Das erste Release von PFTrack und PFMatchit von mehreren für 2012 geplanter Entwicklungen beinhaltet
PFBarrel for Nuke
Bisher nur für Shake erhältlich, verbessert PFBarrel for Nuke den Workflow zwischen The Pixel Farm Produkten und The Foundry's Nuke compositing Application. Lens data - aus PFTrack und PFMatchit exportiert - werden mit dem PFBarrel Plugin direkt in Nuke importiert. Alle Daten lassen sich vielfältigst bearbeiten. Zitat The Pixel Farm: "The most obvious use of PFBarrel is to apply the dynamics of the original lens to rendered CG layers when compositing them with the live action plate."
Das Plugin ist kostenfrei für alle Besitzer einer 2012er Version von PFTrack oder PFmatchit.
New Mask Tools
Die Maskierungsfunktion ist deutlich verbessert worden.
- X-Splines: Mask shapes may be created using x-splines, which inherently allow for quick adjustments to the shape and smoothness of the curve, and the softness of edges.
- Fuzzy Selection masks: Allows masks to be created based on a colour selection, and refined using colour falloff and spacial consistency parameters.
Verbesserte Mask Tracking Fuctionality
- Use Pixels %: This specifies the percentage of pixels used to estimate the tracking transformation.
- Outliers %: This can be used to enter the approximate number of outlier pixels (i.e. pixels that are not actually part of the layer) when using the Robust tracking tracking mode.
- Compensate for Illumination: When enabled, small changes in image brightness will be compensated for during tracking.
- Robust Tracking: When enabled, it is assumed that some of the pixels contains inside the mask are not actually part of the object being tracked, and should therefore be ignored during tracking.
- Incremental Tracking: When enabled, the tracking template (i.e. the image that is being matched in each frame) will be updated at every frame. This means that when tracking over a large number of frames, the tracking template is able to adapt to small changes in the image content.
New Z-depth(PFTrack only)
PFTracks Z-Depth generation node weiter verbessert. Einzigartig in der Industrie und häufig bei der 2D zu 3D Konvertierung eingesetzt, ist diese Funktion noch schneller und genauer als bisher.
- The node now allows z-depth to be calculated for a single frame, and then tracked through the sequence to significantly accelerate the creation of depth data.
- The Merge tool may then be used to analyse the calculated z-depth, merge it across multiple frames, and produce a smoother transition of depth values from frame-to-frame.
New Embedded Maintenance & Support UI
Eine neue Oberfläche bietet in allen neuen The Pixel Farm Produkten eine direkte Kontaktmöglichkeit zu Entwicklern und Support.
- When support is required, or a bug reported, the web UI will automatically include workstation specifications, along with the Pixel Farm software log, to assist with the diagnosis of the problem.
- Specific user feature requests can also be made.
- All requests(Bugs/Support/Features) are handled seperately and their status is reported back directly to the user using a ticketing system.
Getting Access to PFTrack and PFMatchit 2012
- Kunden mit einem gültigen 2012 Software Maintenance Vertrag erhalten PFTrack 2012.1, PFMatchit 2012.1 und das PFBarrel Plugin for Nuke über ihren Account (Login).
- Alle anderen können ihre Software Maintenance über uns erneuern und erhalten so Zugang zu den neuen Versionen. Einfach kurz schreiben info
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2011 Maintenance Subscription
Für Kunden mit 2011er annual maintenance subscription steht ein Bug Fix Release von PFTrack and PFMatchit 2011 zur Verfügung.


