Import Camera

Version 4.11.1

Flame 2022.3+


Creates a new Action node with selected FBX or Alembic file loaded with new camera set as current camera


Install through Logik Portal or to manually install download here: Logik Portal Dropbox.

When manually installing from Dropbox download the entire folder in the desired version folder of the script to be installed. That folder should then be moved into /opt/Autodesk/shared/python.

Older versions of this script for older versions of Flame are also available through the Dropbox link.


Import Camera Main Window - Shown after FBX or Alembic file is selected

 

Scene Scale: Scale at which FBX or Alembic file should be imported into Action with.

Import Type: Action Objects, Read File

ST Map Setup: Select if ST Maps need to be used with FBX or Alembic camera. This imports the 3d camera and builds a ST Map undistort/redistort tree. The 3d scene then gets re-comped over the original background.

ReComp Setup: Creates a simple setup to re-comp 3d scene over original background.


Menus:

Setup:

Flame 2022.3 - 2023.1

Flame Main Menu -> Logik Portal Script Setup -> Import Camera Setup

Flame 2023.2+:

Flame Main Menu -> Logik -> Logik Portal Script Setup -> Import Camera Setup

Import:

Right-click in batch or on selected node -> Import... -> Import FBX

Right-click in batch or on selected node -> Import... -> Import Alembic

Updates:

v4.11.1 01.29.24

Fixed PySide6 errors/font in slider calculator.

v4.11.0 01.02.24

Updates to UI/PySide.

v4.9.1 06.26.23

Updated script versioning to semantic versioning.

Load button is now blue.

Pressing return in the main window will now load the selected camera.

v4.9 03.14.23

Fixed: ST Map Setup - Resize node setup is not being saved with correct name in 2024.

v4.8 02.04.23

Added check to make sure script is installed in the correct location.

v4.7 01.17.23

Moved setup menu for Flame 2023.2+ to: Flame Main Menu -> Logik -> Logik Portal Script Setup -> Import Camera Setup

Fixed not being able to load setup window.

Updated config file loading/saving.

Fixed: ST Map Setup - Selecting an image other than the undistort map would cause the script to fail.

v4.6 01.02.23

Fixed not being able to select Alembic files in the import browser.

Minimum Flame version is now 2022.3.

Ability to set tokenized path to always open browser to when importing: Flame Main Menu -> pyFlame -> Import Camera Setup. By default this is turned off.

Patch Setup button renamed to ReComp Setup for clarity.

v4.5 07.28.22

Camera keyframe extrapolation is now set to linear to help with motion blur.

v4.4 05.26.22

Added new flame browser window - Flame 2023.1 and later.

Messages print to Flame message window - Flame 2023.1 and later.

v4.3 03.15.22

Moved UI widgets to external file.

v4.2 02.25.22

Updated UI for Flame 2023.

Updated config to XML.

v4.1 01.04.22

Files starting with '.' are ignored when searching for undistort map after distort map is selected.

v4.0 05.22.21

Updated to be compatible with Flame 2022/Python 3.7

Redistort map will automatically be found if in the same folder as undistort map

Speed improvements

v3.6 02.21.21

Updated UI

Improved calculator

Plate resize node in ST Map Setup now takes ratio from st map

v3.5 01.25.21

Added ability to import Alembic(ABC) files

Fixed UI font size for Linux

v3.4 11.05.20

Updates to paths and description for Logik Portal

v3.3 10.18.20

ST Map search no longer case sensitive

If ST Map not found, file browser will open to manually select

v3.2 10.12.20

Improved spinbox with calculator

v3.1 09.26.20

Updated UI

Import FBX with Patch Setup - Will import FBX into an Action node and also create other nodes to re-comp work done in FBX Action over original background

Import FBX with ST map Setup - Will import FBX into an Action node and also build a undistort/redistort setup using the ST maps. ST maps must be in the same folder or sub-folder of FBX camera for this to work. ST Maps should also contain 'undistort' or 'redistort' in their file names.

v3.0 06.06.20

Code re-write

Add FBX Action under cursor position

Fixed UI in Linux