Here you will find a series of tutorials to help you get to grips with monet. You will find the tutorials in Section C of the monet manual. Download the latest monet PDF manual here.
Tutorials
Importing monet tracking data into Smoke 2009
In this great tutorial, Paul Stephen Carlin of Spark Media covers importing monet tracking data into Smoke 2009.
Placing an element on a moving object
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A start-to-finish example showing how to insert a graphic into a screen using monet
Clip courtesy of RhinoFX, New York
Logo insert on motion blurred footage that goes off-screen
Elad Menashe covers a logo insert on motion blurred footage that goes off-screen using monet.
Includes a nice explanation for compositing highlight and shadow passes with the luminance filtering.
Replacing a label on a moving and rotating object
A start-to-finish label replacement example with a complex move and a foreground object that needs to be masked
Clip courtesy of DriveThru, Minneapolis
monet's Luminance Map
Shadow and highlight passes are easily extracted and reapplied to the element. In this tutorial we extract the highlights from a uniform colored background.
Clip courtesy of RhinoFX, New York
Extracting Highlights and Shadows from Textured Backgrounds
Shadow and highlight passes can be extracted even for textured backgrounds
monet's Analysis of Lens distortion
By analysing and applying lens distortion effects, elements can be matched perfectly to the shot
The Planar Tracker
This unique planar tracker bridges the gap between traditional 2D point trackers and 3D trackers, giving it the nickname '2.5D tracker', to give you a better and faster way to generate 2D tracks. This example includes the use of the 'Extrapolate Track' feature.
Clip courtesy of Offhollywood Digital, New York
Adjust Track
A unique toolset for evaluating and adjusting the track to ensure maximum accuracy
Clip courtesy of Offhollywood Digital, New York
Tracking Multiple Contours
The shapes used to define the area to track can be manipulated during the track, giving you ultimate flexibility
Clip courtesy of The Post Production Office, Hong Kong
Warper
The warper allows you to wrap elements around curved surfaces, in this example to match the curvature of the element to that of the back of a man.
Clip courtesy of The Moving Picture Company