How To Use The 3d Camera Tracker: One of Fusion's Best Tools - Davinci Resolve15 Tutorial

3D Camera tracking is one of the most important elements needed for a good composite and Fusion has a really stinking good 3d camera tracker. In this in depth Fusion tutorial we go over everything you need to know to get totally rock solid tracks for your next VFX masterpiece.
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[@adamskrzymowski4025]

Threadripper 1950X and 128GB of RAM. Us mere mortals can only dream...

[@HartmutNoerenberg]

it's not that expensive anymore ;)

[@weplaywax]

Yeah you can build that for less than a mac pro entry level

[@flipnap2112]

@@weplaywax I doubt that

[@Frindleeguy]

@@flipnap2112 Less than $1200 on newegg there bud.

[@flipnap2112]

@@Frindleeguy if you can show me a build from Newegg that doesn't cost as much if not more than an entry level brand new Mac Pro ill bow down. you how how I know, because I specced it out already. it came in 350-400 more than a new Mac Pro entry level. the cpu costs more than 1200 bucks.. but you dont even need a system that fast anyway for resolve.. it runs extremely well

[@theblacktruth]

An amazingly in-depth tool. It really does, however, make me appreciate all that is being done for us behind the scenes in After Effects.

[@rusticagenerica]

I simply cannot believe how much time, in this video, is dedicated to stuff that doesn't matter at all. The whole video could have been made in 10 minutes, if not less.

[@nikolassehman]

How would you go about adding a track for amber now? Like if you wanted to add a bird on her arm or something? Does that require a multi cam shot with a stationary camera?

[@leecaste]

You should show the final result at the end again and why don't you answer any questions?

[@k2OS]

may it doesn't actually do anything? :D (yes.. I was also wondering why he wiould go through all this effort just to not actualy show what it does....)

[@simbarashekunedzimwe1372]

Thanks Theo. This is great as, really needed this. May I ask if you could actually like composite a 3d car in Da-Fusion as a tutorial please?

[@andysvlock5992]

love this, thought I had my speed at 1.25x

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

He takes 12 shots of speed before recording each video.

[@cerealgudforu5624]

What if I want to add snow particle to the video that act like it's really there. Like if the camera goes backwards the snow won't follow the camera but instead move backwards

[@elephantgrass631]

"We're not going to make anything sexy".... *pulls up a clip of Amber in the woods*

[@Clickumentary]

ha.. If Amber isn't sexy enough there was also an Ursa Mini 4.6K in the woods too. :)

[@StudioLD]

do you know how we can change the units for the sensor?

[@sander1068]

Hi, great tutorial. Just one thing I'm struggeling with. Let's say I want to add some snow footage as an overlay to the 3d tracked footage. I want it to follow the movement of the camera. How do I turn this snow footage into 3d layer like I can do in after effects ?

[@thenout]

I believe you skipped over one important aspect, which is the correlation between focal length and crop factor. So there's a 12-35 mm M43 lens wich corresponds to 24-70 full frame. Taking into account the camera presets, do you have to type in the 12mm or 24mm? Or putting it the other way around: Who is supposed to do the math, you or the machine?

[@nikolasdove]

I know this comment is old but I think I have an answer: Lenses and camera bodies / sensor sizes are two very different physical objects. So the focal length of a lens you buy for your camera isn't going to change depending on the camera body you buy. Imputing the image sensor size after the focal length will then do the math as to how much the camera is utilizing said focal length based on the image sensor size that is available to take in the final image. That's why it's cropped sensor, because it is reduced to it's standard size. A lens is a lens no matter what, but different cameras have different sized canvases on the inside to take in what is coming through. Focal length mm does math with an image sensors mm size. That's just my theory, I can't explain it more than that, but this makes the most sense to me and I've seen these kind of camera settings in 3D programs outside of Fusion so, in short, the machine does the math based on a camera and light physics algorithm.

[@chumpster69]

The user guide for Resolve 15 is fantastic, but sometimes it's just better to watch how things are done! This is really informative and useful, so thanks for taking the time to put it together!

[@adsmithtx]

well done video...

[@hchattaway]

This was a great one! I would assume these procedures hold if you are looking to comp in a 3d model or stock footage like explosions or flames? With 3d model and a 3d camera solve, that would allow the model to appear correctly from various angles, correct? Thanks!

[@Miesnermedia]

Correct! Happy compositing! -Theo

[@worldtech8908]

Thanks

[@eddiep4940]

Thanks for the tutorial. I have shot some footage on a green screen with a moving camera. I need to have a motion track for the background so it matches the movement in the actual footage I have filmed. I have tried to use the Camera Tracker in fusion for the main clip I filmed, so I could then take the data and pop it on the background which then would match the same movement. Is this possible, and if so how do I do it? I have tried to copy and paste the nodes from Fusion, this did not work, and I tried to copy the first clip and past attributes, that did not work either.

[@Drugdesigners]

Nice and complete tutorial. Is there any chance to export these tracking to some other 3d program like blender , cinema4d and unreal engine.

