mTracker 3D Tutorial - Building a cinematic mO2 scene with tracked models - MotionVFX

[@CharleyPangus]

A shadow on the ground would Of helped sell the effect a lot! But cool video none the less! I’m thinking about buying this plugin.

[@Scottpie47]

Wow, as if mTracker and mO2 weren't cool enough, that step of adding the gradient via image mask to 'haze' the ship into the background was definitely a Top Tip! I'm going to be thinking about that in lots of shots going forward. Thanks for another amazing tutorial!!

[@alejmc]

Yeah! Great trick in there. Maybe the MotionVFX devs behind mO2 could also add a ‘fog’ pass, with all the post processing effects available like DoF (which also uses depth distance to the camera) a fog utility of sorts would be a walk in the park for them me thinks.

[@alejmc]

This is such a cool and complete fast tutorial... things to write down: - Cmd click adds more tracker 3d points - shift ignores the track point orientation (I find this PERFECT, sometimes we don’t want to deal with counter rotations on the content pos/rot/scale side of things) - Get to like Behaviors like the oscillation ones... Personally I don’t know my thick skull always forgets about them. (Would be great too if one day those behaviors could be fed to the objects inside mO2) - Nifty fog trick using a radial/linear gradient and masks (would be also great if mO2 rendering engine could add a fog utility of sorts... having already DoF and other way more complicated effects maybe this one is closer to be doable than not).

[@SeedCreative]

Mo2 has behaviors as well ;)

[@johnny8ball35]

This tutorial is so awesome... you guys really nailed it with this... once I'm able to get another MacBook pro so I can take advantage of this program to the fullest, I will try my best pushing every feature to the max!!

[@maxivy3299]

Good one, good to see the benefits of MO2 & MTRACKER.

[@elturkocharro]

Amazing! A little expensive for students in Latin America, but fantastic tool!

[@roshiejones]

This is Great keep them coming buddy!

[@Astrobutch0901]

Thanks George, really useful as ever!

[@IannisMaragakis]

Holly Molly!

[@MrVideoproVivek]

Nice video thank you so much this! I was wondering how did you create a space model with textures and lighting effects of the engine etc.. Is the model layer a video layer? Or an actual model object with textures and lighting effects? What is the format of this file?

[@motionvfx]

If you have specific questions, feel free to reach us via chat ->mvfx.co/Chat :)

[@Astrobutch0901]

Would also have been nice to add a shadow catcher on the ground plane? Thats a lovely addition to MO2..

[@annajaroszek9034]

Shadow catcher is very cool but in this case is not needed cause the spaceship is way behind the building and the light is more like ambient :)

[@moetarded7757]

We need more......feed me!

[@JaimeAndresMedia]

I've had mTracker since it came out and have not been able to get it to work the way these tutorials show. It bogs down my computer and does not track the footage as neatly and clean as these tutorial show. Also, why use motion 5? Is Motion 5 a better tool for compositing with mTracker? Seems cumbersome to export a project from motion 5 to include in a FCPX project, why not just stay within FCPX?

[@jumbe262]

Can you get photorealistic results like in ae or blender? And what is the skill level needed compared to those two?

[@pjorge]

That's one great tutorial! As always 😄 It would be great to have the footage of you moving on the roof to try to replicate the tutorial.

[@danielg5705]

A video on adding objects to the sky? 😬

[@anly0130]

is possible can make this in fcpx not only motion5

[@beeresone]

Yes it's possible. mO2/mTracker 3D workflow tutorial will show in a next few days I think.

[@anly0130]

Thanks so much

[@anly0130]

@@beeresone is possible to make freeze rain. Fall just like AE If possible please make tutorial Thanks so much

[@JoshGreensVLOG]

Can you track faces or people? I'm hoping to add Pointer or tracker on a person as they move through the scene, as well as adding an edited face PNG on an actor/change their shirt graphic.

