Hi All,

Does anyone here know of the camera match movement software alternatives to SynthEyes, which would also work with Carrara?

As far as I understand from the articles I've found and read, SynthEyes is the best there is, but it's rather too expensive for my needs at the moment. Is there a cheaper alternative that also works? And if there is, what would be the things to know ahead? Pitfalls, disadvantages, special workarounds?

I don't have any experience in the area, so I would appreciate any help you can give me. Workflow tips? Common beginner mistakes I should watch out for? Good resources and tutorials about the subject?

Thank you!

I got PFHoe as part of a subscription deal.  I had to buy a program from a 3rd party that converted the data into SynthEyes format.  I haven't really had a chance to do anything other then a quick test once.  It worked.  I can give you the name of the guy if you want.

I think PFhoe is the low end cost choice, and you can use it with the free Carrara converter:

http://carraracafe.com/?page_id=22&did=17

Thank you, Xerxes0002 and GKDantas.

GKDantas, do I understand correctly, the the PFhoe .ma (Maya) export will work just as well with V2C, as if it ware generated by Voodoo?

And what about VooDoo itself? Is it significantly worse than PFhoe?

Thank you again for your help!

Hi Antaran, yes the MA files will be converted fine in V2C.

Voodoo is a free software and works fine, but PFhoe is more easy to work with. But I think that both can do the same thing at all.

I didn't think about having it export to .ma then use the voodoo converter.  Ah well it was only 29.00 for the software converter LOL.

Thank you for your help and for pointing me in the right direction!