Designed to greatly improve workflow efficiency by integrating PFTrack and the data it generates into 3rd party applications, PFPipe follows our philosophy of finding simple solutions to workaday production problems. This workflow enhancement creates a consistency of data throughout the production pipeline saving time, reducing the risk of human error and beefing up workflow efficiency.
What Is PFPipe? PFPipe is a C API for reading PFTrack projects and obtaining the data contained therein, currently that's camera data and distortion data. Initially this will allow people to to establish direct integration of PFTrack data into 3rd party applications and in-house pipelines and technologies. The first release of PFPipe will provide access to both PFTracks camera data and renowned distortion models, as well as providing all project links to footage and clips used in the project file itself.
To illustrate how this can work, developers at The Pixel Farm have ported PFBarrel, PFCameraImport and PFDataCombiner over to use this architecture, and these will be available to all customers using PFTrack 5.0. In addition, full C code examples are being provided to enable developers and TD’s to quickly develop tools based on this new and unique technology.
If you would like to take a look at PFPipe, please contact info@thepixelfarm.co.uk, clearly stating your interest in PFPipe. Or come and see us at Siggraph in New Orleans, Booth 3504, where you can talk directly to the developers about PFPipe