The Pixel Farm Unveils PFMatchit as part of Product Realignment
Strategy
July 30, 2010
Source: Pixel Farm
The Pixel Farm has
unveiled PFMatchit, a 2D/3D camera-tracking/matchmoving software
package, aggressively priced for every desktop. The new product
is announced
as part of wider realignment of the company's core VFX product
range, including the renowned PFTrack.
PFMatchit, released in response to customer demand for a lower
entry point to The Pixel Farm's technology, is the first product
to harness the company's new 64-bit, node-based flowgraph
architecture. This approach dramatically improves the core
processes involved in camera tracking, one of the most critical
aspects of successful VFX creation.
The new architecture gives users a logical, visual overview
of tracking workflows, and a procedural, non-linear environment
in which to work. Digital artists have full control over every
aspect of each individual operation within a workflow, and
can experiment non- destructively with different approaches
to a shot to achieve the best
possible result. Moreover, the new architecture facilitates
shared data manipulation, greater flexibility and ultimately
richer creative options for the digital artist.
Optimised as a GPU-accelerated, 64-bit application, and running
natively on OSX, Windows and Linux, the new architecture is
underpinned with metadata management, fully-integrated Python
scripting, workflow customisation and a host of other features,
such as in-built rolling shutter correction and image-distortion
tools.
Built on this powerful foundation, PFMatchit delivers a cutting-edge
2D and 3D tracking toolset. PFMatchit can solve an unlimited
number of camera and object motions per shot, with each contributing
to another, and then export the data as a single file. It
can also solve for lens distortion, when no grid or alignment
data exist, and save
this lens profile as a preset for automatic use within the
workflow.
The Edit Camera node provides manual controls enabling the
user to animate the position of a camera in 3D space over
time. It allows previous camera solves to be edited, and can
generate hints to influence how a 3D camera moves, with the
result that shots can be solved that were previously considered
untrackable.
New lens distortion tools, in combination with in-built rolling
shutter correction, support for RED RAW without conversion,
plus stereo review tools, keep matchmoving artists within
a single environment, eliminating the need to use any other
third-party applications.
"The Pixel Farm has created easily the most sophisticated
3D tracking software we have ever used," said Timor Kardum,
CEO of OMStudios in Berlin. "The combined power of features
in PFMatchit, like optical flow for 3D tracking, Python scripting,
RED RAW support and the ingenious Edit Camera node will revolutionise
matchmoving."
PF Matchit addresses the underlying market need for a low-cost
matchmoving and 3D camera-tracking product, and complements
The Pixel Farm's popular PFTrack, which provides additional
features such as geometry tracking, image-based modelling
and Z-depth extraction.
PFMatchit, which is set to ship at the end
of August, will be priced at $700 USD, with PFTrack now available
at an entry point of $3,300 USD.
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