[@CC-gt3ro]

Camera tracker seems only available with the pay version pf resolve 17 studio.

[@mikerjandl]

Where would you add a polygon mask in the node layout? I want to hide part of my text behind a subject in the foreground. Great tutorial--I've watched it about 8 times and can finally make it through the process on my own.

[@akyhne]

Maybe you'll find your answer in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ60ZWVmptZ3a8k

[@rolandrickphotography]

Yeah, cool. Unfortunately this tracker guy is not available in the free version 🙈. I am just hassling between purchasing DR Studio or a BMPCC4K 😍, which comes with a DR Studio license. The only problem I have with the BMPCC4K is the form factor. I am hardcore Ronin-S user and BMPCC4K can - caused by wide form factor - not balanced on the Ronin-S without hardware hack 😝 (and I really don't like such things).

[@T7pro]

yooo just wanna drop a comment! u guys are really amazing!! just wanna say thank you! especially this tutorial is sooo helpful, how u explain every option and section!! a big thank you !

[@hip-gun-studio]

Hey. Nice1. Would it be possible to track the camera movement and on top of this even track the object to replace something on the object? I had that case and i failed. I had a clip with a car. We tried to replace something on the car. But the camera movement AND the moving object was too complicated for me...any ideas how to in Fusion?

[@Zharkan16]

Where can I find myself an Amber?

[@johanreviews7587]

Great tutorial.

[@TerenceKearns]

Another great tutorial. You Da Man!

[@irandagi]

It's possible to export in transparency only the 3D tracked without videoclip backgroud? How can I do?

[@peterallely5417]

Could you do a tutorial on making text correctly shadowed with the scene?

[@Miesnermedia]

Yes sir you read my mind ;) Be on the look out for it. -Theo

[@neoxy8991]

In DaVinci Resolve 16, you must habe the payed Version to USA the Camera Tracker

[@TheoParis]

yep i fiured that out after i had started creating things ;(

[@EnJFilmz]

Do you think it's better than the After Effects 3D camera tracker if I already have it?

[@areito5]

Does it work in the free vers?

[@loffe4451]

No

[@glennet9613]

I followed this using a similar clip and the solve just hangs, I'm using Studio 19 Beta.

[@arki3134]

So what’s the difference between this and planar tracker?

[@nonstar8182]

How do you rotate the camera view so that you see it from the side like you do in the video? is there any good reference on what the keyboard/mouse controls are for rotating the view horizontally/vertically etc?

[@MilanKarakas]

Does this paid version of DaVinci Resolve export 'alembic' file (.abc) of the camera solver? If not, then I don't want to buy it. Thanks.

[@krowwithakay]

Milan Karakas I wish I’d asked myself this question before buying it, no it doesn’t export Alembic, but it does export FBX which does basically the same thing. Unfortunately it really doesn’t work that well, at least I haven’t been able to get it to work great. I have been trying to export my camera tracks to Maya with limited success

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Great info! Only one criticism: SLOW DOWN! Yikes, you talk fast! Just remember that a portion of your audience has no idea what they're doing and are trying to follow along. Other than that, loved it! Having fun playing with this thing (The free version).

[@AdamPrestNZ]

Watch it on 0.5x speed

[@brokenjax]

I agree. It's not the speed so much as it is the absence of consonants. It's how the kids are talking these days.

[@elephantgrass631]

This is far from a beginner tutorial. If you have no idea what you're doing, go to the Blackmagic website and do the tutorial there to get familiar with the interface and concepts. The speed he's going at is just fine.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@elephantgrass631 It's okay. I put the speed on 0.75 and it's fine. ;)

[@Svetylkovo]

Hmh. Lens distorting it first and then de-destorting it back again, that's a pretty clever trick though :-))

[@aim__freakz8499]

Great tutorial! Idk why i'm watching this lol I used to use DaVinci 2 years ago lol

[@villepakarinen]

At 18:33, you can see on the left side camera that the tracking points are pretty badly misaligned. This confused me when I tried myself. What's going on there? Shouldn't the camera be perfectly aligned?

[@akyhne]

No, the camera still follows the original camera movement. You can also see it on the right side, that the 3D camera tilts to the right.

[@quickpickle]

all that time and work for a simple text track on the ground?

[@RodrigoPolo]

I tried, but AfterFX is so much easier.

[@cjkalandek996]

Can you export this tracking data to Blender?

[@chrismannik]

How can I add images or other 2D objects instead of text? Somehow it does not allow 3D scene input as an image or video file.

[@ryanhaddad6815]

Import your content directly

[@KerryGarrison]

I am trying to follow along but my nodes do not want to connect, especially the merge3d to the camera tracker. A very simple tutorial on getting started without adding all the extra fluff like lens distortion might be useful

[@Miesnermedia]

The camera tracker has 2 outputs (the grey squares) make sure you are connecting the 3d output to the merge 3d and not the 2d output. Hovering over the output will tell you which one it is. The lens distortion in this tutorial is optional. You don't have to use it.

