TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
September 30, 2008
• Use Boujou to solve 3d camera movement from footage
• Export camera data for After Effects and 3D Max
 
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This tutorial is part 1 of 3.
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by FARAZ RAY 03/19/2010
very look that nice :)
by Somebody 01/02/2010
'Now that we are on track...' lol Tracking points, ...on track...Get it?
by msm 12/23/2009
thank you for this Tutorial
by VFX course 11/16/2009
This is great material. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. My friends and I appreciate this very much.<br><a href="http://www.escapestudios.com/en_GB/training/courses-main/visual-effects.html">VFX course</a>
by Olgun Urgaç 11/06/2009
Great Tutorial ;)
by fghdfgdg 09/02/2009
this is just amazing.
by mike 08/26/2009
very nice info...let me add my 2 cents to this blog by sharing a really good resource of 3ds max tutorials at http://appslog.com/blog/1-blog/796-huge-list-of-3ds-max-tutorials.html

they really have a huge list of tutorials.
by carl 08/21/2009
WEW! huhuhu i think im gonna cry!! Ure a God on AE! i wish i could also do this on my own...
by colton 08/02/2009
i have a MAJOR problem, when i export the camera to were ever i wont, and i manually go there myself i do not see that camera i exported but when i try to export another once i can see it through the browse button? and becuase of this i cannot do the camera tracking inside of studio max. the "Max Script" is not appearing when i need it?

colton109@hotmail.com
please help me
by steveaxp 07/31/2009
Andrew Kramer i have a problem, i do all the thinks right but when i watch the video the text is moving! you know why?
by DarkEntity 07/25/2009
wow.that was a powerful software,like a motion capture camera and very expensive too..Man,everything is so expensive with this line,he,he,he...thanks a lot sir Andrew,you're the best there is!
by sid_lucky2002 06/15/2009
HI ANDREW,
CAN ANY1 HELP ME WITH DIS..
WHENEVER 1 SELECT A POINT IN BOUJU AFTER THE CAMERA SOLVE ALL THE REST OS THE DESELETCTED POINTS ALSO TURN GREEN.. I'HV FOLLOWED XACTLY WT U SAID BUT DIDNT SOLVE THE PROB DOSE NY1 KNOW WT SHD I DO..
HELP ME MY EMID IS
sid_lucky2002@yahoo.co.in
by gin-kalen 06/09/2009
Is it possible to make this tutorial with PFTracker, I am not getting the same results. I keep getting that slipping of the objects. So if you can, show me what I need to do.
thanks alot.

P.S. Your doing gods work here, short from walking on water, but with AE, I'm sure you can!
by Hafeez 06/06/2009
Just a small tip for people who stop with this Part 1 tutorial and not go to Part 3. 'coz of that none of the NULLS stick to the plane and keep moving.

The hint is in the end of Part 1 when Andrew says, "It gets little tricky for this composition". The trick is the Pixel aspect ratio correction by adjusting the Camera Zoom value (*1.111) and changing the comp to 1280 * 720, which Andrew explains in the beginning of Part 3.

Hope this helps people like me who didn't cross Part 1 due to 3DS Max

Now my Nulls stick to the footage like a leech.
by stig olsen 06/04/2009
Thanx Andrew (from Norway)

I have a problem importing my boujou-file into After Effects. There is no null-objects visible on my timeline. You know what is wrong? Its just one layer.
by Satish Salvankar 06/01/2009
good one
by Dillon Pearce 05/21/2009
Very nice tutorial! ROFL at the end ' A cold refreshing... pepsi' first joke I actually laughed properly at :P
by akif 05/13/2009
Hi Andrew;
First of all thanks for all those useful tutorials, basic training, videos, pictures, free effects... i really love way you teaching. clear voice, good quality videos and important tips. my english is very poor but i can understand every words of you say. that's really good for me.
with kind regards from Turkiye.
by Killerz 05/06/2009
gud work dude...
it really helps a lot..
by lal604 04/28/2009
how long have u been animating now?
by Deepak 04/08/2009
hello andrew sir, i want to tell u why you do not use maya for 3d work .
by kanath 04/07/2009
hi like your tutorials vmuch. very use full things
by walkworld 04/02/2009
I was wondering, when you import the boujou camera into AE the comp resolution seems to be different from the export resolution. when I export at 1920x 1080 I get a comp that is 1728 x1080. I noticed this happened in your tutorial as well. My question is , what is the correct way to scale this comp to fit the original footage? (or vise versa) and why does this occur? I saw another tutorial in which the author manually scaled his footage to fit the size of the new comp but I was wondering if there is a better way. Forgive me if this has been asked already but I dont have time to read through all of the "cool tutorial!" "wow great job!" comments in order to find out. Having said that , cool tutorial! great job!
by DT 03/24/2009
Hello Mr Andrew, you an amazing man, i like all your tutorial and you work, anf how you teach the tutorial, i am animator 2D 3D, and character designer, but thank you very much i learn from you very much thing in less time, keep going on man
by adam 03/19/2009
Andrew, you lightened up a depressing week, and ignited long forgotten ideas within me!
This spring will be one full of projects, but now, thanks to you i can't fall asleep (it's 1.a.m in vienna)

