Week 6
Location Tracking
For Week 6, we learned how to use 3D Equalizer. We plotted points according to the footage to create depth for our 3D Camera. I learned a lot about what is a good track vs what is a bad track and how that impacts the final camera. It was interesting to navigate the interface and seeing our work come together in the 3D view with the footage playing.
Week 7
Iron Man Mask Tracking
For this exercise, we placed tracking points on the background and on the actor’s face. This helped me understand how the software recognizes the depth in the footage and separating the background from the foreground.
We then imported the 3D model of the Iron Man mask and linked it to the points on the actor’s face. This helped me understand the importance of having a steady and stable tracking point because of how jittery the 3D model would look if it’s not stable.