SynthEyes™ Camera Tracking Credits
The contents of this list are necessarily determined by who has sent us a credit list lately, so this list is only the tip of the iceberg. If you're a SynthEyes user and you'd like to see your productions here, drop us a line!
We've also posted a list of selected SynthEyes customers.
Films (Long-form)
- Avatar
- Fantastic Mr Fox (Fantastic Mr Fox Productions Ltd)
- 2012 (Uncharted Territory)
- Surrogates (Brickyard Filmworks)
- District 9 (The Embassy VFX) Exo-suit integration - battle scenes.
- Pandorum (Universal Production Partners)
- Gamer (Celluloid VFX)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Asylum Visual Effects)
- The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (Asylum Visual Effects)
- G-Force (Asylum Visual Effects)
- The Final Destination 3D, (Hybride)
- Infestation (Dilated Pixels)
- The Proposal, (Brickyard)(Matt Merkovich).
- Terminator Salvation (Asylum Visual Effects)
- The Brothers Bloom (Stingray VFX)
- Paper Boys, (AGI Studios). Award of Merit from The Indie Fest.
- Middle Men, (Matt Merkovich).
- Fast & Furious, (Kelvin McIlwain, Kaliber Visual Effects)
- Crank 2: High Voltage (Celluloid VFX)
- Hannah Montana: The Movie (3-D. Asylum Visual Effects)
- The International
- My Bloody Valentine 3-D (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Underworld 3 (Celluloid VFX)
- Australia (Fuel International)
- Bedtime Stories (Fuel International)
- The Spirit (Fuel International)
- Defiance (Flash Film Works)
- Doubt (Pacific Title)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Asylum Visual Effects)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (Matt Merkovich). Highlight: helicopter shot flying towards a car driving on a bridge: the interior was replaced, and exterior modified.
- Changeling (Pacific Title)
- Eagle Eye (Pacific Title)
- Appaloosa (Pacific Title)
- Blank Slate, (Matt Merkovich).
- The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice, (Matt Merkovich, Electric Entertainment).
- Tropic Thunder (Asylum Visual Effects, Pacific Title)
- The Red Baron (Pixomondo)
- Diary of the Dead (Spin Productions)
- The Eye (Asylum Visual Effects)
- The Forbidden Kingdom (Stingray VFX)
- Wanted (HatchFX, Pacific Title)
- Sex and the City (Pacific Title)
- Speed Racer (CafeFX)
- Dungeon Siege (Digiscope)
- John Adams, HBO mini-series (Digital Backlot). See the youtube breakdown reel
- Gran Torino (Pacific Title)
- Blood Diamond (Flash Film Works)
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Asylum Visual Effects)
- The Golden Compass (Digital Backlot)
- There Will Be Blood (Digital Backlot)
- 3:10 To Yuma (Digital Backlot)
- Live Free or Die Hard (Digital Dimension)
- The Ten (Pixan)
- Transformers, (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Spiderman 3 (X1FX)
- Underdog (HatchFX)
- Evan Almighty (Digital Backlot)
- The Last Mimzy (Digital Backlot)
- Next
- The Reaping, (Digiscope)
- Zodiac, (Matteworld Digital)
- Pan's Labyrinth (CafeFX). Highlights: surface reconstruction for a bug to walk on, effects to turning pages.
- The Good Shepherd (Digital Backlot)
- Bridge to Terabithia, (PRPVFX)
- Out of the Blue, (PRPVFX)
- Labou, (PRPVFX)
- Black Sheep, (PRPVFX)
- Rain of the Children (PRPVFX)
- 30 Days of Night (PRPVFX)
- The Man Who Lost His Head (PRPVFX)
- Catch and Release, (Pixel Playground)
- Charlotte's Web (FUEL)
- Pursuit of Happyness [sic] (Digital Dimension)
- Apocalypto (Asylum Visual Effects). Wasp addition, wire removals.
- Deja Vu (Asylum Visual Effects). Highlights: ferry and underwater Bronco explosions.
- Casino Royale (Peerless Camera)
- Invincible (Matte World Digital).
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. (Asylum Visual Effects). Mill-wheel sequence.
- Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, (Digital Dimension). See the VFXPro or CG Society articles.
- Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Digital Backlot)
- Miami Vice (Pixel Playground)
- King Kong (Asylum Visual Effects). 3 Oscars, including Visual Effects. 30 shots of Naomi Watts dancing, juggling, & entertaining Kong on the edge of a cliff. Set extension for everything beyond the cliff edge.
- Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (IMAX 3D, Digital Dimension, Sassoon Film Design). Won Best Visual Effects in a Special Venue at the Visual Effects Society awards. For example, the first two live-action shots in the trailer (QT6 or HD QT7) were tracked using SynthEyes. See our press release and an inspired-by practice shot featuring live HD NASA footage.
- Memoirs of a Geisha (Digital Backlot). VES nominee for outstanding supporting visual effects.
- Walk the Line (Digital Backlot).
- Mammoth (Kaia Inc.) (TV Movie, Emmy nominee)
- Poseidon, Pixel Playground
- Final Destination 3 (Digital Dimension)
- Jarhead, (ILM)
- The World's Fastest Indian (Digiscope)
- Half Light (Digiscope)
- Legend of Zorro (Peerless Camera, Digiscope ) See the VFXWorld article.
- Just Like Heaven (Big Red Pixel)
- Transporter 2 (Big Red Pixel)
- Brothers Grimm (Peerless Camera) See the VFXworld article.
- Manderlay (Gearless VFX)
- The Black Pimpernel (KamikazePost)
- The Marsh (KamikazePost/Spin)
- Allegro (KamikazePost)
- Aviator (Pixel Playground) Five Oscars, three Golden Globes including best drama. ~35 shots of Howard and Kate flying at night over LA.
