Voodoo, the well known free camera tracking software, has recently been updated with some nice fixes.
From the Voodoo site:
Sep 16, 2020 You have probably seen CG Matters Tutorial on how to track with Voodoo Camera Tracker and import the Camera Animation into Blender with a little trick. But you are not familiar with python scripting at all and you get confused every time you try it or you think it's just a repetitive work? No problem, I've got a solution for you. Hello, I’m trying to do some video tracking experiment for a short movie. I’m using ubuntu, that’s why I choose voodoo camera tracker (not open source) and not icarus. Unfortunately, this software is fully working with rotation movements (camera on tripod) but not with my free movement. I was wondering if my movement wasn’t too complex, and I decided to do my tests on their video. May 02, 2021 voodoo camera tracker. Voodoo Camera Tracker estimates camera parameters and reconstructs a 3D scene. 4.0 (2 votes ) 1.2 ( See all) digilab. Review Comments Questions & Answers Update program info.
The Voodoo camera tracker estimates camera parameters and reconstructs a 3D scene from image sequences. The estimation algorithm offers a full automatic and robust solution to estimate camera parameters for long video sequences. The results are useful for many applications like film production, 3D reconstruction or video coding... Export the estimated camera parameters to the 3D animation package 3D Studio Max, Softimage, Maya or Blender.
Voodoo, for Linux and Windows, has the following fixes listed with this new version:
Voodoo Camera Tracker Machine
- fixed bug that causes regular crashes in free-move tracking in version 0.8 and version 0.8.1
- allow later refinement (bundle adjustment) of results in memory
- added new Modelling Tools