;)
thx,
adam
by weed906 03/06/2009
WOW ! you're a god
by weed906 03/06/2009
Thank you Andrew
by weed906 03/06/2009
Awesome thanks Andrew
by irfan rasyid 03/03/2009
thanks a lot da tutorials, it' really helpfully
by 23_Skidoo 02/27/2009
Maaaannn....! I've been following you're exploits for a long time. now that you've gotten into 3D, i've finally figured out what sets you apart from other tutorials out there.... you keep it simple. your results are the same as the other guys... but your approach is the best. keep knockin 'em outta the park...!
by ALex 02/17/2009
hi , but the project file ???compliments for all file :)
by afrokun 02/17/2009
andrew y i can't use boujou coz all da point will turn green when i clik on da yellow one ...
i oso use ctrl to try oso cannot do lo
plese help me
by afrokun 02/17/2009
nice tutorial andrew..:D
but i hv problem when using boujou,
because when i clik on da point after ucing camera solve, all da point turn green and i already try using CTRl key also cannot solve da problem
tanks
by ylx 02/02/2009
Good!!!!!!!. how can make a jet fly over my head using 3d tracking? there is nothing to track when i point the camera in the sky
by bonz 01/18/2009
avantang...pangama po vagu
by Koray 01/16/2009
Hi ,
Very nice tutorial.But when i'm import *.ma file, *.mov and add text tool movie is not matching. Text position equal a null.But text or nulls rockin' , not fixed.Help for it. :) You rock !
by Arnold Stafford 01/13/2009
Thanx man for what you are doing for the motion graphics community.Just brilliant.
by BARDIA ELMI 01/02/2009
Thank you Andrew.
What was the name of 3d traking software.

LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
by Kevin 12/29/2008
Another AMAZING tutorial!!

I just bought AE CS4 (actually the whole Adobe Production Premium suite) and it came with "Mocha for AE CS4" and I have no idea what it's for. It looks a lot like this Boujou. Do you know if it's for 3D tracking??

Keep up the great work!
by Thomas 12/17/2008
What an amazing tutorial, and you make them free for us ? What a great person you are. I really don't know how to thank you, just the word "Thanks" is not enough.
by Austin Petz 12/11/2008
what web-site do u get the Hole or crater
by Dave 12/09/2008
All things is very fantastic tutorial.
Go around the world, Andrew! Don't forget to landing in Indonesia ^^
by blip 12/04/2008
Thank you for these amazing tutorials. The 3DS Max bits have been very exciting and helpful. Big shout to A.K.
by Philip Canvin 12/02/2008
dammit andrew i could kiss you
by MrGibblet 11/27/2008
Haha, well done, Andrew.

I am a big fan of all your tutorials and everything.
It has helped me a lot so far, and I plan to take up Film Editing and Special Effects as a career.

Well, great work man!
by Mark W. 11/26/2008
OMG!

I work in the design department of a post house and I AM the one guy with a Zune!
by emrah 11/24/2008
te?ekkür ederim andrew
by Pierre 11/22/2008
Huge tutorial, thanks a lot
Boujou after effects 3ds max... magic !
by Menelaos 11/22/2008
Thx A lot. This is great tutorial. Great help. Keep on with this style of tutorial(I like the tuts wich have a general and particular use like this one here)

It goes deep into real prodaction
by Mr.i2nee 11/22/2008
I Call it the Incredible Package :
After Effects - PhotoShop
3DS Max
boujou
by Cristiao Lisboa 11/12/2008
Muito legal esse tutorial e espero que ão demores a postar mais tutoriais. sou do Brasil e gostei muito do site. Valeu, até mais feras
by Chris 11/09/2008
Hey!
First of all, this tutorial rocks - again!
But I'm interested in another thing. You talk about the 3D TEXT Tutorial. But i can't find it anywhere. So maybe u can help me! If there isnt already a whole tutorial about it out there i'd love to see a tutorial creating a 3D text like in the opening sequence of "PANIC ROOM". Cause i just dont get it and i am desperate. I think i have to track the motion of the real 2D Footage and ajust it to the title, right?! But... like i said... i just don't get it! Hope u give me an answer! Greetings from good old Germany. Chris
by chouchong 11/06/2008
hi andrews thanks a lot man. how is wife
by Hares 11/06/2008
Andrew Si U R Fantaastic That Tutorial is Fantastic
by jeff 11/01/2008
only God is bigger than andrew cramer,andrew u r better than curt cobain!! thanx alot
by karthik 10/29/2008
hi andrews thanks a lot man. how is wife trisha
by EL 10/29/2008
One of the best tutorial! You open up my world about Visual Effects. Awesome ANDREW!
by Drew 10/29/2008
Exactly the tutorial I have been looking for. I use syntheyes and the exporting of point data has been where I have needed help. Thanks a ton. Your work is always great.
by ev149 10/25/2008
Awesome tuts, man. This one especially!
by briggz(proudly Nigerian) 10/23/2008
men this shizzle is the bomb. anyone know how to make water freeze in the air like one of them matrix things? i will apreciarte it.
by Jordan 10/23/2008
Hi your ace man i have already recomended 15 of mi mates to thisd site and about u and i think u are ace.
Could u please send a tutorial over to mi email address for a lightsaber because
i put the lightsaber on but i want to do 1 with mi coming on and then the lightsaber comes out not just starting with 1.

Please

Basicaly i want to walk on then get mi lightsaber out
i dont want to start wi it on because if i do the lightsaber stays on untill it gets to the point of were it gets controlled
by marcelomord 10/22/2008
TANKS ! it´s amazing !

its same of a introduction of series HEROES.

when they tells the name of cap.

tanks !
by Dia 10/22/2008
ur the best Andrew, Form Sudan i wanna say Thank you.
by Pablo 10/21/2008
WoW! Thanks a lot!!!! I was looking for this a long time!! Thanks again!

