Matchmoving with PFhoe

The Pixel Farm introduced PFhoe in 2005 to educate on the concepts of matchmoving, to help more people learn the skill and most importantly for it to be fun!

PFhoe provides a great place to start when tracking shots and learning the ropes and PFhoe's Tools like the unique Import Wizard guides you through importing and setting up your footage by explaining the parameters that are needed to successfully track a shot. The simple one click tool set provides an environment even the most inexperienced user will get great results from.

PFhoe brings you a wealth of features and tools including:

• Full HD Support
• Unique Focal length estimation system
• Unique automatic lens distortion correction tool
• Simple edit tools to modify tracking data and quality graphs to aid you in making data editing decisions
• Support for importing mattes from third party applications
• Distortion corrected DV resolution footage can also be exported as a QuickTime or AVI for proper matching of 3D objects into the scene in third party compositing applications.
• A range of export and import formats to suit every environment from the hobbyist to the CG professional.

PFhoe Pro is an essential tool for video professionals and CG artists, who can save time by quickly performing tracking tasks themselves without having to learn a complex new application, or send a job down the corridor to the tracking department.

PFhoe Pro Has the following features over and above PFhoe:

• Deeper toolset to further refine and tune solved shots
• Available on Linux(in addition to OSX and Windows)
• Support for image sequences
• Further 3D format support

Which version is right for you?

PFhoe uses the same technologies found in PFhoe Pro, offering a powerful camera tracking application at an unbeatable price. PFhoe Pro offers more manual control, the ability to add user tracking features to supplement the automated tracker. This allows you to focus on areas of interest, for example corner pinning for screen replacements. You can also set the solver start frame in PFhoe Pro, and improve on an existing solution which means that you can achieve a more accurate result and in less time.

Easy Exporting

PFhoe and PFhoe Pro integrate well with all commonly used compositing and 3D applications. When you're finished with your project you can export it to a format of your choice from the following.