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โDotXSI Procedure โ
1. In SynthEyes, after completing tracking, do File/Export/dotXSI to create a .xsi file somewhere.
2. Start Softimage, or do a File/New.
3. File/Import/dotXSI... of the new .xsi file from SynthEyes. The options may vary with the XSI version, but you want to import everything.
4. Set the camera to Scene1.Camera01 (or whatever you called it in SynthEyes).
5. Open the camera properties.
6. In the camera rotoscopy section, select New from Source and then the source shot.
7. Make sure โSet Pixel Ratio to 1.0โ is on.
8. Set โUseโฆโ pixel ratio to โCamera Pixel Ratioโ (should be the default)
9. In the Camera section, make sure that Field of View is set to Horizontal.
10. Make sure that the Pixel Aspect Ratio is correct. In SynthEyes, select Shot/Edit Shot to see the pixel aspect ratio. Make sure that XSI has the exact same value:
0.9 is not a substitute for 0.889, so fix it! Back story: XSI does not have a setting for 720x480 DV, and 720x486 D1 causes errors!
11. Close the camera properties page.
12. On the display mode control (Wireframe, etc), turn on Rotoscope.
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