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This checklist covers recommended stage and network pieces for use with Jetset.

Stage Checklist

This checklist covers recommended rigging equipment for Jetset and Jetset Cine.

Rigging Checklist

This checklist covers recommended cine camera accessories for use with Jetset Cine.

Camera Checklist

Each new version of the iPhone brings new capabilities. Find out which will work best for Jetset.

iPhone Hardware

Set the Windows network configuration as Private on the network properties if using standard Windows Defender setup. You want whatever is friendly to printer sharing.

Windows Network

This is a quick start guide to using the GL-MT3000 Net Travel Routers for stage operations.

Configuring Travel Routers

If you plan to use iCloud to store your takes, follow this configuration guide. Note that most production groups will not use iCloud, and will instead use the App Storage or User-Defined storage choices described in [Creating Jetset Projects](/setup/create-project).

Configuring iCloud (Optional)

Setting up Jetset project location, name, and prefix

Creating Jetset Projects

Jetset includes a direct Zoom integration that is accessed via a link sent to the Jetset user’s iOS device..

Zoom Connection

Jetset has an integrated web server that enables external devices like laptops or tablets to work as a digital slate, tested with Chrome and Safari.

Digital Slate/Remote Control

Megascans are fantastic 3D assets available for free on Fab.com. They come pre-configured for Unreal, but our free Blender add-on imports them automatically into Blender.

Creating with Megascans

How to use scene locators to specify shooting locations and virtual motion scales.

Scene Locators

How to use object locators to specify objects in the scene that can be moved interactively in Jetset.

Object Locators

Blender can directly compress texture files and export to USDZ, saving a step in the process.

Blender Direct Export to USDZ

Jetset can load movie files in the Image Model plane. Here are the supported video formats.

Installing LONET Plugins

Appy AI generated rotomattes to the Unreal Material Keyer generated with the level sequences by Autoshot.

Applying AI Mattes in Unreal

Use these techniques to correctly name shots in the Avid timeline for export to the OpenTimelineIO format.

Exporting OTIO with Avid

Autoshot is the desktop or laptop counterpart to Jetset. It works as a connecting piece between traditional 2D or 3D digital content creation tools like Blender, Unreal, After Effects, Nuke, Maya, etc. and Jetset.

Autoshot Overview

The Folder Setup panel shows the locations of the main directories used by Autoshot.

Folder Setup Panel

The Sync panel is used to identify, select, and sync files from Jetset devices on the local network.

Sync Panel

The Take Selection panel lets users pick which take they will be processing..

Take Selection Panel

Use this trick to paste file paths on the Mac. This is useful when running scripts in SynthEyes and other tools.

Pasting File Paths on the Mac

Use the Focal Length Override feature to handle very long zoom lenses that will not calibrate correctly with the default Jetset Cine optical feature based calibration system.

Focal Length Override

This clip is a good reference for the tracking quality that we generally see from a Jetset Cine clip processed without additional tracking refinement.

Jetset Cine Tracking Quality

Use these guidelines to set up tracking markers for quick tracking refinement and easy compositing.

Tracking Markers

Autoshot has an AE exporter that can automatically assemble rendered frames and camera originals into a composition.

After Effects

Nuke

This is a great way to automated your multiple feature detection and ‘peeling’ process, using a Synthia script developed by Matt Merkovich.

Multi-Peel in SynthEyes

Use SynthEyes to refine Jetset tracks for import to Unreal.

Syntheyes to Unreal

If you encounter a Jetset crash, especially one that recurs, we would appreciate your help in tracking it down!

Jetset Crash Tracing

Autoshot has a built-in take debugging system that makes it straightforward to send the complete dataset for a take.

Exporting Takes for Debugging

USDZ is the file format read by Jetset. When debugging a USDZ file, it’s important to understand a little about the structure of USD and USDZ files.

USD and USDZ Files

How to capture the contents of the Unreal Console Log for debugging.

Unreal Console Log

Enabling Blender console log details in Autoshot.

Blender Autoshot Errors

Fixing Autoshot Crashes

Introduction to the Jetset iOS app and overall operations

Introduction to Jetset

Adding 360 and still image backgrounds behind 3D USD scenes

2D Backgrounds

Controlling animated USD scenes in Jetset or remotely

Animation Controls

A complete round trip workflow from Blender to Jetset and back

Autoshot Blender Round Trip

Importing and scaling Gaussian splats into Blender. Adding splat locators and scene locators, then exporting to Jetset.

