I've been grumbling about iClone's inability to import a camera tracked in other software and since it's been a while since I've tried it I thought I'd have another go... so this video shows the benefits of using externally created cameras and 'real footage'.  While making the video I discovered the reason iClone is incapable of successfully integrating CG with 'live action' plates.  The culprit is iC's inability to work at a specific frame rate... the video makes this clearer.

 

This is very interesting viewing ... - and that R2D2 bot really looks great ! ...

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with that camera shot, you could do this instead.

in AE-hitfilms-nuke etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlCSmKAPC5Y&t=1s



your method above would be better suited for orbit or complex camera moves
and still could be achieved taking the fbx in the opposite direction out of iclone instead.



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you didn't stress enough that the plate you used
was also used to match the avatar lighting to the video.
great...

 i saw your old channel and you used to use element 3d and iclone
together







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Regarding MP4 playback in iClone not working: I'm using WMV instead for those purposes as I had problems with MP4 too. Of course, it will not resolve the frame rate differences you mention.

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I've compared a solved camera in a few programs; Maya 2014 & Marmoset Toolbox 3.. 
 The focal length seems to be different in iClone. I've submitted this as a bug report on the Feedback tracker. https://www.reallusion.com/FeedBackTracker/Issue/Can-Import-a-camera-with-a-set-scale-but-not-for-Objects-Please-allow-the-camera-to-include-geometry-with-scale-used-for-VFX-reference-scene-matching Personally I need this to be fixed for commercial work. If you really need this to work too maybe the issue can be escalated to the developers. 



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