Dense Point Clouds

Requires the Max or Studio license

Dense Point Cloud generation creates a high-detail colorized representation of the tracked scene from Heavy Tracking results. It is useful when sparse points are not enough to understand the environment.

How to use it

  1. 1 Run Heavy Tracking with a suitable sequence.
  2. 2 Enable undistortion when using high-quality dense output.
  3. 3 Generate the dense point cloud from the Heavy result.
  4. 4 Import Dense into Blender.
  5. 5 Clean and align the point cloud before using it for layout.

In the panel

Heavy Tracker panel
MotionMaster 3D Heavy Tracker panel with preset, option toggles, last result and mesh generation

Technical notes

Dense output is stored under the Heavy result structure and can commonly produce files such as scene_dense.ply in the result folder.

Dense point clouds are useful for scene layout, object placement, mesh generation, and visual inspection of the tracked environment.

Docs Heavy Tracking

Heavy Tracking is the primary high-quality workflow for camera reconstruction and solved lens data. Use it when the shot needs strong solve quality, a specific distortion model, calibration/STMap export, masks, undistortion, dense point clouds, or mesh generation.

Docs Mesh Generation

Mesh Generation creates a reconstructed mesh from dense point cloud data. It is intended for reference geometry, proxy surfaces, and VFX layout rather than replacing final modeling in every shot.

Docs Point Cloud Cleanup

Point Cloud Cleanup removes noisy or unwanted points from imported Quick, Heavy, Dense, and mesh-related point cloud objects so the reconstruction becomes easier to inspect and use.

 Tutorial Camera Tracking vs 3D Reconstruction: What You Get and When You Need It Guide Blender camera tracking addon

A complete camera tracking addon built for Blender VFX artists

 Guide 3D reconstruction in Blender

Turn tracked footage into dense point clouds and mesh reference in Blender