Pablo, from Argentina
by alfredo 10/20/2008
way over board with this tutorial! your teaching way advance stuff that most people wont do! looks like your doing this as a sales pitch for the software company.
by FlukeZAD 10/17/2008
great tutorial andrew , thanks you so much!
by Amir 10/16/2008
Hi Andrew, I need your help to solve my problem, I have one shot that have to be corrected. The problem is the camera angle is changing perspective. I've tried many ways, but it seem I am not smart like you guys. Can you help me. What is your email, I would like to send you the shot. Your help is really much appreciate. If you come to Malaysia, I will take you to the best 'Teh Tarik' restaurant.
by kawa 3d 10/16/2008
hey whats up andrew thank u for all tutorial
by TKS 10/13/2008
Dear what do u eat.. plz tell us.. what makes ur mind so active
by salim 10/12/2008
great tutorial andrew , thanks
by salmanlp 10/11/2008
Andrew u rox!!!!!! i love all your work can't wait to see more :P
by Barko 10/09/2008
can anyone help me?
read my problem in the right forum.
thanks
by Tariq mahmood 10/09/2008
Hi,
Andrew i am tariq and you are the one in the world of compositng i have learnt a lot from your tutrolias. thanks but i wanna one request to you that please tell how did you make riotGear promo how do you play the camera like that. thanks
by Ignacio Leonardi 10/08/2008
You know How long is that I want to learn to track real shoots for put something there.

Thans a lot for your tutorials and fot your wisdom

Thanks

From Argetntina
by Seba 10/08/2008
I was looking for material to learn on the Trackeo in 3d, thank you very much for this tutorial. it served me very much to understand the way in which Boujou works.

Thank you! or Muchas gracias!

Sebamaidana.wordpress.com
by aditya 10/08/2008
great tutorial andrew, u r really superb
by Pankaj D. 10/08/2008
hey Andrew u r amazing. lots of blessing to u from me.
Seriously The world of artists needs a guy like you! awesome boss
by SANJIE FROM MODULO 4 10/07/2008
brinca brinca!!!
by tAlpA 10/07/2008
ZOMG holy f***in' sh*t, Andrew this is so cool how do you do it Thankyouyouarethebest omg!!!!11one

by vishesh vikrant 10/07/2008
Acdrew u r the best.
by the dude 10/07/2008
hey man , i posted a comment like 54 days ago , but it never apeared on you page :S so saaaaaaaaaaaaad , any way , keep up the good job dude ,
by Ariel 10/06/2008
Love this tutorial, very easy to follow even though i'm using Maya. Thanks Andrew...

Cheers from Philippines
by Jamaican 23 10/06/2008
This is the best tutorial I have ever seen.
ANDREW you are the greatest!!!
by Faisal 10/06/2008
I Don't Know How To Thank You But I Want To Thank You. Thank You So Much Sir Andrew.We Will Never Forget You
by ubay 10/06/2008
it is realy? or i just dream? ohh
by J@Rosales 10/06/2008
Very Nice Tutorial

Thanks You Andrew!
by alfonso 10/06/2008
HOLA ANDREW, QUIERO FELICITARTE DESDE ESPAÑA POR TUS MAGNIFICOS TUTORIALES,QUE ANQUE TE PAREZCA MENTIRA HASTA AQUI LLEGAN.ME GUSTARIA QUE JHIZIERAS EL TUTORIAL DEL CRATER PERO NO EN 3D SINO PARA EL AFTER EFFECTS QUE ME ENTIENDO MEJOR,BUENO UN SALUDO DESDE ESPAÑA Y SIGUE ASI.
by JJ 10/06/2008
u r crazy man! so incredible
by Antonio Caldas 10/06/2008
Eita caba vei arretado!
Parabens pelo Tutorial.
by az 10/06/2008
great tut - what i would like to see is the same thing without boujou, specially planning the shoot, how to export kamera from AE to XXX etc.
guess boujou is not affordable for most of the guys her but nevertheless good to know how it works :D
by Carlos Abreu 10/06/2008
for the ones who want to know, if you go to import the cam mov from boujou to XSI 6.5 or above, you dont have do anything for the track to be compatible just place a test object and see if its set correctly, most of the time it is set well by default, select flags some points for reference, it give me some headache and longs hours of testing until y try to leave something as default, y incredible it works. later i felt like a dumb. jeje tanks for the tut
by ali_after 10/06/2008
realy great work man, thank u and thankx to ur work gruop alot. we missing sam in this tutorial
by JumboPhat 10/05/2008
Nice tutorial on Boujou. Two thumbs!

Not a fan of 3dsmax, but it's good to know how to change the coordinate system. Sweeeeet.

Are you going to pull a captain insano trick on us and do an advanced match moving tutorial? You know like replacing part of a persons head with the famous tea pot that only max has.
by cristian oyarzun 10/05/2008
I think it's a quantum leap, at the level of post-production,,
I love this series of tutorials.
thank you very much.

creo que es una salto cualitativo, a nivel de post-produccion,
me encanta esta serie de tutoriales.
muchas gracias.
by ROCCO 10/05/2008
Dear Andrew, always help me.

Thanks man awesome

I purchase all the programs already, i hope do well.

