Exploring the New Features in PFTrack2015
by Michael Raphaelovich
Throughout these lessons, we'll utilize the exciting new features included in this brand new version of PFTrack 2015. Software required: Pixel Farm's PFTrack 2015, Autodesk's Maya 2014.
What you'll learn
Throughout these lessons, we'll utilize the exciting new features included in this brand new version of PFTrack 2015. We will learn to construct mesh out of reference photos, how to use the photo survey node, and how to use the photo mesh node. We will also explore the new graphic user interface. By the end of this course, you'll have a better understanding of the new tools within PFTrack and how to use these features. Software required: Pixel Farm's PFTrack 2015, Autodesk's Maya 2014.
About the author
Michael Raphaelovich is a Matchmove artist, Visual Effects compositor and a film editor. Right after his graduation with a masters degree at the end of 2007, he found work as a compositor in Burbank, California. Among the Commercials he worked on, he also was a junior compositor on the 2008 Movie “Red Sands” and on the TV show “The Middleman”. After getting back to the San Francisco Bay Area, he continued to work as a film editor, VFX matchmover, and a compositor on various projects and independ... moreent films. Between projects, Michael teaches Visual Effects Classes at two different Universities in the bay area. Among the courses that he teaches are Visual Effects Matchmoving, 3D dynamics, Film and TV editing, Intermediate Compositing, and more. During the summer of 2012, Michael acted as the technical editor on Tim Dobbert's 2nd edition “Matchmoving: The Invisible Art of Camera Tracking”.