[@KerryGarrison]

I got everything to connect but the text isnt tracking. Going to start over.

[@johnepton3589]

Kerry Garri

[@MrTamix74]

Can i export the 3D track information to maya?

[@TheGallagherExperience]

is anyone else having an issue with the tracking points not showing up on the merge3D1 node?

[@UserTenNumbers]

Shrek will never die!

[@dspoet1]

Can you do a tutorial on adding the aspect ratio to single clips instead of the whole timeline?

[@milankarakastutorials900]

Pressing everything, but unable to add merge tab. How?

[@simonon-music]

i know this might be the easiest fix but i cant seem so find how to turn that second screen on with the camera details on

[@arsh0603]

Hi, When I hit the Solve, its takes ages :( did you cut this movie at that point in tutorial?

[@adrianniwa1438]

On some machines it looks like it got stuck at the beginning. Needs some patience. Solving depends on the machine, footage resolution and amount of points to solve.

[@OmegaMachine]

Whats your expernacie with AMD CPU and Resolve 15?

[@akyhne]

Puget Systems has a lot of tests and benchmarks in Resolve. You'll have to click around yourself, to find what you are looking for. But here's a benchmark sheet. www.pugetsystems.com/pic_disp.php?id=58330

[@benjones5799]

is this in the free version?

[@akyhne]

Nope..!

[@cocoatkinsonartist2796]

HELP my solve is saying that i don't have enough tracks but i have just as many has yours why is this???!!

[@6ixFigurefilms]

Is this the paid version

[@SjoerdWess]

Is it me, or is this a LOT more work than the way AAE handles tracked text?

[@akyhne]

This is an advanced guide. You don't have to do all the steps. There are also simpler ways to do tracking.

[@fightofdestiny]

You forgot to mention the shortcuts you're using

[@waynelast1685]

Why don't you show the final result more? I am new and trying to understand what this is even about......

[@akyhne]

It's about how to make a 3D space out of a 2D video clip.

[@ChrisGuerra31]

Dude, where's the final product? Also the Shrek never dies. It's never ogre

[@chilli1472]

how do you search for what tool to add?

[@AndreasNiemeyer]

shift+space - was wondering as well, found it in the manual

[@Empire526]

It's quite annoying to me how it's can be so hard to track something like this when things like the Oculus Quest exist that have almost perfect tracking within vr.

[@bubba60756]

What was the purpose of all this?

[@DRLZEca]

Seems like a long way to do something a regular track/planar can do

[@FlufflessLP]

Helped me a lot, but maybe you want to consider not to explain which settings we do not need and cut down the video length.

[@FunkyPants3D]

YOLO, lets put in lots of markers 👌😂

[@Xero_Wolf]

Noooooooooo! Can't use the camera tracker in the free version.

[@NewLondonMarshall]

Shrek is never dead

[@MrTraiq]

You can achieve this process in just 2clicks in after effects. It's very lengthy procedure!

[@akyhne]

I would like to see a guide on that in AE. This guide is an advanced tutorial for a complex scene. Most steps can be left out, if you want a basic result in a simple scene. There are also other ways to do simpler tracking, with "a few clicks". Fusion can do more complex scenes than AE can and has been used in many blockbuster movies. But it's not as easy to use as AE, for the same reasons. It has been the go-to tool for complex composition, along with Nuke and alike software.

[@טוהרזינתי-ר7ט]

ITS WORKING ONLY WITH THE STUDIO VERSION?

[@msergeyy]

Yes

[@ornino54]

Where is the final result, looks to me got transform to a girl.

[@hannahmichelle9836]

PLEASE HELP. this is unrelated to the video, but im desperate and feeling like an idiot..where the heck is the auto save option for DaVinci 15??

[@Miesnermedia]

davinci resolve>preferences>user>project save and load Hope this helps! -Theo

[@JapaneseNathan]

how and why is this free

[@DJDee101]

Actually the camera tracker feature is not free. lol. You must buy the pro version.

[@EnJFilmz]

Yeah, I just realized that you must purchase the studio version when I tried to activate the camera tracker! 🙁 nice tutorial though.

[@lifewithlani2637]

I didn't know "fruschia" was a color. Fuschia is a pink hue. The tutorial was confusing.

[@jasonmccarthy9880]

bro why didnt you use an actual 3d model? What the hell is that about? you good?!

[@akyhne]

What would be the point? It's a 3D camera tracker tutorial.

[@milankarakastutorials900]

Oh, this one is no more valid in Davinci Resolve 16

[@TheFilminators]

I'm poor so I can't do this

[@rafaelbrito6260]

Lol!!! YOLO 7:00 min

[@laserfliptoboneless]

hehe shrek

[@faddlewaddle2615]

Another supposed instructor incapable of using the word: "Studio" Will be steering clear of your vids now.

[@unkn_own]

Now it's a paid tool

[@thedarkmazeclips3364]

long winded terrible "tutorial".. more like you rant about things we dont understand why you are doing