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Introduction
- Previzion Preface
- Previzion Interface Introduction
- Previzion Hot Keys List
- Sensors
- Lenses
- Entry Pupil and Barrel Measurement
- Matte Box Rails
- ‘Film Look’, and Video Signals
- Color Space
- Timecode
- Genlock
- Motion Capture
Production Planning
- Production Planning Overview
- Stage Preparation
- Camera Preparation
- Live Action Integration
- 3D Asset Preparation
- Shooting Operations
- Post Processing
Surveying Instructions
- Survey and Total Station Instructions
- Coordinate Systems – Cartesian Model and Northing, Easting and Elevation
- Surveying for Visual Effects
- Survey Elements
- Using the Portable Target Boards (Floor Targets)
Fiducial Targets and Constellations
- Target Layout
- Placing Targets on a 25-foot Stage
- Placing Targets on a Soap Opera Stage
- Survey Constellation Tool and CFGs
- Constellation files
- Intersense Introduction
- Connecting to Intersense
- Stage vs. Scene Coordinates
- Importing Additional Survey Points
Connections
- Previzion DATA CABLE
- Timecode Connections
- External Genlock: Integrated Internal Frame Synchronization
- Airtrack Connections
- Using Multiple Cameras (Multi-cam setups)
- Sync & Video – Evertz 1U (2 DAs)
- Sync & Video – Legacy Evertz 1RU (with Audio Embedder)
- Sync & Video — Evertz 2430 + AJA 10AMA
- Verify Video Input
- Analyze Video in BRec
- Capture Video in BRec
- Generate Color Bars
- Lens Connections – Fujinon (Cabrio)
- Lens Connections – Canon
- Panavision Anamorphic Lenses
- Panavision Connections
- Panavision SD analog video tap
- ARRI Alexa/Alexa Plus/Alexa Studio
- RED One Connections
- RED Epic/Scarlet Connections
- Canon C300/C500 Connections
- Preston Connections
- C Motion Connections
- Cooke Connections
- Element Technica Connections
- Testing Serial Connections
- Capturing Serial Data
- Preview Output (Deprecated Feature)
- Binding Systems Together – Working with more than one Previzion
Tracking Interface
- Trackers, Sync Sources and Tracking Delay
- Intersense Connection
- Intersense Orientation
- Camera Sensor Offsets
- Watching Intersense Targets
- Airtrack Smoothing
- Lens Data
- Stereo Data
- Observer View
- Stereo Rig Offsets: Technica3D
- Setting Angular Offsets
- Stage Alignment
- Camera Position Panel
- Camera Offset Panel
- Tape Measure Tool
Camera/Lens Interface
- Lens Values
- Camera Sensor Width
- Subject Depth and Clipping Planes
- Lens Calibration Panel
Stereo Interface
- Video Sources
- Flip/Flop Video
Video Interface
- Live HDSDI Video Input
- Video Playback
- Genlock Interface
Keying Interface
- Keying Tab Introduction
- Getting Started with Keying
- Blue vs Green Screen
- Screen Materials and Paints
- Stage Lighting
- Lighting Practice and Light Meters
- Keying 59.94i
Mattes Interface
- Holdout and Garbage Mattes Introduction
- Surveyed Mattes
- Drawn Mattes
- Knockout Geometry
- Survey Markers
Scene Interface
- Scene Loading
- Scene Effects
- CgFx Parameters
- File Browsing in Previzion
- Editable Transforms
- Editable Lights
- Baked Lighting in Backgrounds
Color Correction Interface
- Color Correction Interface
- Color Correction (Legacy)
Takes Interface
- Remote Take Triggering
- Recording Takes
- Screen Text
- Animation Data
System Monitor Interface
- System State Save/Load
- System State Transmit/Receive – Legacy Interface
- Previzion Error Log and System Error Light
- Pipeline Timers
Lens Calibration
- Lens Mapping Overview
- Lens Calibration Hardware – 14-foot board
- Static Lens Mapping Method
- Checking Calibration
- Lens Calibration Hardware – Legacy Motor
- Starting Lens Calibration and Calibration Cycle – Legacy Method
- Saving, Stopping and Resuming Lens Calibrations – Legacy Method
Lens Grapher
- Lens Grapher Overview
- How to Use
- Lens Grapher Interface
- Working with Viewable Area Graph
- Glossary of Terms
Exporting Backgrounds: General
- Model Construction
- Creating parameters for Previzion use
- Modo – Export
- SketchUp Pro 8 to Previzion
- Transparent Video
- Shooting video background plates
- Encoding Mpeg2 Videos for Previzion
- Encoding 4k H264 Videos for Previzion
- Stitching Multiple 4k Video plates
Exporting Backgrounds: Maya
- FBX Export
- Previzion Export Checker
- Light/Texture Baking
- Tri-Video Plane
- Clean Geometry – Normals
- Clean Geometry – Faces
- Clean Geometry – Vertices
- Clean Geometry – UVs
- Clean Geometry – Edges
- Clean Geometry – Construction History
- Clean Scene – Optimizing Scene Size
- Clean Scene – Node Naming
- Clean Scene – Clean Texture Paths
- Clean Scene – Clean Shader Paths
- Clean Scene – Deleting Un-Used Nodes
- Clean Scene – edit_ Transforms
CgFx Shader Library
- Basic Texture
- Shader Library 2014
- Materials
- Baked-in Shader
- Matte Shader
- Thin Glass Shader
- Reflective Shader
- Thick Glass Shader
- Smoke Shader
- Alpha Textures
- Displacement Shader
- Wireframe Shader
- Transparent Video
- Knockout Shader
- Assigning CGFX Shaders
Animation
- Animation Overview
- Prelink for Maya
- Prelink for MotionBuilder
- Previzion Binding
- Network Setup
- Performance and Skeleton Selection
- Scene Editing
- Precam Configuration
Legacy Photogrammetry
Photogrammetry
- Photogrammetry
- Photoscan
- Retopology
- Modo – Import
- Modo – Texturing
- Modo – Topology
- Optimization
Post Production Workflows
- Working with Take Converter
- Interlaced 50i or 60i Post production workflow
- TakeConverter with EDL Workflow
- Rendering Previzion Ready Scene in Maya
- Importing Data into 3ds Max
- Tracking Refinement with PFTrack
- Tracking Refinement with SynthEyes
- Syntheyes – Legacy Method
- Importing Nuke .chan
- Nuke Embedded Data Import(Beta)
- Automated EDL Extraction
- Importing Data from Previzion Take into Maya
- Stereo data into Syntheyes
- Previzion Data into 3D Equalizer
- A Quick Pipeline for Post Rendering a Scene used in Previzion
- Rendering Video as Texture in Maya
- Batch Rendering in Maya
- Reperformance: HDSDI Metadata SMPTE315M
General Lift Encoded Technocrane
- Default Position
- Alignment with Laser Boresight
- Serial Connections
- Survey Interface
- Crane Measurement
- Camera Offsets
- Crane to Scene Registration
- Encoded Slider
GPS/IMU Tracking
- Osystems Setup
Troubleshooting
- Updating Previzion Software
- Intersense Problems
- Video Problems
- Rendering Speed
- Updating Video Firmware
- Tracing Blue Screens
- Updating GPU Driver
- Updating Runtime
- Loading FBX in Maya
- Intersense Station Settings
- Intersense Diagnostics