SynthEyes Info

We will be doing most of our matchmoving using SynthEyes, an appreciably powerful piece of matchmoving software. You can download a trial version of the software at:

ssontech.com/demo/

(user and pw given out in class, or fill out the trial info to get your own email with info)

Tutorial Wise - Here are some good starting points:

Youtube Playlist of Tuts (EASY):
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL603E51EFA3DD233C

SynthEyes' own Learning Site:
http://ssontech.com/learning.htm

Adavanced Tutorial (Do this if you want to take this technique seriously):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipTbUkAXZk


PROJECT 2 In Progress:
For Tuesday: Storyboard, plan and shoot video footage for a 1 minute animation/composite.
This project will use MatchMoving as a visual technique, so plan on establishing a video narrative/scene with straight footage, then plan on compositing in 3D footage on top.

For matchmoving examples, consider:
vimeo.com/7400277


vimeo.com/7993383

http://gawker.com/5512689/attack-of-the-pixels

Blender Improvements

Big news in  the Blender world. First, a new version has been released (2.63) and there has been a big changes in the mesh modeling system. The software now support N-Gons (more than quads and triangles). Also the new rendering engine cycles has been updated, plus other things:

Download HERE

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Another sidenote, if you want to check out a very cool modeling aid called BSurfaces, it may be worth your time. It used to be commercial ($39) and it has just been released under a free (GPL) licence.
HERE