Complete Blender Camera Tracking Tutorial: From Footage to Finished VFX

Learn camera tracking in Blender, from choosing footage that tracks well to placing a 3D object into your shot with matching lighting, reflections and shadows. We’ll walk through Blender’s manual tracking workflow, then track the same footage automatically with MotionMaster 3D. Along the way, I’ll explain what makes a camera solve work and how to avoid the problems that make tracking frustrating. Get MotionMaster 3D: https://motionmaster3d.com/?utm_sourc... CHAPTERS 00:00 What we’re creating 01:30 Making the object belong in the shot 02:07 Motion blur 03:32 Camera movement and parallax 04:45 Light and noise 05:27 Detail and focus 06:10 Moving objects 06:54 Focal length 07:17 Contrast 07:43 Capturing an HDRI 08:19 LiDAR scanning 08:49 Choosing footage: checklist 10:44 How camera tracking works 14:16 Preparing your footage 15:16 Manual camera tracking in Blender 18:32 Automatic tracking with MotionMaster 3D 19:28 Checking the result 19:48 Lighting and integrating your 3D object 20:06 Setting up the HDRI 21:21 Bringing in the LiDAR scan 22:40 Matching colour 23:19 Shadows 23:40 Lighting 24:36 Final integration WHAT YOU’LL LEARN • How motion blur, parallax, focus and lighting affect tracking • The difference between camera, planar, tripod and object tracking • Pattern size, search size, tracking features and cleaning up a solve • Automatic camera tracking with MotionMaster 3D • Using an HDRI and LiDAR scan to help integrate your 3D objects • Matching light direction and creating softer shadows MotionMaster 3D is my Blender add-on. This video shows both Blender’s built-in workflow and the workflow I built to automate much of that process. What’s the hardest shot you’ve tried to track? Let me know in the comments.