Quick Tip number two: Using SynthEyes to generate a 2D tracker in After Effects.

This was a quick example I made while I was beta testing The Foundry’s CameraTracker Plugin a few months ago.  I finally made it viewable on Vimeo.  It’s a fantastic plugin for people that want to enhance their compositing with 3D tracking directly inside of After Effects.  Thanks to CameraTracker, Colorista II and Action Essentials 2 this only took me a few hours to create.  The footage was shot on a RED camera.

Here’s a photo I compositied for a client. I created most of the fireball in Cinema 4D using Turbulence FD. Then I blended several C4D renders together in photoshop along with one stock photo of fire.  Click on the image to see all the detail.

Here is a quick tip when working with greenscreen footage inside of Cinema 4D.

I will have a Cinema 4D quick tip up this week and I just bought a Canon 550D so I can go out and shoot my own footage for tutorials and the occasional short film:). My first video test with T2i.  Get ready for some fun tutorials!

My first tutorial is online.  This covers some basics in PFmatchit and how to export your matchmove to Cinema 4D.  More to come! PFmatchit and Cinema 4D Tutorial from Josh Johnson on Vimeo.

Coming soon PFmatchit and Cinema 4D Tutorials!