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A TransMotion Utilities (TMU) testimonial from the trenches: "I don't know if I mentioned this, but TMU completely
saved my bacon. I have
a team of four matchmovers doing over 200 shots and we'd never get it done
on time without your handy little script. Every time I prep a shot for one
of the matchmovers, it gets used to bring in the 2D track from DFusion. The
quality of our matchmoves is so much better now, that we're going back and
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Download the plugins:
POIcam – LightWave camera to After Effects camera the easy way
includes Camera Motion Baker
** NEW!** Updated 8 June 2007
Bug fixes for PC and Mac versions -- AE 7 Pro and standard
plugins plus sample scene and tutorial here POIcam (6/8/07, 400K)
LW 7.x - 9.x version: TransMotion 58 ((9/17/08, 526K) - includes POIcam plugins
** (OSX users: use LW 7.x version above unless using 7.5c or later)
LW 7.5c - 9.x OSX demo: TransMotion _osx-75c ((10/21/04, 357K)
LW 6.5b version: TransMotion_1.32_65b (8/5/02, 180K)
Download the manual: TransMotion User Manual (pdf, 4/2/02, 344K)
These plugins are fully-functional with the following limitations:
TransMotion3D, TransMotionENV, and Crv2Mot7 are limited to 30 keyframes.
Mot2Crv is limited to the creation of 30-point curves in Modeler.
LW2Shake is limited to the first five buffers (of eleven possible).
LWcam2cws and LWcam2AE are limited to 10 keyframes.
World2Screen, CornerPin, and CustomMotionImporter are limited to 15 keyframes.
These limitations are removed when the product is registered.
Registration
The TransMotion Utilities Pack may be purchased for only $24.95 via PayPal:
Authorizing the plugins:
When you run any of the plugins, you will be presented with a requester similar to the one below, at left:
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When you purchase the program, send the Request Code indicated in the "nag screen." (In this example, the code is 136307528.) If you have LightWave installed and licensed on more than one computer, be sure to install the script on the computer which you intend to use the script on, and use the request code from that computer. You will be provided an Authorization Code which unlocks the program for that computer only. This code will be sent to you at the e-mail address you have specified. If you need to use the script on more than one machine, you may buy additional licenses for those machines. Just enter the Authorization Code in the "nag screen" of any of the plugins in the TransMotion Utilities Pack. Once any plugin is authorized, all plugins in the TransMotion Utilities Pack will be unlocked.
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CornerPos_DF sample files (1/27/04, 153K)
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*New Year's Tutorials* (2003) |
Importing Tracked Motion from Aura to Match a Background Plate in LightWave Baking Camera Motions for 3D Export Exporting LightWave Camera Zoom to After Effects
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Simple tracker example - (After Effects)))) Here we track some footage in After Effects, then bring the tracked motion into LightWave. |
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| Exchanging Keyframes between After Effects and LightWave (Part 1)
Using After Effects' Roving Keyframes to make constant-speed motion in LightWave. |
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| Exchanging Keyframes between After Effects and LightWave (Part 2)
Use LightWave's Graph Editor to preserve a camera pan while stabilizing out vertical "jitter." |
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| Using
LightWave Envelopes in After Effects
Create an envelope using LightWave's Graph Editor and some modifiers, then bring it into After Effects and use it to control the intensity of an effect. |
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*Updated 1/09/03* Cheap Motion Tracking for LightWave Users Use the tracking feature from the Digital Fusion demo and bring the motion into LightWave. Uses the AutoCam feature. |
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This mini-tutorial uses the CornerPin.lsc LightWave plugin to generate data to be used in the Corner Pin effect of After Effects. |
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Comments: Al Street (al@ats-3d.com)
