I'm still returning to this video ... even in 2020

Have any issue with this tutorial? Respond to this comment with it and i'll answer :)

Thank you! Even three years later, this is still one of the best Boujou camera tracking tutorials I've found.

FIRST Time theyre creating a Serious & detailed tutorial, for a very important tool [which could get quite complicated..therefore a good explanation is in-need]. WAY TO GO, Corridor!!

i love these longer, in-depth vids! you really helped me figure out some really annoying issues that i had with boujou^^ thanks

It's pretty straightforward, whenever you drop the object in, it follows the camera on it's own since it's being filmed by a CG camera. However I don't use max enough to know the exact step to have the video background in your viewer.

Jo i watched this and the nodal pan( man he was sooo young haha) Tutorial nowadays in 2022 and the information was just what i needed - thank you for not deleting your Videos here on KZfaq guys - Hell Effin´ Yeah!! haha THX Corridor Crew you are the best!!

Nice job on the tool and ability to abstract the methodology of motion tracking. I've been playing around with VooCAT and find it fairly intuitive plus powerful. Has a great tool set similar to Boujou that you demonstrate in this video. For those looking for a motion tracking app, even though it might not be quite as powerful in some area's, it's price tag for a commercial version might be just what your looking for. I can't wait for more of these tutorial video's from you guys!

Thank so much for coming through! I've really been needing a good tutorial.

No idea what any of this meant and have no intention of using it but stuck around for the whole video! Thumbs Up! Keep the content coming guys, Great Work!

Thanks so much for this tutorial, (especially then end about adding target tracks) I was literally pulling my hair out because of a grainy shot I had to track, really helped me out.

YOU SIR JUST SAVE MY LIFE AND MY SHOT WITH THIS ONE!!! HOLLY AMAZEING PROGRAM IT IS BOUJOU!!! TNX FOR THIS CRASH COURS 101!!! REALLY YOU DONT KNOW HOW HAPPY I AM!!!

This is the only good and detailed boujou tutorial I have seen

best tutorial i've ever wathced, you and your cat are amazing and make the tutorial so much more fun and interesting than most

You basically mask the part that you want to object track, then invert the mask to get the whole scene except the object masked. When exporting, select "Frozen camera, moving scene" . Done. In your 3D program, parent your 3D object to the moving null.

THIS IS GOLD, I learn more in one of these half-hour tutorials than any class or lecture

Nico, thank you so much for this! You are incredible good with explaining things. What a source of knowledge! Please guys, do more tutorials like this. I would press like and subscribe a 1000 times if I could :)

Absolutely masterful, you guys are living legends...

aWESOME...we have most of the common trackers. This was by far the best tutorial. I went back to some previously failed tracks applied some of the tips and worked like a charm...killer!! Now you guys can do the same for pftrack object tracking...

Awesome!!! I like your tutorial!!! its fun! and very informative!!! More power to you and your team!! More success to you!!! Thank you thank you, thank you!!! :), ive been using boujou for 3 years now... most of the time i get away with a lot of stuff, but you showed some new things to me.. thank you :)

Did anyone else notice the cat falling off the table at around 10:08 xD

Thanks Niko for awesome tutorial! Its a really powerfull step by step method that works and excludes many regular problems hapeens with tracking

Very clear and helpful tutorial. I hope to see more of them. Thank you. Love the cat zooming along the floor.

wow youre the first person to show me how to fix if the shot isnt working. THANK YOU!

THANKS guys i was waiting for it. I'm using syntheyes but boujou looks way more comfortable

One of the best tuts ever seen !!

this so much much much better then all the other boujou tutorials! Thx

I finally get why I have so much issue with objects drifting. Thanks a million man. great tutorial. I really appreciate it.

Thanks a lot for the tutorial, have been working a bit with Boujou to track my footage for 3ds max and I just learned a lot and it will definately save me a lot of time.

Don't really care about the subject of the video, I don't make movies, but really appreciate the fact that you put the effort in to educate your audience. Thumbs up for the information and the kitty.

Great tut man... Crystal clear!!!

thank you so much for doing this sam and niko

I'm going out on a crazy limb here because I never dealt with a shot like this , however I believe depending on the shot you will either be ok or need some manual tracks to fill in the gaps like Niko's talking about.

I really really needed this. Thanks guys.

Thank you so much this helps me improve with the results of my tracking!

I was waiting for this. THANK YOU!!!!!

Was looking for a legit tutorial for years!!!

best Boujou tutorial Ive seen. thank you.

Select one of your nulls on the ground, press p for position , copy and paste the data into the position of your object. Press r for rotation and paste that data into the object aswell. Done.

Best Boujou Tut on KZfaq. Nice work :D

This tutorial is gold. Thanks again!

Hardisk answering questions like a boss.

