KeenTools
Smart tools for VFX and 3D artists
Description
KeenTools provides a collection of advanced software tools designed specifically for VFX and 3D artists, integrating seamlessly into popular platforms like Blender, Nuke, and After Effects. Their products streamline complex tasks such as creating realistic 3D models of human heads from photographs using FaceBuilder, enabling detailed facial motion capture and animation transfer with FaceTracker, and implementing precise geometry-based object and camera tracking via GeoTracker.
These tools aim to simplify workflows, offering features like video-based texturing, blendshape manipulation, and rigged geometry handling directly within the artist's preferred environment. KeenTools enhances creative possibilities for tasks ranging from digital makeup and clean-plate generation to crafting look-alike characters, MetaHumans, and game-ready assets, making professional-level results more accessible.
Key Features
- FaceBuilder: Creates realistic 3D head models from photos in Blender and Nuke.
- FaceTracker: Performs facial motion capture and head tracking without complex rigs in Blender and Nuke.
- GeoTracker: Enables geometry-based 3D object and camera tracking in Blender, Nuke, and After Effects.
- TextureBuilder: Generates textures from tracked video frames in Nuke.
- Blendshape Nodes: Allows creation and manipulation of blendshapes within Nuke.
- PinTool: Assists in precisely positioning 3D objects within scenes in Nuke.
- ReadRiggedGeo: Loads and manipulates rigged geometry and skeletal animation in Nuke.
Use Cases
- Facial motion capture (mocap)
- 3D object tracking for VFX integration
- Camera tracking
- Creating realistic 3D portraits and digital doubles
- Generating game-ready head assets
- Creating MetaHumans and 3D avatars
- Texture modification (digital makeup, cleanup)
- Clean-plate generation
- Blendshape-based facial animation
- Placing 3D elements accurately in footage
