Thanks, Deke, that was what I was planning on trying… So much to learn. The great part about this business is that there is always something new to learn! The bad part about it is that there is always something new to learn… (*^P
;^) Rich On Feb 27, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Deke Kincaid <[email protected]> wrote: > You can plug the pointcloud or mesh generated by it into the geo input of the > ModelBuilder so you get roughly the same scale. > > ----- > Deke Kincaid > Creative Specialist > The Foundry > Mobile: (310) 883 4313 > Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Fax: (310) 450 4516 > > The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. > Registered in England and Wales No: 4642027 > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Rich Bobo <[email protected]> wrote: > Marten, > > Thanks for the reply! I was afraid of that. Oh, well… ;^) And, thanks for > the link to Polytools - I'll definitely check them out! The first thing I > plan to try, though, is to see how much luck I have extending the mesh with > the new ModelBuilder node. I used it for a photo of a house that I wanted to > model and re-project and it worked pretty well. This may be a bit more > challenging, since the glacier and rocks have a ton of craggy detail, but > maybe I can cheat (a lot)! ;^) > > Thanks, > Rich > > > On Feb 27, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Marten Blumen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Mesh edge clipping is normal - you can use GreyAngle's Polytools, PolyEdit >> to extend the edges. >> >> http://greyangle.com/nuke/docs/geometry/PolyEdit.htm >> >> >> On 28 February 2013 08:08, Rich Bobo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> I've finally had a chance to start messing around with the new >> PointCloudGenerator node. I'm hoping some of you with more experience in >> this area can help me with a couple of things that I don't quite understand… >> >> The main question I have deals with point coverage. I have a test clip I'm >> using that is shot from a boat, looking onshore at some glacial ice, with >> rocky mountains in the background. I can get a lovely CameraTrack, thanks to >> all of the available points to track. The parallax is good as the boat moves >> up and down and goes slowly past and around the glacier ice. In the >> PointCloud Generator, I've tracked points and get a pretty good lock with >> points on the foreground ice and on the background rocks. However, I do not >> get full coverage of points in the shot. For example, the foreground ice is >> truncated on the left hand side at the beginning of the shot (the boat moves >> from left to right across the scene, so the footage moves from right to >> left). Also, as the boat bobs up and down, it reveals more truncated points >> at the top. I never lose coverage on the right of the frame, however. I >> can't tell what's happening on the bottom of the frame, since I am masking >> out the water that is there. I'm guessing that the lack of coverage on the >> left probably has to do with the fact that there are no prior frames to look >> at for parallax reference. But, still, a regular camera track seems to have >> more coverage. I can't quite wrap my head around this. Can anyone explain it >> to me? And, is there a way to do the analysis to get greater point cloud >> coverage…? >> >> I watched the demo video that Steve Wright put together - >> https://vimeo.com/54931986 - and his mountains clip happens to be very >> similar to my test clip. Looking at his result, I can see that he is also >> getting the same sort of clipping - not getting complete coverage of his >> scene. So, maybe the rest has to be hand modeled after a mesh is generated? >> I mean, in order to do a projection on a mesh derived from the point cloud, >> you'd absolutely have to extend it. Is this always a manual process…? >> >> Thanks for any help! >> >> Rich >> >> >> Rich Bobo >> Senior VFX Compositor >> Armstrong-White >> http://armstrong-white.com/ >> >> Email: [email protected] >> Mobile: (248) 840-2665 >> Web: http://richbobo.com/ >> >> "I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the >> rich would have kept more of it for themselves." >> - Bruce Grocott (1940 - ) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
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