[@SeedCreative]

That’s not really the purpose of this plugin. You’ll want something dedicated to tracking points or planar tracking. I’ve used mcallouts before and used one of the call outs with a dropzone, then just offset the dropzone to where I wanted it and deleted the prebuilt text. You can also do basic point tracking directly in motion and track a dropzone or PNG. Changing a shirt graphic might be a little different. There will be warping involved. Might want to wait on MVFX and see if there is something like that coming in the future ;)

[@EnochJoshua]

I upgraded to Big Sur 11.2.1 and updated Fcpx, motion etc.. when i do the tracking, the tracks stays for a while and it moves away from the location.. like its just sliding away.. in all your examples, it just stays like its nailed to the ground.. my clip settings and project settings are the same.. i even tried increasing the contrast.. but its not a perfect track. I used my Fuji XT4 camera with 25 fps 1080p.. and few times my fcpx crashed when i loaded a 3D model and dragged it to a 3D group inside Mo2.. this happened 3 times.. it crashed and Fcpx shut down by itself.. dont know what went wrong.. after tracking in mtracker, when i place the position it shows in one place and when i paste the track data to Mo2 and click 3d group, the x y z icon is not in the same place.. its slightly moved and reacts very differently.. please help..!!! thank you

[@SeedCreative]

Are there any moving elements in the scene? Masks are important to utilize so that the tracker doesn’t take that movement into account.

[@mrapter7]

I can confirm this doesn’t track properly for me. I’ve tracked footage and the placeholder tracks fine in my footage. When I go and add m02 to it, paste data, add a pre existing model from the library, it tracks completely wrong and I cannot resize the model to be of a realistic proportion at all. Please advise? I’m trying to get ahold of support with no luck

[@SeedCreative]

Are you adding the model into the 3D group below the mtracker3d camera? Are you resetting all parameters of the added object? DO NOT reset the parameters of the 3D group itself. Are you deleting the default camera? If the placeholder is fine in the mTracker3d effect scene, it should transfer over perfectly to the mo2 as the camera keyframes are identical. It’s possible a small but crucial step is being missed along the way. Just have to figure out which one.

[@jamesjoe5979]

which 3D models does MO2 work with?

[@EnochJoshua]

how do i work with multiple targets in a same project.. one target for the 1st object and the 2nd target point for the 2nd object ? how do i do that?

[@SeedCreative]

When selecting positions hold down command and you can select multiple points for multiple models.

[@EnochJoshua]

@@SeedCreative Thank you so much for the reply. and also please suggest any in depth tutorials on mTracker 3D's anchor point setup.

[@alfonta]

motion,motion

[@luckyali977]

Can we do the scene without mo2

[@chinitopinoy1726]

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.

[@jokeusa]

How would you add a 3D model? If you've got an USDZ of it, then perhaps it's possible, but Motion doesn't support any other 3D model formats.

[@world-tour]

Why is the opening spaceship scene different to the one at the end of the video? (It's a different ship, lighting etc.) The opening scene looks a lot more realistic.

[@alejmc]

The second one was a live demonstration of how to do it. The first one probably had a lot more time to tweak and tinker with it off-camera.

[@SeedCreative]

@@alejmc that’s 100% correct. We had way more time to fine tune and tweak the opening.

[@nopcut2425]

I been thinking if this working the same work on FCPX so I can start it by follow this video Or I need to install mo2 and 3 D Tracker so I can start to edit like this Answer please...?

[@SeedCreative]

Yes mo2 works the same in fcp.

[@nopcut2425]

@@SeedCreative Thanks so much I'll get it right now!!!

[@arifinaldorj4845]

Can use fcpx for edit like this?

[@SeedCreative]

Yes you can use mo2 and mTracker3d in FCP as well.

[@spambros8059]

@@SeedCreative but in final cut can you do the same type of work like this?

[@SeedCreative]

@@spambros8059 with mo2 yes

[@bayanihannetwork9312]

hey is the plugin compatible with the new m1?tia

[@SeedCreative]

MTracker3d is compatible with m1. Mo2 isn’t currently until it can be updated. There is a terminal command workaround, but it’s not the best option. Best option is wait for the mo2 update and use mo2 on an intel in the meantime.

[@bayanihannetwork9312]

@@SeedCreative good to know thank you!

[@bayanihannetwork9312]

@@SeedCreative have another question, can it also do mask tracking as with after effects?

[@hellohogo]

it's a shame that mo2 is still not usable on the last 2 generations of Mac now. What year is the eta for support?

[@motionvfx]

Take a look at this tutorial -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/jamZY5yMr9GYbZY

[@karliemorris7318]

how'd you do the initial tracking for the mask, I'd like to know please

[@SeedCreative]

Just make the mask, and quickly keyframe it with movement. Can do it quickly, doesn’t have to be perfect