Bye
by skumbag 10/05/2008
WOW ! you're a god !

we should bow down and praise thy great one !




by Funk Machinima 10/05/2008
Wow...

Too bad i can't afford 3ds max or boujou. On the other hand... im happy with After Effects and Blender.
by lezh 10/05/2008
esperamos ansiosos la segunda entrega de este magnifico tutorial.


by dandan 10/05/2008
dude i never leave comments on anything, but, using boujou here in you tuts is just amazing, i hope you keep boujou in your future tuts man , thanx a lot
by logi 10/05/2008
Great tutorial!

But, when is the pt 2. coming?

I've waited for like a week for it to come.
But really great tut.

:)
by muna khan 10/05/2008
no needs to say thanks,you are amazing
by Aaron Marine 10/05/2008
good...i love boujou...always have haha. there is a big demand for tracking TDs out there with a good knowledge of boujou and by you doing this, you are openning sooo many doors for people interested specifically in matchmoving.

also on another note, if you made that Fictional Studio into a t-shirt i would sooo buy it hahaha.
by Mozek 10/05/2008
Great work! I have learned a lot! I can´t speak English very well but you have very good pronounciation so I understand almost everything! Good job!
by Shafeek 10/04/2008
one word Awesome

http://www.slradio.tk
by Hideyoshi 10/04/2008
ZOMG!!
This tut was God-sent! Boy, how long I had been waiting for a tutorial on matchmoving, holy smokes! O_O
Thanks TONS, Andrew!
Your tutorials are getting more and more sophisticated, it's unbelievable!
by kiran 10/04/2008
hi

how r u andrew

i am very impres with your teaching style it is very very friendly
i feel i am sitting front of you

i am planing to buy all your products

i want to ask you that presently i am working as sr. motion graphic designer in mtv in dubai
iwant to change my position as promo producer
what tips you will suggest for me

thanks
kiran

by Bigjoe 10/04/2008
PLEASE more tutorial for [b]boujou[/b]. Atleast One More please...
by Saleh 10/04/2008
Wow. Great tutorial.
You are a hero in my countery.

Saleh from Saudi Arabia.
by P.D 10/04/2008
gooooooooooooooooooooooodddddddddd jobbbbb thankss Andrew
by Xiaohei 10/04/2008
That was super duper awsome.... :) Thank you!!
by choro 10/03/2008
Yo Andrew great job again, thx very much. One question.... When will you translate tutorials to other languajes? i will pay for the spanish versions if aviable ^^
Thx so much again master.
by AsmatullahKhan 10/03/2008
Hummmmmmmmm
gret worke
and Nice
by Liezzz 10/03/2008
Oh my god.

I want to make a career out of this.

I love you.
by J.M. 10/03/2008
Nice tut. Someone may have mentioned this already but just incase, Voodoo camera tracker is free...although dont think you can do commercial stuff with it, but for practice it beats the $10k price tag. although it's a bit 'clunky' and slower. Thanks Andrew!
by bubz 10/03/2008
Greatest tutorial ever.

your tutorials are awesome. the thing is now almost every kid who touches AFX with access to a broadband connection is going to download a hacked version of boujou for the fun of it: you make everything so easy for us...
:D
bubz (a crazy kid who goes nuts with AFX thanks 2 Andrew)
by hey 10/03/2008
hey andrew can you make a tut on how to make a human head in 3ds max like 3d head moddeling cuz there are vid tuts out there but not as good as you would prolly explain... thx bye
by Buzz 10/03/2008
Hey Man ... another awesome tutorial! ... thanx a bundle ... the street right in front of my house was already hit by a meteor ... i can't wait to add a smokin' crater ... he he ... Big Up for your work and thanx again for sharing your knowledge ...
by yoai277 10/03/2008
Why you do not do also like these cinema I do not understand anything in MAX I hope that in the next instructor you will do on cinema

I loved very the short film will continue to do splendid things
by NevermindShow 10/03/2008
Please andreaw can you tell me the specification of your computer mine is too slow and I need one like yours please just the processor and Graphic card :p
by 3oowon 10/03/2008
awesome Tutorial!!

Anedrew U are very good guy. thanks a lot.
by iraq 4 ever 10/03/2008
thank you i relly find some thing usefull in my free time because of videocopilot.com
by Kevin T. 10/03/2008
First Time posting Andrew. You are a Genius as you probably well know. I NEED that part 2 and 3!!! Video Copilot FTW!!
by dipneck 10/03/2008
Damn i dont have 10,000 $ laying for boujou but great tut
by CorScorpionis 10/03/2008
First time i post on this site, this tutorial really deserves a trophy. So nice to see someone sharing some skill and knowledge into these subjects, usually everyone is so secretive about this "magic". Maximum points from me! this opens up so many doors...
by Menelaos Artillusion 10/03/2008
Great tut thx a lot BOUJOU is great. Same problem As Montara Mike..
by freaklie 10/03/2008
Awsome work bro..!! keep the good wrk up...!!
i m having problem with my camera work can u help me out with this..!! m using sony PD170 is it good cam..?
by yoy 10/03/2008
And i started doing this myself, but i cant open the motorcycle clip in AE, why? I get an error like this; After Effects: AEGP Plugin AAF: Error occurred while creating project (5027 :: 12)
by Luarasi 10/03/2008
Great tutorial. The crater scene had mullty null objects, and when text was applyed to the one null position properties it correlated with all null objects in the scene. Just wondering if the same or similar effect(tracking ) could be achived with multiple 2d tracking that is provided by AE?
by Ollie Zissou 10/03/2008
I'm struggling to do this in XSI, the camera won't match up... Any suggestions?

