Camera Tracking with Blender for Beginners! (VFX Tutorial)

Learn how to motion track any footage with Blender in order to place 3d elements into it. This tutorial is aimed at beginners so I explain everything step by step for you to follow along.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:15 Motion Tracking with Blender
12:55 Scene Setup
18:06 Lighting & Shading
23:06 Rendering & Compositing
27:14 Animation Rendering
28:11 Renderro Cloud Computer
28:50 Outro
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[@BlenderDaily]

Run into some issues tracking vertical footage? Here's the solution: th-cam.com/video/sujpvXrxV3o/w-d-xo.html

[@FriendIy_Person]

My monkey disappeared when I added hdr any solution?

[@threetwentyfirst]

fat respecto. very good tutor

[@JorgeZac]

I love how and 29 min turns into a all night video...

[@divyamjha49]

By far, the most relevant Motion Tracking tutorial for Blender! Thank you, it was much needed!

[@BlenderDaily]

Very glad you think so! thanks!

[@markmilorov5087]

Dude thank you so much. Despite the tutorial being a bit outdated I still managed to get an amazing result.
For anyone that is stuck at the composition part, you don't need the denoise node anymore because the default denoising works just as well.

[@3dvfxprofessor]

This is really a great and didactically well-done tutorial. I added this to my module briefing for my students. You forgot the camera lens distortion workflow. The tracker can solve the camera lens distortion and in your compositing, the "Undistortion" node will use the calculated data. You just need to add the node again at the end of the compositing tree and set it to "distort". This will distort the composed result back to the original plate and adds this distortion to your rendered layers.

[@faisalhijazy]

Man you must be really good at blender NICE!

[@partydogg0]

Lovely tutorial! Thank you so much! It is nice how you just show the whole thing and not skipping over little details or problems you run into along the way.

[@preethamitalopaul4381]

Out of all tutorials I’ve watched on blender motion tracking, this one is the best. Very detailed explanation and can follow very well step by step. Thank you for the efforts. Cheers

[@quannguyen7016]

Finally a motion tracking tutorial I can actually understand and apply! Thanks a ton, my friend! This is rock!

[@TwilightCreatureStudios]

Out of all the tutorials I watched yours was the easiest and simplest to understand and you went into more depth of how it works and how you can adjust the points to your liking 10/10 Good Job

[@Jimzip]

This was a fantastic tutorial. All very clear and well thought out. Thank you!

[@ThePytercoyote]

Thank you Nick!! We will always learn something new from you! I'm putting this in practice looking forward to have a nice output or try until I get it right.

[@genofelice6034]

This was a great tutorial. Just starting out in Blender I find that I get lost on most tutorials because steps are skipped. This tutorial was easy to follow because every step was clearly explained. Great job !!

[@BlenderDaily]

nice to hear that, thanks!

[@aryanprakash7371]

By Far, the most well explained, beginner friendly, to the point video, Thanks Mate!

[@fabricenorbert3987]

Thank you for this amazing tutorial ! It's easy to follow and your instructions are very clear.

[@weaponcode353]

I followed like 100 tutorials on youtube, and this is the only one that make all relevant things and more simple way I never saw, bless you my bro, this helped me so much

[@aaronling1907]

Amazing Tutorial! You deserve every bit of praise!! Thank you.

[@mehdibelhous9279]

Amazingly explained. You won't find a better blender motion tracking explainer video elsewhere!

[@justinmalone6406]

I had to stop 3 minutes in and say, thank you for doing a great tutorial. Thanks for assuming we don't know a bunch of things. I appreciate your speed and level of detail.

[@PDXDT]

Perfect. Exactly what I needed. Good work.

[@paulettel9975]

Thank you so much. I got a lot from this video. This was very useful and you explained it in a way I could understand.

[@BlenderFan]

Thanks for this very helpful tutorial and happy blending with blender.

[@azizjonjuraev8151]

Best tutorial on tracking have ever seen!
Thanks

[@cowboysfannv9418]

Thanks for the tutorial, really easy! Great video for me as a beginner to Motion Tracking! You earned my subscription!

[@3D-Amir]

Great tutorial. Thanx mate. Hope to see more new tutorials from you soon

[@mayankkumarshaw635]

Amazing video tut, so easy to understand and follow🤩 Thanks💯

[@architect1580]

excellent tutorial, a logical and simple process, thanks!

[@juanfxblender]

Finally I learned how to do camera tracking with Blender, now seems very easy, this is the best tutorial I ever found to learn how to use camera tracking, thanks!!!!

[@BlenderDaily]

very happy to hear that, thanks!

[@HammerdownProtocol]

This was incredibly helpful. Thank you.

[@RedzwanulHuq]

Thanks a lot. Would love to watch a similar video on compositing architectural building with drone footage.

[@briansolomons744]

Wonderful tutorial. I acheived just the effect I wanted. Thank you very much.

[@jmtm00]

Oh dear, its owesome tutorial, very clear. Thank you

[@yourvfxhelper]

such a clean and helpful tutorial thank u ❤❤

[@dahlbergt]

Very, very well made! Thank you!!!

[@jbmegatron]

Yeah, that was rad. Thanks Nick!

[@varispekka]

just what I was searching, great!!!

[@CarlosX3D]

This is a great tutorial, very concise. Thankyou :-)

[@Jezerypamela]

After watching many videos regarding this topic, this one takes the cake

[@ronskiuk]

Nice clear tutorial thanks!

[@sophiewestfahl4167]

This video saved me so many nerves! Thanks so much for the great work.

[@officialfadi]

Truly the clearest tracking tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@BlenderDaily]

thanks a lot Fadi!

