TrackingConverter

Covert 'camera tracking' to 'object tracking'

Updated: 24 October 2014

Author: masahiro.teraoka

Compatible Nuke versions: 6.3 or later

Compatibility: Linux, Mac, Windows

This allow you to convert 'camera tracking' to 'object tracking'

When you have already finished 'camera tracking', it usually should be that camera is moving and object(target) is static.

In this case, if you want to convert it to 'object tracking', which means  camera is static and object(target) is moving, you can use this gizmo.

To tell you the truth, this gizmo should works when object is moving. Anyway eventually you would get a static camera.  

 

How to Use:

1.Just plug 'Camera' node you'd tracked in 'Camera' input. 

2.Just plug 'Target' node in 'Target' input.

3.Press either 'convert(expression)' button or 'convert(bake animation)'.

  if you press 'convert(expression)', you will get some nodes which have 'Expression' in their attributes.

  if you press 'convert(bake animation)', you will get some nodes which have keyframes in every frame in their attributes.

 

Notice:

'Target' input must always be an Axis node with final 'transform'.

It means 'Target' must not have some kinds of 'TransformGeo' node below itself.

If you open 'Curve Editor', you feel it's slow when you press button.  Anyhow 'Bake' is slow..... Sorry.

 

I'm planning to write a tutorial about how to get final 'Transform' during using 'TransformGeo' or 'axis' like acting as parent. 
>>> I wrote kinda tutorial in this nukepedia.
http://www.nukepedia.com/written-tutorials/calculation-for-the-transformation-in-world-space

 

Thanks,

masahiro teraoka

This is free for use, but when you use it inside another gizmo or you want to modify it, Please keep my name on it.
Thank you:) masahiro teraoka

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