The update replaces Cine Tracer’s old stock figures with a set of 10 MetaHumans: five male and five female, customisable using a small library of recolorisable hairstyles and clothing.Īs well as their visual quality, key benefits of the new characters include more scope to customise their facial expressions, as shown in the video at the top of the story. The functionality was announced last year as part of a teaser for Cine Tracer Meta, a new version of the software based on Unreal Engine 5, the latest version of the game engine, now available in preview. The first update to Cine Tracer in over a year, version 0.75 introduces MetaHumans: stock figures based on Epic Games’ next-generation real-time character technology. The Windows edition supports Unreal Engine’s real-time ray tracing system, making it possible to preview shots with ray traced shadows, reflections, AO, translucency and GI if you have a compatible GPU.Īs well as rehearsing camera moves, users can capture stills for storyboards, at a range of aspect ratios.Ĭine Tracer 0.75: new stock MetaHuman characters Users can adjust lighting colour and intensity – Cine Tracer works in lumens, although it’s a guide to real-world lighting, not an accurate representation of it – and camera properties like ISO and focal length.
The software also includes pre-built representations of a range of real-world lights and camera types. The software – half game, half professional tool – enables users to plan shots or capture storyboard frames using virtual sets featuring digital recreations of real-world lights, cameras and props.īlock out shots virtually using readymade recreations of real-world lights and camerasįirst released in 2018, Cine Tracer is “technically” a game, although it’s more in the mould of a modding toolset, or the creative mode in a sandbox title.įor indie film-makers, it offers the possiblity of carrying out fairly detailed previs work, blocking out shots by creating digital representations of real-world sets using stock 3D characters and props. Matt Workman has released Cine Tracer 0.75, the latest version of the work-in-progress Unreal Engine-based ‘ cinematography simulator‘, adding new stock figures based on Epic Games’ MetaHuman technology.
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