Another wicked tutorial, thanks

by Rubberdog 10/03/2008
Thanks so much for releasing more power to my fingertips....lovin it large.

Just as a point of intrest..I have been using boomerlabs Max2AE pluging for the past few months to get 3d helpers and Ref points into AE from Max. Its awesome to say the least, export scenes including object helpers, camera's and lighting. Has saved me so so much time...a cheaper alternative to boujou.

Max2AE Link
http://www.boomerlabs.com/

Peace and much respect
by Richard Still 10/02/2008
Hey Andrew, this is amazing! I am going to try this when the other part is release and join it with my other video!

I got a pretty cool idea: A tutorial on modeling and texturing your meteor, and integrate that with the Blue Planet or Earth Zoom tutorial. Then you could show how the meteor burns as it enters the atmosphere! =D
by rem 10/02/2008
Thanks,great tutorial.........
by Montara Mike 10/02/2008
Thank you so much Andrew. I have been struggling with boujou and you cleared up several things for me with this vid. Much appreciated!

Amazing you give such quality information out for free, and even more amazing are the ungrateful people who leave stupid comments here.
by LMD 10/02/2008
Thanks Andrew again for one of your wonderful tutorial.

You are the best Kramer, keep it up.
by Afterator 10/02/2008
With this tutorial, you are arrive to the top of the line, you are very good person because you are doing
what anybody would make.
Thanks
by Khaiseri 10/02/2008
Good tutorial. When part 2 and 3 will be coming out?
by jlm 10/02/2008
Andrew u the man... thank u so muchhhhh... please give us more tutorials like thisssss...
more BOUJOU....
by Antonio 10/02/2008
Hey Andrew this is great, can you put the HD Footage for download so we can use it for reference Thanks and keep up the good work your the best.
by CACOFONY 10/02/2008
so good men, we miss U when U take large time to bring us some new and good staff. We love u, from Lima Peru.
by dawit 10/02/2008
GOOD STUFF.
by bidouille 10/02/2008
Good job, great tuto

Thx for all :)
by Myuran 10/02/2008
hey man its cool i never miss ur new tutorials
by jc 10/02/2008
I can't explain how incredible this is Andrew. I'm so inlove with you!
by Joey 10/02/2008
ANDREW u r the man , really cooooooooooooooooool , Awesoooome , i love u man ;)
by adam k. 10/02/2008
@Swinters : lol.. "handy andy"
by georgetom 10/02/2008
i understand now nyahahahahahah!!!!!!
xyz lang pala

part one is enough for me to understand how

and hey thanks for 2d3 for allowing Kramer to teach boujou =p
by max 10/02/2008
In dutch we say.. sticking feathers up someones ¨behind¨! meaning.. cause of all the credit you receive you can walk around like a proud peacock.. and so you should cause you deserve it! thx allot andrew! By the way, i trying to find out how to track moving objects - like a moving head with trackers´- in boujou and add 3d elements. so far without any results . Perhaps the next tutorial hehe!?
by Davideo 10/02/2008
Great to see your workflow for Boujou it can be a joy and sometimes a pain.

I like the other commenter change the preferences so the co-ordinates system is Max friendly.

I didn't realise you could alter the Camera settings AFTER you track I always setup the camer settings i.e. framerate before tracking.



Boujou isn't too keen on standard video camera footage i.e interlaced footage as probably most of your readers/viewers use this, in their own films/videos, you can help it along tho if you shoot the scene you intend to track at a much higher framerate, (obviously this depends on your camcorder settings) as long as you stay in your NTSC or PAL settings increasing the frames per sec on you camera even if its higher than PALs 25fps or NTSC's 29.97fps the footage will still adhere to that standard so if you shot at 1000 frames per second in PAL (thus reducing motion blur, Boujous deadly ememy) when you import it into Boujou it still will be PAL 25 FPS (or more accurately interlaced 50fps) this will dramatically improve your tracking success rate.

Excellent informative stuff Andrew. ACE!!




by Axel 10/02/2008
Fatastic. I've been looking forward for this.
by Michiel 10/02/2008
If god created us all.

I think andrew was created by some unnatural super power from outerspace.

My point is these tutorails open a whole new demesions for many of us :)
by WHALESMAN77 10/02/2008
"When an average man dies a whole library is burnt"... Thanks for creating libraries in us. I so much appreciate the knowledge you are imparting in pple. Cheers!!!
by Prak 10/02/2008
Mr Kramer this is the shit meyne ...

