Spot Tracking

I quickly made a demo of this, using no 3rd party software, just A3D, an SEM, and some focus palettes.

The broad strokes -- I had my rig in A3D, and my yellow brick road drawn out.

I made an SEM (Channel 11) and nested an A3D person object in it (from the library).

I recorded two focus palettes, the start point and end point of where the yellow brick road started and ended and recorded channel 11 in it.

I made one focus palette (FP 11) that contained my six overhead units (CH 1-6) and linked it to SEM 11. With SEM focus palettes or presets, be mindful of what data you record, if you need a Z offset, I would selectively record just the A3D Z height from the fixtures into the profile, so as to not have the fixtures have an X/Y offset.

In cue 1, channel 11 is at its start (FP1), channels 1-6 are at full in FP 11 (the tracking focus palette).

In cue 2, channel 11 is at the end point (FP2), channels 1-6 are unchanged.

Add cues/focus palettes if the path is non linear, but this shouldn't take much time at all to set up and with a well-calibrated A3D model, it works great.

Let me know if you need any additional info, I'm happy to share a more in-depth video of setting it up.

The cues in action: https://youtu.be/9THK20NdLqI

File: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ppvknd5mmx4k4spgf81on/Yellow-Brick-Road-Demo-2024-09-29-13-57-39.esf3d?rlkey=9xkkl64j8b5lfuxgjhmtio2g9&dl=0

The first I heard of SEM (Scenic Element Movable) was two days ago!

Is this inside EOS or do I need to install something? 

I tried to look at the file you appended but my computer won't open it. I'm heading to Youtube for a SEM tutorial. I need to start with baby steps. One point: I notice in your demo the track was linear as the guy walked in a straight line. My original post was to find if there was a way to create a curved path.   

I tried to look at the file you appended but my computer won't open it. I'm heading to Youtube for a SEM tutorial. I need to start with baby steps. One point: I notice in your demo the track was linear as the guy walked in a straight line. My original post was to find if there was a way to create a curved path.   

You would just interpolate more points along the path (eg more cues/focuses).

The file can be opened in nomad 3.2, but only through the file browser.

As a follow-up, here's a video showing more cues to interpolate along a curved path: https://youtu.be/8TqoDSl1iPg

Dropbox link to file: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2sg18pemlscgztew9j9v5/Yellow-Brick-Road-Demo-2024-09-29-16-01-36.esf3d?rlkey=j1vjjrqrluvrxobhgp6vjv9z9&dl=0