- Sky High (Asylum Visual Effects). 250-300 shots: "pretty much any time you see any super-power happening."
- Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Digital Dimension). See the article in millimeter.
- The Island (Asylum Visual Effects)
- The Big White (Sassoon Film Design)
- The Longest Yard (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Asylum Visual Effects)
- The Amityville Horror (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Racing Stripes (Digiscope, Digital Dimension, Peerless Camera, PRPVFX) See our release and some Digital Dimension shots.
- National Treasure (Asylum Visual Effects). 75-80 shots. Look for the opening, arctic ship extension, and set extensions in the shaft and treasure room.
- Son of Mask (Digital Dimension)
- Boogeyman (PRPVFX)
- Blade: Trinity (Digital Dimension)
- 13 Going on 30 (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Phantom of the Opera (Asylum Visual Effects)
- The Terminal (CafeFX)
- The Day After Tomorrow (Uncharted Territory). See clip and article.
- Cellular (Digital Dimension). See article in cgfocus.
- Van Helsing (Digiscope)
- Master and Commander: Far Side of the World . Ten Oscar nominations, including best VFX! (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Miracle (Asylum Visual Effects)
- The Order (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Charlie's Angels 2 (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Bad Boys 2 (Asylum Visual Effects)
In Production (that people have told us about... that we can tell you about...)
- Alice in Wonderland
- Season of the Witch (Universal Production Partners)
- Habermann (Universal Production Partners)
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Peerless Camera)
- Spartacus: Blood and Sand (Starz Media)
- Skyrunners (Walt Disney)
- The Canyon, (Matt Merkovich).
- Brothers, (Matt Merkovich).
- Shutter Island (The Syndicate)
- Pesticide (Destiny Entertainment)
- The Vintner's Luck (PRPVFX)
- Nutcracker: The Untold Story
- Waking Madison
- Plenty more to come, stay tuned for more news..
Television Series
- Flash Forward (ABC, Todd Groves, Nulightfx)
- Legend of the Seeker (ABC)
- Virtuality (NBC/Universal)
- Jurassic Fight Club (History Channel, 1080 Inc)
- Leverage, (Matt Merkovich, Electric Entertainment).
- Caprica.
- Fringe Notable: 3-D subsection title effect tracking.
- Battlestar Galactica (BSG VFX, Zoic Studios, Enigma Studios) Emmy Award winning. See the Post magazine article.
- Sarah Connor Chronicles (Agrapha FX)
- Pushing Daisies, ABC. See the forum post.
- Chick-Fil-A Bowl Preview Show, ESPN
- Last Comic Standing, NBC, EFX Animation & Design
- The Singing Bee, NBC, EFX Animation & Design
- Mad TV, Fox, EFX Animation & Design
- Double the Fist Series 2, ABC Television (Australia)
- Lost, ABC, (Kaia Inc.)
- The Triangle (Uncharted Territory). Mini-series. Emmy for best visual effects in a mini-series, movie, or special.
- Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Alias (Kaia Inc.)
- So You Think You Can Dance, Fox TV show open, Aerodrome
- Superbowl 2005 (Digital Dimension)
- Kingdom in Twilight (Uncharted Territory) ... 400 shots..?
- Ike: Countdown to D-day (A & E) (PRPVFX)
- Power Rangers: Jungle Fury, (PRPVFX)
- Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive, (PRPVFX)
- Power Rangers: SPD (PRPVFX)
- Power Rangers: Ninja Storm (PRPVFX)
- Power Rangers: Dino Thunder (PRPVFX)
- CSI: Miami
- Lucy (CBS TV) (PRPVFX)
Music Videos
- Ben*Jammin - Spring, appeared as "Jump" in juried presentation at 2009 Siggraph Computer Animation Festival (Til Nowak, Framebox).
- Seether - Breakdown (Chris Zapara, Luminous Object)
- Serj Tankian - Sky is Over (Chris Zapara, Luminous Object)
- Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Samantha Mumba 'Gotta Tell You' (Weasel Limited)
- Orba Squara 'Gravel' (John O'Connell)
- Eminem - Just Lose It (Asylum Visual Effects)
- (Evidence suggests music videos are a common use, even by the bands themselves, but aren't being regularly reported)
Commercials & Promos
- Apple iPhone 3G: Hallway launch commercial (Asylum)
- Itaucard Break, head replacements, Tomas Egger, AD Studio.
- Dodge Journey. Instinct VFX/Mackevision. Earned the 2008 Intermedia-Globe Grand Award. See the post with links to footage in the SynthEyes Watch This! forum.
- Snickers Rugby (Unexpected) See also the making-of short!
- Legend of Zelda spoof trailer (Rainfall Films)
- Kid's Choice Awards for Nickelodeon UK (Mainframe). See the promo and a sampling.
- Cascade (Digipost). Read a description of the technique.
- Propel: Stress Monster [Clio winner] (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Nike: Leave Nothing, The Plan (Asylum Visual Effects)
- HP: Say (2, with Gwen Stefani and Jake Burton) (Asylum Visual Effects)
- BYU, Johnathan Banta. See a breakdown at EI's site.
- Sony: Kiss. (Fuel)
- Orange County Choppers, UK promo. See the renderosity article.
- "Moving Pillars" (Sugar Film Production). See the Screen magazine article.
- Chevy (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Girl Scouts (GirlsGoTech.com) (Asylum Visual Effects)
- The May Company (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Nintendo Gameboy Advance (10 and counting) (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Jeep (Asylum Visual Effects)
- Valvoline
- Level 3