Can you make a learnig dvd on BouJou
Iam gonna buy it then
by dave 10/01/2008
hey guy, exelent job! i lvoe all tutorials.
by Prejith 10/01/2008
u r the best....
by Alex 10/01/2008
That was so so so cooooool.
by gah 10/01/2008
horrraaaayyyy for andrew...!!!!

nice one!!

cant wait for the next part..!!! =)
by BenYao 10/01/2008
Thank You~!
by Dario 10/01/2008
thank's andrew
gracias¡¡¡¡
by Tora 10/01/2008
Heah Andrew ! you a so cool in VFX and 3Ds
your tutorials is useful for me i'am enjoy it
Hope your will got like this in the future .

thx
Tora,
by gavna 10/01/2008
Steve,
A good book to read if your interested in matchmoving is tim dobberts book 'matchmoving, the invisible art of camera tracking'. I've just finished reading it and its well worth the money.
Gav.....
by Alfie 10/01/2008
Simply AMAZING!!!
by rohit kathuria 10/01/2008
hey! thts gr8 tutorial
thnx andrew!!!
by sinan inert 10/01/2008
great..thank you very much friends...
by Petri 10/01/2008
Hey Andrew Kramer, great tutorial...we are all very thankful for your helpful tutorials that you are giving us for free! Hopefully you will teach us more about intergration between 3dmax and after effects, it's great. Thank's!
by converse 10/01/2008
Wow! Gtreat tutorial! You are the best teacher in AE!
Hi from Ukraine!(sorry for my bad english))
by jispro 10/01/2008
Great Andrew

from Buenos Aires Argentina,

i change to Fusion, beacouse i join in 3DN , www.3dnpost.com.ar , but im AE user 4 ever.

good luck!
by Carlton 10/01/2008
Thanx,

You are making a dream of mine come true. When I finish with my first episode, you will see what i mean.

by Burak KIRKIL 10/01/2008
What about Voodoo (free camera matching software)?
by Phil 10/01/2008
As always AWESOME!!!!!!!!! great work, i've been scratching my head for a while, and you answered my question (to which i didnt know what to ask) concerning the "scale size" I kept getting cameras that were orbiting within pixels of the nulls, but now there is a proper distance that I can actually work with in AE/C4D tyty!!!
this has opened alot of doors, thank you sooo much!!!
by Chtis Rave 10/01/2008
You are a legend Andrew.!
by Cyborg 10/01/2008
You can also flag the marks as "golden" which tells boujou that they are better marks than the other. It can help make your solve look better.
by Thomas Doukinitsas 10/01/2008
WOW, Great tutorial, cant wait for the next 2, keep up the good job!!!
by Charles Agnew 10/01/2008
Andrew, when r u gonna put out the project files etc?
by Chris 10/01/2008
Amazing tutorial! Thank you so much! That boujoy tutorial was so helpful!!!
by yu qiang 10/01/2008
Thanks
by Dave 10/01/2008
I could of had a V8 but I dont like V8 juice I like Andrew's tutorials. Woo Hoo!! Cant wait to start on this one.
by ulises reyes 10/01/2008
thanks, is good to know exist persons who dont care share waht they know. but, do you have some kind of school for After Effects or for advanced editors where we can take some class with you?
by David Bryan 10/01/2008
Hells yeah, 3D tracking has go to be THE coolest thing we've learned here. So many possibilities. Thanks again.
by -Billy- 10/01/2008
YES!! can't wait to watch. thanks Andrew ;)
by Master Andretto 10/01/2008
Thanks Andrew as always this new tut is great!
by pompum 10/01/2008
This is very amazing tutorial! Thank you very much, you make me so happy!
by Jacob Behunin 10/01/2008
Awesome!
Can't wait for part 2 and 3
by efkiss 10/01/2008
I like seeing how it blends when connecting all programs I know like ps,max,maya,boujou and what Im studying right now -after effects
by Joe Avino 10/01/2008
9:43 - "That's good, we're on the right track".
by TK-Master 10/01/2008
Awesome tut Andrew .. im waiting for the other parts..

oww and guys btw.. if u want boujou tutorials check out http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/groups/boujou_g.html

with those 2 u can prety much master boujou.. they cover like everything.. i recomend it if u wanna lern boujou in depth.. ;p

and also wanna say that i believe its totaly crazy to spend 10k dollars for just a program.. i mean.. boujou ok its the best of its kind but gimme a break.. 10k dollars? i mean thats a blasphemy.. ppl is dying from starving out there and we will speen 10k for software? :S .. anyway.. luckyly software piracy is here to save us ^^
by Flubber 10/01/2008
AMAZING!!!!!!! thats all i can say

speechless

...... great
by pierre 10/01/2008
thanks a lot for all you'r great tutorials !
You'r the best of the best !
:D

PS : Now when i heard the begining of all you'r tutorials it's like a karaoke for me, it's so cool :D : "hey andrew kramer here, for video copilot .com, and welcome for an other great tutorial, today we gonna create something like this"

Please never stop !

Sorry for my english, i'm wrote this from France ^^
by weiwen 10/01/2008
too much thanks from shanghai china .ANDREW you are the best!!!
by Xavos 10/01/2008
Thank you still for this tutorial Andrew, I am French and I always jump on your new posts!
AFter effects it is in parties thanks to you that I do not go without it any more, once again I thank my remote Teacher who lives in the United States.
by Stephen Bolton 10/01/2008
best boujou out there , thanks for the better explanation . No other tutorial compares to this one, this helps out great.
by vaguener 10/01/2008
WOW

this is the best tutorial ever!!!
by King_Hades_NNN 10/01/2008
Thank you so much Andrew for every tutorials.
from Thailand
by ulvi yelen 10/01/2008
woww gr8. thnx andrew.
by rosmos 10/01/2008
tnk a lot mr andrew we need more tuto for boujou and 3d traking
by King_Hades_NNN 10/01/2008
Thank you so much Andrew
from Thailand
by Koeltzsch 10/01/2008
I was already thinking you weren't going to be able to make it this month I was already smiling to myself when I clicked the link to VideoCopilot, but then it's there!