Gaussian Splat setup

Jetset can re-render a clean background of recorded shots. This can be used to render Gaussian splats at high quality for post compositing.

In-Phone Re-Rendering

Megascans are a set of high quality free and photorealistic scanned assets available on Fab.com. Use this free Blender add-on to batch import them and create clean Blender assets for use in your projects.

Import Megascans to Blender

Creating Gaussian splats from your Blender models lets you transfer complex lighting and scene geometry to Jetset.

Gaussian Splats from Blender

Use this workflow to bring in xGrids scans to Blender, add scene locators, and export a self-contained USDZ file containing compressed splats and scene locators to Jetset.

xGrids Scans to Jetset

Use this workflow to convert entire Unreal scenes to Blender, using USD and Blenders integrated asset system.

Convert Unreal to Blender

Use this workflow to solidify skinned characters in Blender for easier export to Jetset.

Exporting Animated Characters

The Empty Comp Starter option for Blender in Autoshot automatically creates a sophisticated viewport composite. Watch this to see how to access and adjust it.

Blender Viewport Compositor

Autoshot can wrap up the files needed for a render farm export into a zip file ready for upload to SheepIt.

Render Farm Export

Use Blenders built-in image sequence editing to fix glitches on AI-generated matte sequences.

Patching AI Mattes

A complete round trip workflow from Unreal to Jetset and back

Autoshot Unreal Round Trip

Unreal 5.4 features a much-improved USD exporter which is now the standard export technique as the Omniverse Unreal connector is deprecated.

Export USD Unreal 5.4+

Configure the Unreal Movie Render Queue to render high quality 360 panoramic images for background use in Jetset.

Rendering 360 Backgrounds

Use this method to export animated scenes from Unreal to Jetset.

Exporting Animated Scenes

Import camera animation from Jetset and link to the matching animated level sequence cleanly and quickly.

Importing Animated Takes

See how to quickly rig your iPhone and an Accsoon SeeMo to your cine camera to create a complete virtual production system.

Jetset Cine Rigging

Jetset Cine software setup, calibration, and shooting with Blackmagic 6K BRAW. Automatic post processing and transfer of shot tracking data into Unreal for post rendering.

Shooting Blackmagic BRAW

If the automatic timing marker detection fails, it’s straightforward to calculate the Cine offset value by aligning both clips in a timeline.

Setting Cine Offset Manually

Autoshot’s new timecode-based matching massively speeds up the process of matching cine camera video files to Jetset takes, and makes the digital slate optional. This is a great addition for time-crunched projects.

Matching Takes with Timecode

This covers Autoshot’s new named shot workflow, so that multiple shots can be extracted from one take without overwriting files.

Named Shots in Autoshot

Aximmetry provides a high quality, real time software keyer that integrates with Unreal for a complete compositing solution. This temporary tutorial will be updated later but will get people started.

Aximmetry Setup

Jetset’s tracking and scanning data capture can be used along with AI roto mattes to dramatically increase the speed of post production tracking refinement, including overscan rendering in Blender and matched distortion nodes in Nuke.

Tracking Refinement in SynthEyes

Minor bumps and misalignments are part of any real production. With Jetset Cine’s integrated scan and tracking data, it’s easy to tweak the recorded camera keyframes to re-align shots rapidly. We also introduce Matt Merkovich’s Multi-Peel script for quickly finding all the trackable points in a scene.

Fixing a Misaligned Shot

Jetset’s on-set capture of 3D scan geo, camera motion, and cine lens calibrations makes a perfect match with KeenTools’ GeoTracker for an incredibly easy way to refine on-set tracking data while remaining inside Blender. This tutorial is a game changer for anyone interested in moving their camera.

Tracking Refinement in GeoTracker for Blender

Using Blender to test tracking accuracy with Unreal projects. 

Office Hours 2025-05-02

Debugging USDZ file crashes. Fusion composites. Jetset/Maya pipeline. Rendering Cinema 4D shots in nVidia Omniverse via USD. Modifying the Autoshot pipeline to work with Resolve-generated EXRs. Best practices for editing Jetset Cine shoots. Resolve and Fusion editing and compositing workflow. The utility of tracking in a consistent 3D world. Generating a .csv of Cine source to Jetset take matches. Automatically entering Resolve metadata based on Autoshot take matching. Preferred scene locator alignment. Transferring takes with gigabit Ethernet connection.

Office Hours 2024-08-09

Debugging USDZ file crashes. Fusion composites. Jetset/Maya pipeline.

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