So glad you made this tut!

Great tutorial! You guys are awesome!

ok thanks man! No I wasn't trying to use it for 3D, I was trying to layer it in with stock footage and stuff but it would stick so I have been doing my tracking by hand or with the Motion Tracker in After Effects

Loving the hair, Niko.

Awesome Tutorial Niko! Your a great teacher :)

This wasn't something I planned on learning today. BUT WHADD'YA KNOW. Simple and easy instructions, definitely gonna put this to use :D

you're one of us Luke!

Great turorial !, thank you very much!

Very Good Tutorial!! Keep going. Thank you.

thank you.. that's a great tutorial.. and i like the way you teach

That was the best tutorial i`ve wver seen, you are awesome!

Wonderful tutorial!

thx a lot for making this tutorials, I find them really useful, thank you

Niko has a fantastic explaining voice.

Explendit Tutorial! Really useful for in the future! Thank you Niko :)

Thanks for this tutorial, Helped a lot !

Thank you very much for this. Helped a lot. Eddie.

YAY! It was worth the 2 year wait!!

Yes

This is so helpful! Thanks so much!!!

dude, you're a great teacher and a cool funny one. thanks

Love u guys!

I believe it does but never had to deal with such shots.

great and very helpfull tutorial.. good job

I use Mocha, but watched this anyway... Love you guys!

yeah i just got blender too. found out about it today and downloaded it immediately. hopefully i can learn it fast.

Thanks! Great tutorial.

You guys probably saved me! LOL I was having lots of trouble with free move recently.

thnx man, clear and concise tutorial

That would be long for them to make, have you checked KZfaq tutorials for your 3D application? There is already all the info needed out there, while in - depth Boujou tutorials were pretty rare.

thank you !! great !!! I would like to ask you what kind of lens or camera did you use to have a nice picture ! Thanks

Great tutorial! You should make on on what you do with these points once you bring them into a program such as 3ds max as in like build the scene or what ever other voodoo magic you do to make your videos so good.

this is a great video. thank you!

Thank you SO MUCH for this tutorial! Learning from you guys is like a privilege! Please make some 3ds Max tutorials next! Thumbs up so the they can see!

Thanks a lot. Nice tutorial !

That cat is an awesome narrator, and a master at VFX!

another "thank you " man you really help me a lot

Fo'sho hommies ! Keep the nice work up , cool and refreshing :)

FINALLY! THANK YOU GUYS!

hey your voice is awesome and of course thank you for the tutorial :)

Great tutorial! Thank you :)

They probably did the models with simple planes and boxes in 3DSMax after having exported the solve.

Cat + Corridor Digital = SuperUltraViral video!

This video was amazing.

I don't know if this helps but if you're using a plugin like Twixter, try and record the background as plain as possible. It will help a great deal. This is why Twixter works superbly with outdoor skate or bike footage with blue sky :)

I frickin' love you man!!

this is the best tutorial i've seen on youtube!!.. thanks man!.. u saved my life!!!.. I need some tips though.. im doing a 3D + live action project for uni, and im tracking a scene where the floor is tiled and quite reflective.. is there anything i should do first to prep the footage?... will the reflection on the floor ruin my tracking data?... Thanks!

go into 4 view mode and make sure it isn't below a null on the ground. Or you can also copy the position data of the null and paste it to the solid to get it in the general area

if only CorridorDigital was giving visual effects classes...I would totally pay for it!

thanks, this is great tutorial

Oh don't mind me, just back re-watching this tutorial for the fourth time in the last seven years. (AKA "Your budget is what?? Of course I know how to do that!")

Woah such a great teacher

Great tutorial and btw Your cat "roto"(scope) LOL. Thank you for taking your time and doing this amazing tutorial. Earned my sub :D

TARGET TRACKS! OMG! I've been figuring this out for the longest time! :o Time to shoot some footage tomorrow!!!

I just went outside to film some footage, now I am gonna learn how to track it! Let's do this!

You guys mentioned blender have you ever used it for anything?

Hi, Sam and Niko. Thank you very much for the tutorial. After tracking and solving (with specified overlapping _Gold_ points spanning over 100 frames and all) everything looked pretty solid and made sense visually. However, upon switching to 3d view, to my astonishment, I found that the generated point cloud looked extremely shallow (nearly flat). In fact, some of the points corresponding to features in the scene *further from the real camera* actually appeared *closer to the solved camera*. What the hell?! You emphasized at one point the importance of paralaxing to a good solve. I'm guessing my problem is due to lack thereof in the shot? S.O.S.!

boujou will be able to track any shot as long as its rectilinear, aka the straight lines arent curvy like the gopro's fisheye. All you have to do is undistort the fisheye shots, which you can do in after effects with the "lens correction" filter.