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February 13, 2023
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Some SDK and Feature requests for 3D models by KeenTools GeoTracker developers

  • February 13, 2023
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Dear Adobe Developers,

 

I am the founder and developer at KeenTools. Recently, we released GeoTracker, a plugin for After Effects that enables easy geometry tracking. We were excited to learn about the upcoming native support for 3D models in After Effects! We believe that the combination of our plugin and native 3D will bring unlimited creative potential. The After Effects community is already making incredible things entirely within AE, empowered by the synergy of 3D objects and the ability to easily track them in footage. This tutorial is a telling example of that.

 

Through this post, I would like to express my gratitude for this monumental step and ask some questions from a developer's perspective. Additionally, we have received feature requests from our users that we plan to implement. However, since they are mostly related to the general 3D object pipeline, it is important for us to be in sync with you on these matters.

 

We would greatly appreciate it if the SDK (API) could:

  • Read Geo from layer
  • Write Geo to layer
  • Draw to a 3D context or equivalent. Currently, we face the necessity to open our own OpenGL context, which is unstable and too slow. Then we copy the FrameBuffer content to DrawBot which doesn't support Retina displays.

 

These are the feature requests that are most important to us and our users:

  • Projection footage through a camera onto an object
  • Unwrapping the projected texture to UV space
  • Applying the modified texture back to the object
  • Animated geometries (necessary for integrating FaceTracker, for example)

 

We would welcome any advice or suggestions regarding these requests and are open to all the feedback. If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me at roman@keentools.io.

 

Thank you for your time, efforts, and we look forward to hearing from you soon.

 

Best regards,

Roman

 

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    VictoriaNece
    Community Manager
    VictoriaNeceCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    February 14, 2023

    Hi Roman! Thank you for such thoughtful feedback. We're also excited to see how native 3D models combine with your plugin -- that combo is unlocking some very cool workflows already. We have a long roadmap ahead of us when it comes to 3D, so it's helpful to know what kind of updates would be most useful to you. Short term, we're focused on getting more of the foundational pieces in place, but we won't be stopping there.

      KeenTools
      KeenToolsAuthor
      Participant
      February 15, 2023

      Hello Victoria,

      I want to extend my sincere gratitude for your response! It's great to know that our feedback has the potential to contribute to the roadmap. However, we are uncertain about the approximate priorities related to native 3D objects,, as this information is crucial for us to plan their support. Could you please let us know if the roadmap has been published somewhere? Specifically, we are keen to know if there are plans to introduce an SDK for 3D objects in the near future. Currently, users must manually export, import, and scale models, which is prone to errors. We strongly believe that with a help of API would offer a more efficient one-button solution.

      VictoriaNece
      Community Manager
      VictoriaNeceCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      February 16, 2023

      Unfortunately we're unable to share a public roadmap. I think I have your email address and will reach out directly -- would love to talk more about your needs in this space. 

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