The complete step-by-step tutorial for PlateFusion Lite, a free Blender add-on that turns tracked footage into a finished CGI shot.

We build a real shot from a phone clip: track the camera, solve it, set the floor and real-world scale, add CG plants with shadows that sit on the pavement, match the grain, and render a Reels-ready MP4. Every button is shown and explained – from Import to Export.

⬇️ Download PlateFusion Lite (free): https://www.blendkit.com/asset-galler...

Works with Blender 4.5 LTS and Blender 5.

Chapters
0:00 Intro & final result
0:21 Workflow overview
0:39 Install the add-on
1:01 The five PlateFusion panels
1:25 Import Footage
2:16 Go to Tracking & Phone Defaults
3:08 Detect Features & Track Forward
3:46 More markers & Track Backward
4:12 Clean Up short tracks
4:33 Solve Camera Motion & Solve Health
5:09 Improve the solve
5:31 Set the floor
6:21 Set the scale
6:46 Check with a test cube
7:01 Bake Camera
7:13 Shadow catcher
7:39 Add your CG
8:05 Match the lighting
8:25 Grain match
8:39 Holdout proxies (occlusion)
9:07 FOOH templates & Floor Portal
9:39 Replace Product
9:53 Output presets
10:15 Render MP4
10:49 Shot Checklist
10:59 Pro buttons & final result
11:20 Troubleshooting

Shortcuts used
Ctrl+T – Track Forward · Shift+Ctrl+T – Track Backward · A – select all tracks · N – sidebar

Assets used in the demo (all CC0, Poly Haven): Fern 02, Grass Medium 01, Celandine 01 by Rob Tuytel & Rico Cilliers; HDRI Kloofendal 48d Partly Cloudy by Greg Zaal.

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