[@officialfadi]

@@BlenderDaily gonna try and do it now thanks for the content!

[@gamesense4375]

BEST ONE SO FAR

[@Born2BCoder]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks!!

[@fyona2000]

Amazing! Thanks!

[@wolfsami]

super clear tutorial

[@de_adsmile204]

thanks so much for this informative tutorial, i've been looking for a video guilding me through tracking step by step. from Vietnam with love

[@techuniverse6839]

Looking awesome thanks for the tutorial

[@radoslavl921]

You could've used one Blender feature called "set Y axis", when you tried to fix the perspective, instead of manually rotating the objects. Also you don't need to manually scale things down. You can set the scale using two points in the motion tracking settings.

[@neimaralvescarvalho]

RadoslavL. how that works? Your suggestion makes more sense.

[@davsyl94]

Great tutorial! Thank you!

[@flownbrollyproducciones]

Finally i got it, thanks a lot, greetings from Argentina !!

[@lokeshideas4324]

Excellent explanation....

[@PerlaSaldivar]

This is just what I needed. Thank you so much!!

[@BlenderDaily]

awesome! glad I could help!

[@navidumardaraz7163]

Keep up the truly amazing work my friend. 😇

[@tekapurnadeem8240]

gnfd

[@smfknj6010]

Best motion tracking tutorial out there. Thanks (also love the instagram)

[@lightkeeper6768]

Awesome Tutorial !!! love it.

[@BlenderDaily]

glad you like it:)

[@stevenfilmco-8567]

Great VFX Lots of steps but worth it.

[@alanchac]

Wow man, fantastic

[@neil3717]

Blender Daily: Does in 30min
Me: Does in 3 days

[@belaidt6801]

Awesome. Thanks

[@RainySereneMoments]

amazing tutorial! thank you

[@papermillgames]

WOW, thank you!

[@MrSiwat]

Yes, really helpful. Thanks so much.)

[@HeaDrushTiger]

thank you for this excellent video! really helped me! :)

[@nomadcaviare]

Thanks! Awesome tutorial!

[@BlenderDaily]

glad you like it!

[@MertBert]

4:27 You should never start at the start of a clip to motion track it, but at the middle tracking both forwards and backwards. This is true in most cases, as it leaves less room for a failed track

[@captainmelo8879]

amazing!!!

[@miruww]

amazing tutorial!

[@claystudiofx]

Thanks man 👍

[@LateInscius]

this tutorial is really good thank you

[@TheReimecker]

Wow this is a amazing. Thank you very much for this upload you change my future !!!!

[@doc8724]

great tuto and well explained..!! :)

[@brandonpachecoh]

Thank you 🔥

[@petrosianus]

excellent!

[@BatouV-Maggle]

You are a master ! Thank you :)

[@BlenderDaily]

hey thanks!

[@hafizmiau]

Thank you!!🤠

[@lawmkimaralte2337]

Good job bro

[@techuniverse6839]

perfect brother keep it up

[@Terminator-3096]

amazing

[@amaljose6374]

Thanks a lot brother

[@enjoyenjoy5721]

very nice and great explained! Subscribtion earned!!!

[@sotal6009]

You are best 👌
Thanks alot bro

[@santoshgujar5237]

Thank you, Sir

[@user-ud6nv2lk8d]

thank you for your sharing of knowledge much success to ya

[@BlenderDaily]

thanks!

[@Cr3reeper]

damn i feel so excited about having my first animation inside a video, its just wowww. just got a sub

[@Cr3reeper]

Bro liked his own comment 💀

[@mneha1987]

Da sött mer mal mit em Hochdruckräiniger drüber :) Näi Spass, super Video wi immer! Mach wiiter so Nik, merci für all dini Tutorials!

[@BlenderDaily]

besser ned, suscht gönd alli tracking points verlore;)

[@mneha1987]

@@BlenderDaily :D

[@databus860]

thank you

[@asteriondaedalus6859]

This a great tutorial, thanks. I did try to copy all your steps as you had carried them out. I picked all the same tracking points, but got a little "twitch" in the motion at the start. The object rotates a few degrees from the starting orientation. Not a real problem, it stays put past that point. I did, originally, pick the 3 "floor" points in a different order than you did, and the "floor" ended up floating above the ground. I went back and selected the three "floor" points, in the same order you set them, and it came good. So the order you select the points seems to make a difference - a trick for new players LOL.

[@bhaskar4281]

Million Thanks...

[@filmcast4]

You are good man

[@KD-dr6be]

ayy tysm :)!!!

[@LegwanLegwanski]

Great explanations. I start with Blender week ago. Never editing videos. I made diffrent scene but yours explanations its perfect💚
Btw render time kill me 😂

[@arman_mankotia]

I was not getting how to render then i saw this its awesome😂

[@bidik781]

Thanks

[@bluntmode704]

Wow, i made my first camera tracking video ... That's crazy... thx sir

[@loriwebb4348]

great video! easy to follow you gained a sub! i did have one question, is there a way to remove the background video for rendering. I just want to render the model not the video in the background.

[@maxleosgamerzone6260]

Oh my goodness 🤗🤗🤗

[@ZeeshanAliLeo]

Please your tutorials are crisp and too the point. Please do use the Keyboard/Mouse button capture display in your production this will be very helpful. Love are respect from Pakistan!

[@CsokaErno]

This is brilliant, the best so far. Thank you very much. Just one question; how can I google the sensor width? For example I don't know ever any tutorial footage technical details. Thanks again.

[@dyst1575]

Longer tutorial available but also the better !

[@shanabenjamin8945]

Thank you

[@BlenderDaily]

thanks for watching!

[@cggirl7481]

Hi...Thanks...here is my first VFX try..