I dunno. I feel like @Kirk . I really don’t want to learn another tracking app.
Anybody agree with this assessment? Anything you’d change/add/remove?
PFTrack
Pros
Weekly subscription model makes it tolerably priced- A damn good camera tracker + geo builder + texture extraction ideal for compositors or those that need high level scene reconstruction and don’t know their way around a 3D app
- Node based feels like a compositing app
Cons
- Support/documentation is terrible
- Can’t find an online community to lean on
- License model/PFBucket is awful
Poor tutorial access
SythEyes
Pros
- Cheap
- Most likely to innovate
- A guy in his house
- Pseudo industry standard
- Better for a “camera only/minor geo needed” into Flame
- A strong camera tracker for those with 3D app experience to generate models/textures/uvs
- Lots of users out there
Cons
- Complicated UI
- Somewhat unintuitive
- Easy to get lost
- A guy in his house
- Texture extraction tools for compositors is lacking finesse as a toolset
3DEqualizer
Pros
- well laid out website and documentation
- tutorials are really good, in particular the ones on the VFX tutors youtube page. You can download footage, lens grids, objs for object tracking, scene orientation, etc and he’s very clear and concise
- pricey, but weekly/monthly rentals are doable on an freelancer budget
- seems to be a go to at larger studios
- clever modelling and scene reconstruction tools
- good tracker of you also know 3D apps
Cons
- missing texture extraction, important for compositors