Setup Tracking Scene not working in 2.8 #56413

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Dalai Felinto · 2018-08-16T00:35:26+02:00

Dalai Felinto commented

2018-08-16 00:35:26 +02:00

Blender Version
Broken: blender2.8 HEAD (a495df6b3b)
Worked: 2.79a

Short description of error
We need to update the script to address the following:
* Update world for EEVEE settings
* Adjust the layer code to use collections
* Remove broken world API

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Open a file with motion tracker (e.g., gun_track.blend) and in the solve tab click on Setup Tracking Scene. It will throw some Python errors.

**Blender Version** Broken: blender2.8 HEAD (a495df6b3b07) Worked: 2.79a **Short description of error** We need to update the script to address the following: * Update world for EEVEE settings * Adjust the layer code to use collections * Remove broken world API **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Open a file with motion tracker (e.g., `gun_track.blend`) and in the solve tab click on `Setup Tracking Scene`. It will throw some Python errors.

Dalai Felinto commented

2018-08-16 00:35:26 +02:00

Added subscriber: @dfelinto

Dalai Felinto commented

2018-08-16 00:36:50 +02:00

Added subscribers: @sebastian_k, @Sergey

Dalai Felinto commented

2018-08-16 00:36:51 +02:00

@sebastian_k maybe this is something you could help with?

lower case commented

2018-08-16 02:56:21 +02:00

Added subscriber: @lowercase

lower case commented

2018-08-16 02:56:21 +02:00

how about an option to make a simple setup using a shadow catcher plane and just one render layer..? that is often enough to have a working scene

Sebastian Koenig commented

2018-08-16 11:15:22 +02:00

I will have a look. Maybe first just kick out all the old stuff so that at least the basic setup of constraints and background images work. Speaking of which, the whole camera background image stuff doesnt seem to work all that great yet. Footage is always drawn in front of objects, no matter the front/back setting in camera background images. Also the colors are completely off in solid mode.

Dalai Felinto commented

2018-08-16 16:24:39 +02:00

Added subscribers: @fclem, @Jeroen-Bakker

Dalai Felinto commented

2018-08-16 16:24:39 +02:00

I will have a look

Thank you.

Footage is always drawn in front of objects, no matter the front/back setting in camera background images.

I believe this has to do with EEVEE drawing the background together with the scene (cc @fclem).

Also the colors are completely off in solid mode.

I know, Workbench is probably messing up some of the FBOs (cc @Jeroen-Bakker / @fclem).

That said these are separate issues than the reported here.

> I will have a look Thank you. > Footage is always drawn in front of objects, no matter the front/back setting in camera background images. I believe this has to do with EEVEE drawing the background together with the scene (cc @fclem). > Also the colors are completely off in solid mode. I know, Workbench is probably messing up some of the FBOs (cc @Jeroen-Bakker / @fclem). That said these are separate issues than the reported here.

Sean Kennedy commented

2018-08-18 06:27:24 +02:00

Added subscriber: @SeanKennedy

Sebastian Koenig commented

2018-08-18 09:42:20 +02:00

I have managed to make the Setup_Tracking_Scene operator work without errors by disabling the old BI and layer stuff, now I am trying to make the renderlayer setup work again.
However, it seems as if there are some python bindings missing still.
To make the setup work I am planning to have 2 Viewlayers, Background and Foreground (as was already implemented in the new script), with two collections, "background" and "foreground". In the Foreground viewlayer, the background collection will be set to "holdout", in the Background view_layer the foreground collection will be set to indirect only.
I can make the setup work with the outliner View_Layer menu, however I could not find a way to do that via python. Something like bpy.context.scene.view_layers["Background"].collections["foreground"].holdout = True
That or at least something similar does not seem to exist yet.
Or if it does, maybe someone can give me a hint?

I have managed to make the Setup_Tracking_Scene operator work without errors by disabling the old BI and layer stuff, now I am trying to make the renderlayer setup work again. However, it seems as if there are some python bindings missing still. To make the setup work I am planning to have 2 Viewlayers, Background and Foreground (as was already implemented in the new script), with two collections, "background" and "foreground". In the Foreground viewlayer, the background collection will be set to "holdout", in the Background view_layer the foreground collection will be set to indirect only. I can make the setup work with the outliner View_Layer menu, however I could not find a way to do that via python. Something like `bpy.context.scene.view_layers["Background"].collections["foreground"].holdout = True ` That or at least something similar does not seem to exist yet. Or if it does, maybe someone can give me a hint?

Sebastian Koenig commented

2018-08-19 13:36:26 +02:00

@dfelinto I am wondering if it even makes sense to have an EEVEE setup at this point. As far as I can see EEVEE does not have something like a shadow catcher, nor can collections ins view_layers be set to holdout, which is both kind of important for a working setup. So I would first make it use Cycles.

blender-admin commented

2018-08-21 16:30:15 +02:00

This issue was referenced by 17c245e294

This issue was referenced by 17c245e2945968e073731f1799c093b3d807f0a3

Dalai Felinto commented

2018-08-21 16:32:19 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Dalai Felinto closed this issue

2018-08-21 16:32:19 +02:00

Daniele commented

2018-09-06 17:43:48 +02:00

Added subscriber: @madmage

Daniele commented

2018-09-06 17:43:48 +02:00

I do not think it can be considered "resolved": the commit considered as the Fix, as far as I understand, works only with Cycles, and I (and I think a lot of people like me) do not understand how to switch the Motion Tracker to Cycles (switching it in the render tab does not work).

Daniele commented

2018-09-11 10:07:02 +02:00

...in particular, I do not think that an error message is a good solution for a problem. I would better disable that button (or hide it) in case Cycles is not used. What is still missing, I think, is a button that simply put the solver constraint on the camera (without anything else related to adding objects to the scene I mean).

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Setup Tracking Scene not working in 2.8 #56413