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To create a nice scene for recording a movie can be a pain in the ass if you need to control the camera by mouse. Well, not anymore
I made a prototype to control the camera when LFS is in Shift U mode. The main aspect of this tool is to keep the focus at a driver. You can keep the car in focus at any camera location on the track. This tool is aimed for movie makers out there. You can pick a spot and let the program do the focusing. The program is not ready for public use yet because there are no checks for errors and its user unfriendly.
Because my laptop is from the stone-age, fraps'ing LFS is not really an option, so I used my photo camera to see the program in action: http://vimeo.com/2427371
In the first 2 scenes the calculation for predicting the car location was a bit wrong. Clearly visible because of the nice piece of tarmac without any car. The rest of the video is with the proper prediction. As you can see, you can place the camera anywhere and let the program do the focus.
Another idea was to create some camera path. You can download this clip to see it in practice.
http://lfs.finalgear.com/download/carfocuscircle.avi (4MB, no sound) A camera path where a few cameras are places around the car. The mouse is not used to control the camera!
Another update: http://vimeo.com/2450043 Static camera locations around the track. (The switch to the cameras isn't that great) The possibility to create an automated TV Director would be a tad closer. A smart algorithm is needed to decide at which driver to focus. Close battles, Crashes/Yellow Flags, Blue Flags or pit lane Action.
Another nice feature is kinda the follow or 'moveable' camera. I've placed the camera at a old location of the car. From that location it will keep on focus at a driver (me) http://vimeo.com/2483071 You can control the camera location to any position but moving the camera on the x,y axis is kinda hard to do. Gotta do some calculation with the heading so it will be easier to control it.
ps. Any got a nice name for the program? LFS Car Focus, Auto Camera Focus....
I made a prototype to control the camera when LFS is in Shift U mode. The main aspect of this tool is to keep the focus at a driver. You can keep the car in focus at any camera location on the track. This tool is aimed for movie makers out there. You can pick a spot and let the program do the focusing. The program is not ready for public use yet because there are no checks for errors and its user unfriendly.
Because my laptop is from the stone-age, fraps'ing LFS is not really an option, so I used my photo camera to see the program in action: http://vimeo.com/2427371
In the first 2 scenes the calculation for predicting the car location was a bit wrong. Clearly visible because of the nice piece of tarmac without any car. The rest of the video is with the proper prediction. As you can see, you can place the camera anywhere and let the program do the focus.
Another idea was to create some camera path. You can download this clip to see it in practice.
http://lfs.finalgear.com/download/carfocuscircle.avi (4MB, no sound) A camera path where a few cameras are places around the car. The mouse is not used to control the camera!
Another update: http://vimeo.com/2450043 Static camera locations around the track. (The switch to the cameras isn't that great) The possibility to create an automated TV Director would be a tad closer. A smart algorithm is needed to decide at which driver to focus. Close battles, Crashes/Yellow Flags, Blue Flags or pit lane Action.
Another nice feature is kinda the follow or 'moveable' camera. I've placed the camera at a old location of the car. From that location it will keep on focus at a driver (me) http://vimeo.com/2483071 You can control the camera location to any position but moving the camera on the x,y axis is kinda hard to do. Gotta do some calculation with the heading so it will be easier to control it.
ps. Any got a nice name for the program? LFS Car Focus, Auto Camera Focus....
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