

Agreed. Another useless "tutorial "video.

[@BOSSposes]

THERE IS 0 Track points showing in your method it shows nothing and it default has a camera constraint this is useless

[@hr-lyrics2740]

I pause the video so he can breath...

[@xavierosorio28]

too many steps for 5 seconds video

[@marcelh731]

Common…i have to watch the video with subtitle - I can’t listen to this voice at all. It feels not serious