And wonderful it is! Thanks!

Greetings from germany
by Cleverson 10/01/2008
PERFECT...AFTER NOW I´LL LOVE BOUJOU...

BRAZIL
by Massih 10/01/2008
i waited so long for a good boujou video tutorial
andrew kramer you are the best!!!
by Dmitry 10/01/2008
Hello Guys!
Where is a project-file?

p.s. please, upload your examples on YouTube. I want to see your resultats on this "Meteor-tutorial"
by andrew chester 10/01/2008
I ve been waiting for someone to explain this powerfull boujou interface that i ve been watching on reels for years. Hope you explain some day something more of complex situations where the data points disappear, a scene through a city tunnel, which is the most confusing and unknown. Thank you for your tutorials, are just amazing.
by Charl 10/01/2008
Thanks a Bunch Andrew, now i can do that FRINGE text effect at a piece...
by HMT 10/01/2008
Andrew PT 2 ???????
by Pete 10/01/2008
ZOMG holy f***in' sh*t, Andrew this is so cool how do you do it Thankyouyouarethebest omg!!!!11one
by mulugeta 10/01/2008
Thanks Andrew u are making me better in every tutorial this is one of ur student from Africa, Ethiopia
by Nick 10/01/2008
Man, this is awesome!!!!!
Thank you so much!
by X101 10/01/2008
HEEEEY! He did it again!, Andrew is going insain with these sophisticated ways of training and i think my brain is in flames BCOS ANDREW KRAMAR RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by una-de-gato 10/01/2008
All works!!! Thanks
by SpiralBoy 10/01/2008
@Zhi
Try dome based lighting, mental ray with final gather, it is easy ;)
by Rune Egeland 10/01/2008
Every time a new tutorial arrives on this page, I'm thinking wow it doesnt get any better than this. But then a new tutorial arrives, and you totally blow me away! AMAZING WORK Andrew!

Your the best!

I'm on your page more than I'm on my regular porn sites :)
by NotAndrew 10/01/2008
Thanks Andrew, this was a great tutorial. I'm looking forward to part 2 :)
by Stefan 10/01/2008
Freaking awesome! The possibilities are endless with 3D tracking you can do anything you want.. That's one of the most awesome tutorials I've ever seen! Great work Andrew! I can't wait to see the other two parts? Are they coming soon? Anyway hope you will make more tutorials with 3D tracking more cool After Effects tuts and i can't wait to buy your new DVD!
by Anton Klock 10/01/2008
You're a legend Andrew!
by REDA ZAABI 10/01/2008
great work!!!! u are pro
by naimalwan 10/01/2008
great, thankyou... have you ever thought of doing a course at fxphd??
by w00 09/30/2008
Can i download a trial version of Boujou somewhere that is NOT for Mac OS...?
by Tomppa 09/30/2008
Hey thanks a lot Andrew! I have watched every tutorial on this site and I gotta say, that when the part 3 is done this is gonna be the best!
by ALEX 09/30/2008
hey i don't really get the "x" "y" "z" thing wen you reverse them for after effects and all that.
by Brendalf 09/30/2008
Awesome tutorial man! I've known about Boujou for a while but have never gotten to really see how it works. Thanks so much for showing us all =D
by barry barrera 09/30/2008
at long last thanx for the boujou tutorial. ive been waiting for this one!!!! THANX!!!!
by Yicky Llave 09/30/2008
Nice tutorial, I've been waiting for it. Thanks a lot Andrew. You are great.
by Payton 09/30/2008
THIS IS GREAT... haven't watched it yet... but then again, i don't care, all of your tutorials are awesome... too bad i don't Have Boujou...or 3DS MAX... or C4D... or ANYTHING ELSE i would need to do this awesome stuff, so i was thinking, MAYBE you could get your guys to hand out a few free copies, particularly to me?

im jk YOU ROCK Andrew, you are my new best friend

P.S. you rock!
by Stephen 09/30/2008
Thanks for the practical application of cross-product integration. It's helpful for those of us who wish to expand our creative horizons beyond AE.
by multiabhay 09/30/2008
Really Fantastic!
You rock!
by LifeType 09/30/2008
when are you going to do the microsoft paint tutorials .. im sick of waiting
by goofy161984 09/30/2008
just wowwwwwww. mindblowing . Thank you Andrew
by IndeMovieMaker 09/30/2008
Great Job Guys!

by steve 09/30/2008
Andrew did you teach yourself how to use boujou or did someone teach you?

Im really looking to learn more about 3d tracking and I was wondering how you learned. Are there any good books or websites that you can recommend for someone who wants to learn 3d tracking/boujou?

Thanks and the new tut is very helpful
by Vegar 09/30/2008
Man, these tutorials are so much better than anything I've seen on the web. This site is were I learned AE ans I'm still learning new things everytime.

Thanks!
by Tom Hauville 09/30/2008
Awesome!

I thought I had a good handle on match-moving, but I've learned some important fundamental stuff here! If only this had come out 2 months ago, my last project might have been a whole lot less painful!
by Anon 09/30/2008
I think you should create a new button for this web in each tutorial with some text like:

"ZOMG holy f***in' sh*t, Andrew this is so cool how do you do it Thankyouyouarethebest omg!!!!11one"

instead of a retarded-driven comment board full of useless comments, only 0.1% of them are helpful or even interesting in any way. It doesn't have to be like this if you separate the "thanks" from the "interesting comments" that are being ignored now by being lost in the immensity.
Many sites have rules such as "All comments that doesn't contribute to the thread will be moved or deleted". I know there is a forum, but this should be where people talk and provide useful information about the tutorial.

