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Any way to import video files?

DekeDeke Posts: 1,632
edited December 1969 in New Users

Is there any way to marry a Daz character into pre-existing footage? I can render the figure with a green background and composite in After Effects, but is there a way to do this in Daz so I can really get the lighting of the Daz stuff to really match the background plates?

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  • Herald of FireHerald of Fire Posts: 3,504
    edited December 1969

    I'm not even certain there's a way to do that even in more advanced software such as 3DS Max. Your best bet is to carefully research the lighting in the video scene and recreate it, along with any camera angle changes and then integrate them together. If you're going for a Roger Rabbit-esque integration you'll also want to remove any sections where the figure moves behind foreground objects.

    This is one of those cases where there are no easy shortcuts.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,583
    edited April 2014

    you can get an animated texture script that uses an image series
    and HOF all my 3D software except DS supports video import
    most such as Carrara and iClone and as far as I know Poser too can use it for IBL too

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • DekeDeke Posts: 1,632
    edited December 1969

    I'm used to After Effects and wondered if Daz had a similar ability. HOF? IBL?

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,583
    edited December 1969

    correcting next poster
    HOF Herald of Fire
    IBL image based lighting

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Here is a Almost helps but is not a solution. If you can capture some Scenes from the Video as single frames (image files) you can load those to the DAZ Studio Background as a reference to set up your lighting and then remove it before you Animate. You could do that for the different parts that need different lighting. If as I say you can get the images.

  • DekeDeke Posts: 1,632
    edited December 1969

    Thanks. That may be all I really need….just some reference frames.

  • Herald of FireHerald of Fire Posts: 3,504
    edited December 1969

    wendy♥catz said:
    you can get an animated texture script that uses an image series
    and HOF all my 3D software except DS supports video import
    most such as Carrara and iClone and as far as I know Poser too can use it for IBL too
    Yah, my early brain reading his post assumed he wanted a way for the program to pick up on the lighting for him. Chalk it up to too much work and not nearly enough sleep.
  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 7,845
    edited December 1969

    There is a plugin for DAZ Studio 3 by Dreamlight but you would have to have that earlier version of DS3

    http://www.daz3d.com/animated-textures-plug-in-for-daz-studio

    DOES NOT WORK IN DS4

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,583
    edited December 1969

    the one I linked to by Draagonstorm apparently does
    only in render though not for setting up lighting

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Yes DraagonStorms plugin works as a Render in option only. Not useful as a match the lighting tool. But is a nice tool for DS4.5+.

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