Workspace

Toolbar  |  Upper workspace  |  Lower workspace

The PFTrack Workspace comprises of several windows and tool areas, and forms the main space where tracking operations are carried out.

(1): The top button area.

(2): Upper workspace.

(3): Lower workspace.

Top Button Area

At the top of the PFTrack user interface are the following buttons:

(1): Search and browse the documentation and learning resources to help understand how to use the tools and features of PFTrack.

(2): New notifications from The Pixel Farm are displayed here, including information about new builds of PFTrack and new learning resources

(3): Open or close the User Dashboard, containing your subscription information and user preferences.

(4): Exit PFTrack.

Upper workspace

The upper portion of the Workspace contains a set of dynamic windows which can be adjusted and positioned as required.

In the default workspace layout, the windows which occupy this area are:

(1): The Workpage, which contains the node and tracking tree in the project.

(2): The Cinema Window which is used to display a through-the-camera-lens view of tracked shots, overlaid on top of media footage.

(3): One or more Viewer Windows which are used to display perspective or orthographic views of the 3D space.

The Workpage and Cinema are always present in the Workspace as they form an integral part of the PFTrack user interface. Multiple Viewer windows can be created and deleted as required.

Window control buttons

There are several buttons common to each window:

: Clicking this button will pop a window out of the Workspace to form a floating window (for example, to position on a secondary monitor).

: Clicking this button will maximize the window to fill the entire upper workspace area.

: Clicking either of these buttons will split the area occupied by the window horizontally or vertically into two, creating a new Viewer window.

: Viewers are the only windows which can be closed by clicking this button.

Positioning windows

The position of each window can be changed by first popping the window out of the Workspace by clicking the button. Once the window is floating on top of the PFTrack interface, click and drag the window's title bar with the left mouse button to change it's position. Releasing the left mouse button whilst hovering over part of the Workspace will drop the window into the corresponding position.

Storing and recalling layouts

The layout of windows in the upper Workspace can be stored in the project and even exported as XML files for use by others if required. The tools to do this are available in the User Preferences panel of the dashboard.

Layouts can also have keyboard shortcuts assigned to them in the User Preferences panel to make switching between them even easier.

Lower workspace

The lower portion of the Workspace is fixed, and contains various panels such as:

1. The Node Panel where all the available nodes are listed. These nodes can be dragged-and-dropped into the Workpage. Tree presets can also be managed here.
2. The Camera Presets Panel where new camera presets can be created to model the parameters of a camera and lens.
3. The Notes Panel where notes about individual nodes, tree pages or the entire project can be generated.
4. The Curves Editor where F-Curves representing tracking points or camera/object motion parameters can be viewed and edited.

: Opens the Project Manager

: Opens the Node Panel.

: Opens the Camera Presets Panel.

: Opens the Notes Panel.

: Undo, redo any changes made to the tracking tree or nodes themselves. The number of undo and redo levels can be set in PFTrack's Preferences.

: Opens the Preferences window.

: Opens the Log window, showing important information about how PFTrack is functioning.