This site could be better... if you want.
(feel free to edit this post as you like)

TL;DR:
Whenever you want to thank Andrew and request for a new useful comment board with no "thanks" at the same time, post the text:

ZOMG holy f***in' sh*t, Andrew this is so cool how do you do it Thankyouyouarethebest omg!!!!11one
by Gregory Dillard 09/30/2008
does this apply for C4D as well?
by Swinters 09/30/2008
Nice one, Handy Andy strikes again.
by ccfilms 09/30/2008
wow, learned a couple other things that i've never knew...
by Bob Smith 09/30/2008
Uhh! Why can't you be like normal people and disappoint us once in a while!

Ahh! Your too awesome!
by Sunny 09/30/2008
ZOMG I LOVE YOU ANDREW KRAMER BEST GUY WHO EVER LIVED, THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH
by dasnico 09/30/2008
thank you mr. Kramer
by Josh M 09/30/2008
Yes! Finally a good Boujou tutorial! Thanks sooooo much, can't wait until the next parts!
by Marwan 09/30/2008
Thnx a lot Andrew thats the best site i knew thank you very much :d
by videocolover 09/30/2008
Great job, Where's the project file so we could follow along with?
by Stian B. Larsen 09/30/2008
Oh, and by the way: When you add the Coord hint for the Y-axis, and origon, you didnt click the update coordinates button. Thats why it looks all messy in the 3d view inside of Boujou.

Otherwise, nice tut :) Looking forward to part 2 and 3
by peter 09/30/2008
thnx a lot. i allways wanted to know how boujou works. great tutorial!
by Stian B. Larsen 09/30/2008
Thanks for some great resources! This is really one of the most important reason to why I started doing AfterEffects. Great site, and great tutorials. :)
by Giuko 09/30/2008
That's what i like most !!!! 3D AE
by Joe 09/30/2008
Thanks AndreW!!!
by Jiveon 09/30/2008
Nice work Andrew, I've always wanted to see Boujou in action. I've read about it but haven't ever had a chance to play with it. Seems just about as cool as I imagined.

Thanks for all your help!
by phill 09/30/2008
Thanks Andrew always appreciated!
by Lupus 09/30/2008
OH SWEET LORD
by Haasta 09/30/2008
syntheyes cost 399$ and working very well !
by Alex Sandro 09/30/2008
Thank you for one greater tutorial.
You are the best.
Congratulations.
God blesses you.
by Mikael 09/30/2008
Fantastic!

Now you are really blowing me away with your tutorials. Gotta say that I have waited so long for an Boujou tracking tut.

Keep up the good work!
by Richard Daley 09/30/2008
Thank you!
by martin 09/30/2008
Tom.
manual tracking points? you click on the button for adding points. then you just click.
by abe 09/30/2008
Oh ya this is going to be sweet, thx boss.
by Dan 09/30/2008
It seemed like tracking the JPEG sequence worked well. I would have thought you would need to use tiffs or something higher quality. Is there any type of shot where you would want to use a higher quality image sequence?
by Tom 09/30/2008
I really agree with Maarten.
This simply is the ONLY good clear boujou tracking tutorial on the web and trust me I have searched. Wish someone could tell me how to set manual tracking points in Boujou though...
by esteban 09/30/2008
good......EXELLENT...awesome...XD
by Zhi 09/30/2008
Wow !!
I've been waiting for this one!
Im wondering if someone is using Maya as a 3d package?
I just can't get the right lighting and realism effect when rendering..
Max's renderer is soooo easier and simplier!

Great job Andrew! Thaaaaanks so much
by Maarten 09/30/2008
Andrew, verry cool! thanks a lot! this is the first good boujou tutorial in the world as far as i know!


Cheers
by tschiphorst 09/30/2008
Ha! I tried those 3d text with moving camera.. but with regular AE tracking data.. It looked okay bit like this is probably way better...
to bad I don't have boujou.. to bad I'm not a robot who doesn't need money so he can spend all of it on computer software...

uhh.. yeah
by kenny 09/30/2008
Good. But I don't have any 3d tracking programs.
by Kjewbee 09/30/2008
this is just amazing.
by Ramzes 09/30/2008
Im gonna watch it now! thx
by David 09/30/2008
I would be VERY VERY happy if you would please give us your textures for this entire project. other than that, I'm speachless. : )
by Jonas B. Ingebretsen 09/30/2008
EXELLENT.

I was hoping you would teach me everything i needed to know for my new project. and you did!

The world of artists needs a guy like you!
by hopeyeah 09/30/2008
great work!!!! u¨re pro
by Sahan 09/30/2008
wow.
that was pretty awesome.
by Marx 09/30/2008
Andrew that`s amazing!
by ato 09/30/2008
its great to see more than just AAE on your tutorials :) i would probably never start to work in 3dmax if you didnt start doin it..looking forward to this ;)
by gianni togni 09/30/2008
bella ZIo pino!!
by SL 09/30/2008
wooooooow!

great!!!!
by DUDE 09/30/2008
HOLY SHAT! THAT WAS COOL
by VFX-Anomaly 09/30/2008
Awesome thanks Andrew
by Kr2 09/30/2008
wow this tutorial is amazing, thank you so much Andrew
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