Never mind, I got it. Just had to rub my brain cells together a little
longer than usual.

R


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Ryan O'Phelan <[email protected]> wrote:

> About that Fxguide article: Anyone know off-hand why the focal length is
> derived from a half circle (arc) from the two vanishing points, and the
> center of the frame? Why is that the focal length? Everything else is
> intuitive to me but that.
>
> Thanks,
> Small brain
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Howard Jones <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Any parallel lines? Find a vanishing point(s). Draw a cube from this and
>> add a 3d cube. Adjust length and rotation of the camera until the cube fits
>> the lines. Should give you your focal length.
>>
>> Howard
>>
>> On 6 Dec 2013, at 18:58, Elias Ericsson Rydberg <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Well, here I am thinking people live in the best of worlds. I agree with
>> previous posters, estimated positions of point will have to do. Eliminate
>> as many variabels as you can. Knowing, or estimating, the FoV is key!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Elias Ericsson Rydberg
>>
>> 6 dec 2013 kl. 19:36 skrev Richard Bobo <[email protected]>:
>>
>> Elias,
>>
>> Unfortunately, the image was shot a while ago, in a remote location…
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rich
>>
>> On Dec 6, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Elias Ericsson Rydberg <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, as soon as you've found out the field of view you can usually match
>> it quite well by hand. And as the previous poster said, knowledge of the
>> dimensions of a few objects will help a lot to get the right scale.
>>
>> If you've surveyed the 3D positions of a few points on set you could of
>> course create the same points in Nuke as axises (spelling?) and match
>> toward that. Reconcile3D would be very useful for that purpose.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Elias Ericsson Rydberg
>>
>> 6 dec 2013 kl. 18:20 skrev John Mangia <[email protected]>:
>>
>> First thing I'd do is check if there's any EXIF data in the image from
>> the camera that shot it.  It might give you an idea of the camera make,
>> focal length, etc.  Which will also help you figure out the size of the
>> filmback.  If there's a common object in the shot like a pen or street sign
>> you can use the known size of that object to help you figure out the focal
>> length and camera position.  Hope it works out for you.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Richard Bobo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Anyone have any good methods for camera matching a single still image in
>>> Nuke…?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rich
>>>
>>>
>>> Rich Bobo
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