The Importance of Matchmove within the VFX pipeline | TVAP EP54 (P-1)
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- The Importance of Matchmove within the VFX pipeline | TVAP EP54 (P-1)
In this two-part episode with Matt Merkovich @MatthewMerkovich of The Matchmoving Company, we talk about the importance of 3D tracking/matchmove in the VFX industry and what it means to be a matchmove artist.
Matt is an expert user of Syntheyes @SynthEyesHQ and has been a great influencer in getting it where it is today. He also uses it for almost all of his work, spiralling almost three decades in the VFX industry.
Matt believes #Syntheyes is by far the best 3D tracking software out there and has by far "the best 2D tracking system in the world!", so in this episode, I sit him down to find out why he believes so.
Being a Matchmove artist myself, having been a user of PFTrack in the past and an ongoing user of @3DEqualizer I was very curious to hear why Matt thinks so.
3D tracking or Matchmove as you may call it, ties perfectly with all the other departments in the VFX pipeline, to complete VFX shots in the biggest visual effects movies out there, making this episode an important one, to gain insights from an industry veteran like Matt.
Matt's filmography spars from Minority Report, Star Trek Voyager, Doctor Dolittle 2, The Amazing Spider-Man and many many more. You can view Matt's IMDB here: www.imdb.com/name/nm0580946/
Matt's company The Matchmoving Company provides 3D tracking services globally and can currently be reached through www.mattmerk.com/
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Chapters
00:00:00 Coming Up
00:02:19 Introductions
00:03:54 Who is Matt Merkovich
00:07:17 Where my interest for film originated
00:14:59 From Lightwave to Matchmoving on Minority Report
00:23:28 Minority Report Matchmoving Pipeline in the 2000's
00:26:24 Evolution of Aspect Ratios - Фільми й анімація
Matt the god of matchmoving! He is so energetic! His old demo reel early 2000s was inspirational. Great to hear his stories. Newtek Video Toaster with Lightwave was a dream system I could not afford back in the days. I started Amiga and Atari around 1989. I feel old haha. Boujou was like 9k usd!
I love Syntheyes and still use it today. Super fast and efficient (ugly interface tho ahah) .... :) Did you guys interview Russ Andersson? Before Syntheyes, he made a matchmove plugin for 3dsmax Scene Genie. Genius.
Great that you guys feature the unsung heros in VFX. Interview roto artists!
Anamorphic and distorted lenses. Looks cool but a nightmare to track :)
Thank sensei!!
Great to see someone talk about matchmove here! I'm a matchmove artist and work on hollywood projects with 3dequalizer but I would love to learn Syntheyes. Hope to see more on matchmove in the future!
Glad you found this interesting!! We have other matchmove episodes within our matchmove and layout playlist. One especially with Rolf, creator of 3DEqualizer, if you’ve not already seen it.
Look out for our matchmove & layout playlist on our channel. Direct link here Matchmove & Layout
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Hope to bring more matchmove topics.
@@TheVFXArtistsPodcast Thanks, Great work man! I will definitely watch all of them!
Thanks brother!
Where did you learn , pls guide me.
Thanks for sharing
Can you please make a podcast about file management for vfx artist
Are you able to elaborate more? Thanks.
@@TheVFXArtistsPodcast for example when sending it to a render farm. Thanks
I think it would be cool to dove deep into the back end of the vfx pipeline. In most facilities this is taken care of and the artist just has to ensure all the files they use are on the server and not on their local machine. If it's a cloud based service then it's all about relative paths and within the folder structure you upload.
To add to this most facilities with use a publish database system such as Shotgrid or FTrack to manage their assets. Anyway we will have a look into booking a guest who can dove a bit deeper into this aspect.
@@TheVFXArtistsPodcast thanks for the clarification
lmao All the work is done by the 1000 background artists ....
meanwhile all the glory goes to Actors/actresses
Unfortunately that’s what tends to happen. We need better representation for artists. Or take actions into our hands.