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Schleicher Pimps Pixel Hoe

DV guru Stephen Schleicher reviews Pixel Farm's "Hoe", a program that allows you to track a moving shot for use with CGI.

Example: You have a helicopter shot of your grandma's house. You want to composite in a cgi spaceship. Pixel Hoe looks at your shot and gives you data that you can use to make a moving camera in your 3D spaceship file. Put the two together and you have a very convincing movement match.

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