LEARNING STUDIO · Multimedia 12 · Virtual production

Into the World: how a composite becomes believable

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B1 Blender Manual. Motion tracking. https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/movie_clip/tracking/index.html

B2 Blender Manual. Track panel (markers, tracking settings). https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/movie_clip/tracking/clip/toolbar/track.html

B3 Blender Manual. Solve panel (keyframes, refine, clean up, orientation). https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/movie_clip/tracking/clip/toolbar/solve.html

B4 Blender Manual. Keying node. https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/compositing/types/keying/keying.html

B5 Blender Manual. Masking. https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/movie_clip/masking/index.html

B6 Blender Manual. Camera Solver constraint. https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/animation/constraints/motion_tracking/camera_solver.html

H1 Hollywood Camera Work. Free VFX practice plates (the "Walking Sitting" plate used in this guide). Download from their site. http://www.hollywoodcamerawork.us/downloads.html

D1 Drifting Walnut. How to Make VFX: My Step by Step Process (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWHC8PRHF3I

D2 Drifting Walnut. Put Yourself in Any CGI Environment – Blender, episodes 2 and 3 (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZRF_OxWtNg

I1 Ian Hubert. Wild Tricks for Greenscreen in Blender (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxD6H3ri8RI

I2 Ian Hubert. Blender Motion Tracking – Room Transformation (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY8Ol2n4o4A

V1 Video Copilot (Andrew Kramer). Free Star Pack models used in the demo world. https://www.videocopilot.net/

A1 Sketchfab and Poly Haven: licensed 3D models (check and credit the licence). https://sketchfab.com/

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