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Estimate Target

CONFIRMED ANY RIG FLAIR 7

Not robot-specific

This is a general Flair 7 target-tracking feature, not tied to any particular rig.

Estimate Target back-calculates a subject's 3D position from a move's own keyframes, without needing a tape measure, laser rangefinder, or LiDAR — as long as at least two keyframes are already pointed at the same physical subject.

When To Use It

If you build a move with Push Moco and frame the same subject from two or more different positions, but never manually measured or focus-assisted the target distance, the move will be out of focus and the calculated target will be scattered/wrong when run — Flair has no idea what you were actually looking at.

Procedure

  1. Build your move as normal — two keyframes are enough (more is fine too), each one framed on the same subject. You do not need to focus or measure anything at this stage.
  2. Go to Move Effects > Estimate Target.
  3. By default it uses the first and last keyframe to estimate the target, but you can choose any two keyframes from the move.
  4. Because those keyframes are both pointed at the same real-world subject, Flair can triangulate where that subject actually is in 3D space, and fills in the target position automatically.
  5. Run the move — focus and target tracking now follow the estimated subject correctly, with no manual measurement step at all.

Flair Lite Menu Path

On a Cinebot Mini/Nano running Flair Lite, this same feature was demonstrated reached via Job > Estimate Target rather than Move Effects > Estimate Target — you still pick which keyframes/waypoints to use, then Estimate. Same underlying feature, different menu location.

YouTube 10 - Estimate Target Flair 7

▶ Full before/after demonstration — out-of-focus move corrected by Estimate Target

YouTube 13 - What is MRMC's Target Tracking and how to use it Flair 7

▶ 05:08 — The traditional/manual method Estimate Target replaces: measuring to the target with a tape measure and typing the distance into the Target field at each waypoint

YouTube Flair Lite - PushMoco & Waypoint Timings Flair Lite

▶ 06:10 — Estimate Target on Flair Lite: reached via Job > Estimate Target, selecting which keyframes to use to triangulate the subject

Manual measuring still works

Estimate Target is a shortcut, not a replacement — you can still measure to the target with a tape measure, a focus-assist sensor, or a manually-focused lens and type the distance directly into each waypoint's Target field. Estimate Target is useful specifically when that measurement wasn't taken at the time and you have at least two keyframes already framed on the same subject.

Source: MRMC video tutorial "10 - Estimate Target" (Cinebot Mini/Max & Flair 7 Training playlist)