Over the course of the weekend I decided to do some tests with tracking. I however ran into numerous problems, all of which I can attribute to my own incompetence; or so I've convinced myself.
There isn't much to update in the form of words. Simply put I had put my hopes on using the tracking software suite Boujou. I got a type of trial license at an expo a year back, remarkably enough it was still valid. After shooting some quick shots for tracking and wrestling with some of the known issues of Boujou, such as the constant fps changes across different steps of the camera solving process. I ran into a few problems with the scale and positioning of the world axis of the camera solve versus the internal solve of the particle system I'm using.
After a few fail attempts I finally got the depth issue worked out. But a simple way of setting up the orientation of different elements is still beyond me. Clearly this is something that has to do with me not having used this kind of technique before. I've done some tracked shots with AE's internal tracker as well as Mocha. The shots that I'm going to be shooting however are going to need a tracker like Boujou.
Hopefully I'll actually make some progress beyond what I have now. I've made a small test shot, which looking back is a tad grainy thus making the track a rather big mess. It does however get the concept across however crudely as it might be at this stage.
The first of the two passes is obviously a failed attempt. Upon exporting the camera solve I was unaware of some of the orientation and size settings. Making the camera and the tracking nulls extremely narrow and close to each other. The second was a sad excuse for success. I am now however aware of some of the pitfalls and it should make things far more easier going forward.
Now it's a matter of doing some test shots with a decent setup and proper lighting to eliminate grain and issues with the shutter speed. Till then, this will have to do.
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