Scripting pro's: can you convert camera tracking?

TheHappyFriar wrote on 4/19/2009, 3:48 PM

Found a neat, FREE, 3d camera tracking program:
http://www.digilab.uni-hannover.de/download.html

It can export the motions it computers to a plain text file. Even explains what each computed value is. Each line of the file = 1 frame of motion.

Is there any way to make a script read each of these & move the vegas camera by making key frames?

Comments

Coursedesign wrote on 4/19/2009, 5:05 PM

Unlike After Effects, Vegas doesn't have a camera.

It does have Track Motion, which allows you to do some of the things that can be done with a true camera, but with many limitations.

richard-courtney wrote on 4/19/2009, 5:30 PM

This data is really for use in a 3D program such as Blender, Caligari trueSpace, etc.

However, in a 3D program it can be used to move a camera or to make
changes to an image plane. You can have the plane project your video and move the
plane about.

May I ask what you want to do?
Image de-shaker?
Match move such as set extensions?

We can direct you further if you want to share your application.

TheHappyFriar wrote on 4/19/2009, 7:39 PM

I was thinking make a 3d track motion match the motions of the txt file.

Then you could composite stuff in & have it match the motions in the camera. IE keyed shots, etc. I tried it in blender & it works great, but I'd rather do composting in Vegas vs blender.